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Place
Material
Date

Hydrostatic balance by Jesse Ramsden, London, 1785-1789

1785-1789

Model of Arthur Parsey's compressed air locomotive, 1845

1845

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Silver lancet case, empty

1833

Netsuke depicting man with moxa on leg

1771-1800

Truncheon, ebony, England, 1849

1849

Straight spectacles

1796-1797

Transverse folding spectacles

1796-1798

Tumbler, horn, with silver strip around rim, 1742

1742

great north of england railway bye laws notice

1842

Charcoal-burning portable ornamental box foot warmer

1750-1850

Cubical polyhedral sundial

1751-1800

Chronometer in Gold Case by Thomas Earnsham, 1795-1810

1795-1810

Stanhope square demonstrator, c.1805.

circa 1805

Edward Jenner's lancets

1801-1823

Cylinder electrical machine, 1810-1817

1810-1817

Single needle telegraph, 1846

1846

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Wheatstone printing telegraph, 1841

1841

Bright's bell telegraph, 1855

1855

Machine used for covering wires with silk and cotton, 1837

1837

Henley's magneto electric double needle telegraph, 1848-1852

1848-1852

Cooke and Wheatstone's double needle telegraph, 1844

1844

Cooke and Wheatstone double needle telegraph, 1844

1844

Cooke and Wheatstone's four needle telegraph, 1838

1838

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

Charles Green Aeronaut

1836

Hand loom

1825-1835

Half-penny coin

1806

Small white cup in soft paste porcelain

1748-1763

East Indiaman Herefordshire

1815

Architect's model of S&J Watts' warehouse

1850-1856

Pair of dental forceps

1820-1855

The Great Exhibition Polka 1851

1851

Watt's end measuring machine

1776

Phrenological (Spreading) Calipers

1820-1850

Purse presented to George Hall esq

1853

Remains of Little Eaton Gangway coal wagon, c 1798

1793-1803

Arthington Tunnel memorial plaque, 1849

1849

Bridge plaque - 1855

1855

Tobacco box - made from a piece of roman lead pipe

1854

Slamannan Railway commemorative plaque

1840

Decorated keystone from South Stockton arch, Thornaby station

1842

Silver presentation whistle and chain, London & South Western Railway

1853

Railway bridge section

1850

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