Image
Category
Collection
Maker
On Display
Object type
Place
Material
Date

Thumbscrew, France, 1601-1850

1601-1850

Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775

1775

Vaginal Speculum for Applying Leeches

1801-1830

Early inhaler for ether anaesthesia

1847-1848

Difference Engine No. 1

circa 1832

Snuff Box, England, 1771-1830

1771-1830

Wooden Acupuncture Model

1681

Coalbrookdale by Night by Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg

1801

Dental Pelican for Tooth Pulling

1701-1800

Dental instruments used for tooth pulling, France, 1700-1800

1700-1800

Cat-o-nine Tails, United Kingdom, 1700-1850

1700-1850

Rotative Steam Engine by Boulton and Watt, 1788

1788

Napier's Bones

1690

Islamic horary quadrant, 1727-1728

1727-1728

Carved wooden figure of Job covered in boils, Europe, 1750-1850

1750-1850

Laennec's stethoscope

1815-1825

Lunardi's second balloon ascending from St. George's Fields, 1785

1785-1790

Cubical polyhedral sundial

1751-1800

Original preparation of quinine by Pelletier and Caveton

1820

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

Dental key

1725-1780

Phrenological head of Francis Gall

1823

Prototype of the Brougham carriage

1838

Phrenological head

1821

Sewing machine by Elias Howe

circa 1846

Arkwright's prototype spinning machine, 1769.

1769

Early balance spring watch by Thomas Tompion

1675-1679

Theodolite used for the Principal Triangulation of Great Britain

1791

Orrery made by John Rowley for the Earl of Orrery

1712-1713

Rocket locomotive

1829

Medal commemorating the Montgolfier unmanned balloon ascent

1783

Medal, Blanchard's balloon ascent, Nuremberg, Germany, 1787

1785

Medal commemorating balloon flight of Blanchard at Frankfurt

1785

Pharmacy storage jar used for theriac

1725-1755

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Watt's end measuring machine

1776

Remains of Little Eaton Gangway coal wagon, c 1798

1793-1803

Arthington Tunnel memorial plaque, 1849

1849

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

Seal die, Ashby De La Zouch Canal Company

1794

Dental pelican

1601-1760

Small white marble bowl-like mortar

1601-1800

Drug jar for cinchona bark

1701-1730

Tin glazed earthenware albarello

1601-1630

Leber-pattern dental forceps

1770-1800

Lancet case, carved with pictures of Napoleon's tomb

1821-1850

Metal hand clutching a sprig of rue

1800-1850