Set of sixty miniature heads used in phrenology
1831
Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement
1705-1737
Model of the "Planet" Locomotive
1830 (original); 1967 (model)
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Rocket locomotive
1829
Novelty model
1955; 1830
Shutt End Colliery Railway steam locomotive 'Agenoria'
1829
Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894
1893-4
Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7
1863-7
Deck watch by Breguet et Fils
1830
Portrait bust of Princess Victoria
1829
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Entrance into Manchester across Water Street
1831
Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772
1772 (original); 1919 (model)
Jug showing the entrance to the Liverpool & Manchester Railway
1830
Huskisson Memorial
1831
'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799
1775-1799 (original); 1900-1907 (model)
Sans Pareil
1829
Clockwork drive, for refracting telescope of 5.9-inch aperture
1829
Refracting telescope of 5.9-inch aperture, mounted on English type equatorial mounting with off-set lead counterweight
1829
Oersted Compass Needle, 1828
1828
Chinese celestial clockwork globe
1830
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
Bench vice belonging to George Stephenson
1829
Ice-skate of about 1830, wood with metal runner
1830
Copy of the Receiver and Alarm Call of Schilling's Electric Telegraph, 1870-1877
1870-1877
Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936
1936
Telescope by Galileo (replica)
1610; 1923
Print, Personifications: scenes showing people constructed of artefacts embodying their character
1830
Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)
1668; 1924
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
Copy of Thimonnier's chain-stitch sewing machine, 1830
1830
Replica of Lightning Conductor by Benjamin Franklin, United States, 1730-1760
1730-1760 (original); 1931-1939 (replica)
Electrotype replica of a 16th-century mariner’s astrolabe
1580-1588; 1930
Mummy of a peregrine falcon, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE
2000-1001 BCE
Wooden model of a mercury compensated pendulum
1829
Wooden model of a screw
1828
Parts of apparatus for demonstrating thermoelectricity
1828
Copy of a cippus showing Horus, Egypt, 1900-1933
1900-1933
Model of submersible 'Turtle'
1976; 1776
Votive plaque with right ear in relief
400 BCE-100 CE; 1900-1936
Inscribed votive plaque with pair of arms in relief
100 BCE-100 CE; 1900-1936
Earthenware jug
2000-1350
Inscribed votive plaque with breast in relief
100 BCE-100 CE; 1900-1936
Contact goniometer, c.1830.
1830
Replica of Roman steelyard, from Pompeii, 79 AD
1-79 CE; before 1914
model, scale 1:2, segmental turning lathe
1830
Earthenware oil jar
2000-1350
Earthenware oil jar
2000-1350