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Whitworth Planing Machine

circa 1842

Difference Engine No. 1

circa 1832

Early inhaler for ether anaesthesia

1847-1848

Sewing machine by Elias Howe

circa 1846

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Furness Railway steam locomotive 'Coppernob' 0-4-0, No 3, 1846

1846

Rocket locomotive

1829

Prototype of the Brougham carriage

1838

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

Phrenological head

1821

Schwann's microscope (no case)

1835

Entrance into Manchester across Water Street

1831

Hand loom

1825-1835

Euston Station gates

1838

Nimbus, or rain cloud

1849

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Britannia statue

1849

Palmer's micrometer (replica)

circa 1848

Plaster model of the lunar surface

1844

Cooke and Wheatstone 5-needle telegraph, 1837

1837

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

Anatomical Drawing of a Human Skeleton

1840

Model of Arthur Parsey's compressed air locomotive, 1845

1845

Slamannan Railway commemorative plaque

1840

Decorated keystone from South Stockton arch, Thornaby station

1842

Railway bridge section

1850

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

1837

Bishop Auckland & Weardale Railway seal die

1837

Lancet case, carved with pictures of Napoleon's tomb

1821-1850

Silver lancet case, empty

1833

Guard's chronometer, Birmingham & Derby Junction Railway

1834-1844

London & Birmingham Railway clock

1837

'Vaporisateur du Docteur Montazeau', print, Paris, France, 1822-1840

1822-1840

View of the Britannia Tubular Bridge

1850

Shoulder papier-mache doll accompanying English wooden doll.Circa 1840

circa 1840

Lithograph: 'Tring Cutting. June 17th 1837'

1839

Thames Tunnel opening commemorative medal, 1843

1843

Cramlington Colliery chaldron wagon, c 1826

1821-1831

Engraving: Watt's first experiment of steam. By James Scott after R.W. Buss

1849

Eclipse

1841

model passenger locomotive 1837

1837

Novelty model

1955; 1830

model steam locomotive

1826

Station bell, Manchester & Leeds Railway

1842

Truncheon, ebony, England, 1849

1849

Monaural stethoscope

1840-1850

White earthenware jug

1830-1850

Plaster phrenological head of Sir William Edward Parry

1827-1850

Vaccination lancet, London, England, 1822-1850

1822-1850