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Category
Collection
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Object type
Place
Material
Date

Cubical polyhedral sundial

1751-1800

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

1872

Difference Engine No. 1

circa 1832

Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775

1775

Edison telephone, 1879

1879

Prototype of the Brougham carriage

1838

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

1871

One of the First Rechargeable Batteries, about 1860

1860

Bronze mortar and pestle, Europe, 1701-1800

1701-1800

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

1700-1850

Snuff Box, England, 1771-1830

1771-1830

Rotative Steam Engine by Boulton and Watt, 1788

1788

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

1770

Great Northern Railway 4-2-2 locomotive Stirling Single

1870

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

1846

Skaife's Pistolgraph Camera

1858

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

Theodolite used for the Principal Triangulation of Great Britain

1791

Compound microscope

1700

Orrery made by John Rowley for the Earl of Orrery

1712-1713

Cash sword of coins for protecting new born baby from harmful spirits

1701-1800

Holmes' arc lamp from South Foreland Lighthouse, about 1860-80.

1860-1880

Locomotion

1834-1836

The Great Exhibition Polka 1851

1851

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

1879

Lithograph, Chronological pictures of English History

1850-1859

Purse presented to George Hall esq

1853

Tobacco box - made from a piece of roman lead pipe

1854

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

1837

Seal die, Ashby De La Zouch Canal Company

1794

Bishop Auckland & Weardale Railway seal die

1837

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

1877

Ramsbottom speed indicator

1860

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

1849

Station bell, Manchester & Leeds Railway

1842

James Watt and the Steam Engine Print

1860

Tumbler, horn, with silver strip around rim, 1742

1742

Frame saw

1700-1800

Wood-working brace drill, with button-operated latch chuck, 1875-1885

circa 1880

Tinder pistol in egg-shaped

1700-1850

Model 'Maximum machine', before 1753.

1740-1753

View of the Britannia Tubular Bridge

1850

Commemorative spade used to turn the first sod of the River Lee Conservancy's new cutting through Horse Shoe Point

1878

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

circa 1840

Colour lithograph of the S.S. 'Great Eastern'

1850-1859

Small amputation saw by Braun, c.1730

1701-1800

Plaster phrenological head of Sir William Edward Parry

1827-1850

Small screw-cutting device or fusee engine for clock-maker's use

circa 1800

Wooden stool with four legs and octagonal seat

1830-1840

Demainbray's Irish low-backed cart model

1735-1754.