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Category
Collection
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Object type
Place
Material
Date

Cubical polyhedral sundial

1751-1800

Difference Engine No. 1

circa 1832

Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775

1775

Prototype of the Brougham carriage

1838

Snuff Box, England, 1771-1830

1771-1830

Rotative Steam Engine by Boulton and Watt, 1788

1788

Skaife's Pistolgraph Camera

1858

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

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

1846

Theodolite used for the Principal Triangulation of Great Britain

1791

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

1770

Locomotion

1834-1836

The Great Exhibition Polka 1851

1851

Watt's end measuring machine

1776

Lithograph, Chronological pictures of English History

1850-1859

Purse presented to George Hall esq

1853

Remains of Little Eaton Gangway coal wagon, c 1798

1793-1803

Arthington Tunnel memorial plaque, 1849

1849

Down Pipe from Maldon Witham & Braintree Railway

1846-1859

Tobacco box - made from a piece of roman lead pipe

1854

Silver presentation whistle and chain, London & South Western Railway

1853

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

Marble statue of George Stephenson, 1852

1852

Guard's chronometer, Birmingham & Derby Junction Railway

1834-1844

London & Birmingham Railway clock

1837

Chronometer watch in silver case by John Arnold and Son

hallmarked 1788

'Bell-crank' engine, c. 1799

1795-1805 (original)

Cramlington Colliery chaldron wagon, c 1826

1821-1831

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

1849

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Station bell, Manchester & Leeds Railway

1842

White earthenware jug

1830-1850

Peel, Williams & Peel steam engine

1846

'Vaporisateur du Docteur Montazeau', print, Paris, France, 1822-1840

1822-1840

Breast pump, Europe, 1771-1830

1771-1830

Saw used by Samuel Crompton

1750-1770

Transverse folding spectacles

1796-1798

Transverse folding spectacles

1790-1830

Circular pewter spittoon, England, 1771-1850

1771-1850

Joseph Priestley LLD FRS

1782

Filar micrometer by William Herschel, 1780-1800

1780-1800

Edward Jenner's lancets

1801-1823

Straight spectacles

1796-1797

Cooke and Wheatstone five-needle telegraph

1837

Small white cup in soft paste porcelain

1748-1763

Hedley's experimental model for testing adhesion.

1812

Plane table outfit by Benjamin Cole

1750-1766

Expedition Crane

1764