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'Over London-by Rail', Engraving, London, England, 1872

1872

Rover 'Safety' Bicycle, 1885

1885

Early inhaler for ether anaesthesia

1847-1848

Babbage's Analytical Engine, 1834-1871. (Trial model)

1871

Difference Engine No. 1

circa 1832

Lord Kelvin's 'ironclad' marine galvanometer, 1865-1866

1865-1866

William Thomson's Tide Predicting Machine, 1872

1872

Great Northern Railway 4-2-2 locomotive Stirling Single

1870

Thompson's Revolver Camera

1862

Aveling and Porter steam traction engine

circa 1871

Edison telephone, 1879

1879

Mirror galvanometer for the transatlantic telegraph, 1858

1858

Swan electric lamp

1878-1879

Original preparation of quinine by Pelletier and Caveton

1820

Cammann type binaural stethoscope

1845-1855

Steam locomotive, 'Bauxite'

1874

Builder's whole, rigged model, of SS 'Great Eastern', 1853-1857

1853-1857

Windsor mantle clock

1845-1855

Phrenological head of Francis Gall

1823

Prototype of the Brougham carriage

1838

Sectional Model of a Beam Engine, 1866.

1866

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

Sewing machine by Elias Howe

circa 1846

Phrenological head

1821

Rocket locomotive

1829

Magic lantern slide depicting Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Alice and The Queen of Hearts

1870s

Column dial by Henry Robert

1831-1870

James Watt and the Steam Engine Print

1860

Hand loom

1825-1835

Scutcher, made by Platt Brothers & Co. Ltd

1889

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

The Great Exhibition Polka 1851

1851

Brass amulet to protect the wearer from cholera, France, 1820-1880

1820-1880

Engraving: Watt's first experiment. Marcus Stone ARA pinxt; Herbert Bourne sculpt; published by Appleton & Co

1879

Gordon universal type dental forceps

1835-1870

Lithograph, Chronological pictures of English History

1850-1859

Model steam locomotive

1882

Arthington Tunnel memorial plaque, 1849

1849

Bridge plaque - 1855

1855

Down Pipe from Maldon Witham & Braintree Railway

1846-1859

Tobacco box - made from a piece of roman lead pipe

1854

Slamannan Railway commemorative plaque

1840

Brass worksplate no 517, Manning Wardle & Co

1875

Decorated keystone from South Stockton arch, Thornaby station

1842

Brass worksplate no 917, Manning Wardle & Co

1884

Railway bridge section

1850

Seal die, Great North of England, Clarence & Hartlepool Junction Railway

1837

Bishop Auckland & Weardale Railway seal die

1837

Full size wooden model of Beloe's double rail and chair

1877

Enema syringe

1831-1870