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Seal, Stockton & Darlington Railway

1821

Model Manchester & Leeds Railway carriage

1839

model steam, crewe type locomotive

1846

Ice-skate of about 1830, wood with metal runner

1830

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Nimbus, or rain cloud

1849

Cumulostratus forming; fine weather Cirri above

1849

Winding Engine, Stanhope & Tyne Railway

1833

Oersted Compass Needle, 1828

1828

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

1820

Gold watch made for Queen Amelie of France by Henri Motel

circa 1840

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

1823

Marine chronometer by Charles Shepherd

1840-1850

Mail guard watch by George Littlewort

1825

Enamelled watch by Dimier

1830-1850

Two lancets in a patterned silver case

1844

Original preparation of quinine by Pelletier and Caveton

1820

Stained plaster phrenological bust

1821

Silver snuff box, United Kingdom, presented in 1832

1832

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

The Dutton Viaduct on the Grand Junction Railway, over the Valley of the Weaver

1837-1840

Phrenological head of unidentified individual

1824

Phrenological head of Francis Gall

1823

Bridge used to span the River Gaunless at West Auckland

1823-1825

Steam locomotive used at Hetton Colliery

1822

Britannia statue

1849

Palmer's micrometer (replica)

circa 1848

Handbill, Theatre Royal, Covent Garden

1824

'Royal Address of Cadwallader ap-Tudor ap-Edwards ap-Vaughan, Water-King of Southwark', print, London, England, 1832

1832

Seal die, The Southampton & Dorchester Railway Company

1845

Boundary marker from Stockton & Darlington Railway

circa 1821-1825

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

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

1829

Replica of Morse's second model of telegraphy apparatus, 1934

1934

Lead weight marked 'Reid' from the first cross-Channel telegraph cable, 1850.

1850

Copy of the Receiver and Alarm Call of Schilling's Electric Telegraph, 1870-1877

1870-1877

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

1705-1737

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

Sans Pareil

1829

Clockwork drive, for refracting telescope of 5.9-inch aperture

1829

Cooke and Wheatstone 5-needle telegraph, 1837

1837

Insulators used for Morse's telegraph, 1835

1835

Wheatstone ABC telegraph receiver, 1942

1842

Portable double-needle telegraph and test set, 1850

1850

Type used for original Morse telegraph, 1835

1835

Cooke and Wheatstone's A.B.C. telegraph receiver, 1839-1840

1839-1840

Cooke and Wheatstone’s double-needle telegraph, 1838

1838

Sir W. F. Cooke's original electric alarum, 1835-1840

1835-1840

Transmitting keys for Five-needle telegraph, 1837-1846

1837-1846