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Original preparation of quinine by Pelletier and Caveton

1820

Phrenological head

1821

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

1775-1799 (original); 1900-1907 (model)

Rocket locomotive

1829

'Dr Syntax and his wife making an experiment in pneumatics', print, London, England, 1820

1820

Diploma awarding honorary membership of the London Vaccine Institution, London, England, 1826

1826

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Portrait bust of Princess Victoria

1829

Shutt End Colliery Railway steam locomotive 'Agenoria'

1829

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Watch with Prest's keyless winding by John Roger Arnold

1821

model locomotion no 1

1825

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

model steam locomotive

1826

Boundary marker from Stockton & Darlington Railway

circa 1821-1825

model Stockton & Darlington Railway coach "Experiment"

1826

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Phrenological head of Francis Gall

1823

Phrenological head of unidentified individual

1824

Liverpool & Manchester Railway Co. seal die

1826

Handbill, Theatre Royal, Covent Garden

1824

Bridge used to span the River Gaunless at West Auckland

1823-1825

Steam locomotive used at Hetton Colliery

1822

Refracting telescope of 5.9-inch aperture, mounted on English type equatorial mounting with off-set lead counterweight

1829

Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement

1705-1737

Oersted Compass Needle, 1828

1828

Gold watch with the owner's name in place of hour numbers, by William Hardy

1820

Deck-watch used by Capt. William Parry during his attempt to reach the North Pole, 1827

1823

Mail guard watch by George Littlewort

1825

Stained plaster phrenological bust

1821

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Bench vice belonging to George Stephenson

1829

Seal, Stockton & Darlington Railway

1821

Sans Pareil

1829

Clockwork drive, for refracting telescope of 5.9-inch aperture

1829

Pair of turn pin spectacles

1823-1825

Engraved lancet case

1826

Lancets in silver case

1826

Near Wellington, Shropshire

1821

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

Pendulum clock designed by Galileo in 1642 and made by his son in 1649, model.

1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

Copy of clay liver used for divination, original from Babylon, 2050-1750 BCE

2050-1750 BCE

Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB

1990-95

Silver ear trumpet hearing aid

1829

Model of Henry Cavendish's Torsion Balance Gravitational Apparatus, 1798

1798 (original); 1977 (model)

Copy of Roman artificial leg, London, England, 1905-1915

300 BCE; 1905-1915

Hand loom for silk weaving with Jacquard machine

c.1825