Image
Category
Collection
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Object type
Place
Material
Date

Marine Timekeeper known as 'H5' by John Harrison and Son 1770

1770

Dental Pelican for Tooth Pulling

1701-1800

Dover Castle turret clock

1632-1640

Napier's Bones

1690

Sun-and-moon dial by Elias Allen

1607-1653

Theodolite used for the Principal Triangulation of Great Britain

1791

Wooden Acupuncture Model

1681

Amputation saw, Europe, 1501-1600

1501-1600

Arkwright's Water Frame

1775

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Thumbscrew, France, 1601-1850

1601-1850

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

1846

'Memento mori' watch in the form of a skull, known as the 'Mary Queen of Scots' watch.

1780-1850

Laennec's stethoscope

1815-1825

Cranial trephine

1771-1830

Sector signed John Allen

1630-1642

Trough battery, 1801-1838

1801-1838

Two Perkins 'tractors'

1795-1805

Wooden statue of St Adrian

1700-1850

Anamorphosis Painting of Perspective View of a Ship Model

1744-1774

Armillary sphere by Girolamo Della Volpaia

1554

Sans Pareil

1829

Steam locomotive used at Hetton Colliery

1822

Britannia statue

1849

Early balance spring watch by Thomas Tompion

1675-1679

'Dutch forgery' watch signed John Wilter

1780

Vaginal Speculum for Applying Leeches

1801-1830

Facial mask

1501-1800

Early inhaler for ether anaesthesia

1847-1848

Phrenological head

1821

Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775

1775

Whitworth Planing Machine

circa 1842

Scold's Bridle Mask which partially covers face

1550-1800

Rocket locomotive

1829

Boot for torture purposes, probably English, 1501-1600

1501-1700

Coalbrookdale by Night by Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg

1801

Belt made of spiked metal, Europe, 1501-1700

1501-1700

Water Pipe, for Smoking Opium or Tobacco, China, 1801-1830

1801-1830

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

1837

Seal die, Ashby De La Zouch Canal Company

1794

Station bell, Manchester & Leeds Railway

1842

great north of england railway bye laws notice

1842

Swannington Incline Winding Engine, Leicester & Swannington Railway, 1832

1832

Cooke's train signalling instrument of 1845, Norfolk Railway

1845

Doorcase 56 Lincoln’s Inn Fields

circa 1750

Demainbray's Archimedean screw

1752

Mezzotint portrait of Benjamin Franklin

1762

Demainbray's syphon

1701-1752

Pair of bar magnets in box

1750-1795

Divers Projets

1798