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Sans Pareil

1829

Phrenological head

1821

Steam locomotive used at Hetton Colliery

1822

Rocket locomotive

1829

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

model steam locomotive

1826

Shutt End Colliery Railway steam locomotive 'Agenoria'

1829

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Watch with Prest's keyless winding by John Roger Arnold

1821

Portrait bust of Princess Victoria

1829

Boundary marker from Stockton & Darlington Railway

circa 1821-1825

model Stockton & Darlington Railway coach "Experiment"

1826

Liverpool & Manchester Railway Co. seal die

1826

Bridge used to span the River Gaunless at West Auckland

1823-1825

Clockwork drive, for refracting telescope of 5.9-inch aperture

1829

Seal, Stockton & Darlington Railway

1821

Stained plaster phrenological bust

1821

Original preparation of quinine by Pelletier and Caveton

1820

Engraved lancet case

1826

Lancets in silver case

1826

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Bench vice belonging to George Stephenson

1829

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

Pair of turn pin spectacles

1823-1825

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

1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

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

1990-95

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

Hand loom for silk weaving with Jacquard machine

c.1825

the opening of the stockton and darlington railway

1825

Drawing of Singhi Dalan in Rajmahal, Jharkhand, India

1856-11

Phantasmagoria magic lantern c. 1820

circa 1820

Lithograph of the opening of the Stockton and Darlington Railway

1826

Model of Gutenberg's Press, 1430

1960-1979

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

Model of a Montgolfier Balloon, 1783

First Public Demonstration of a Montgolfier Balloon, 4th June, 1783.

1783; 1914

Silver medal of the Societe of the Departement of the Seine

1824

Bronze medal commemorating life and work of Charles Bonnet

1823

Worn pewter(?) medal commemorating some person's d

1828

Medal, commemorating Samuel Hahnemann, Germany, 1829

1829

Silver medal

1829

Bronze medal by I. Lang

1829

Bronze medal by Peuvrier commemorating Baron Antoine Dubois

1825

Gilded bronze medal commemorating the voyage of discovery undertaken by L'Astrolabe in 1826

1826