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Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775

1775

Vaginal Speculum for Applying Leeches

1801-1830

Coalbrookdale by Night by Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg

1801

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

1770

Cubical polyhedral sundial

1751-1800

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

1780-1850

Difference Engine No. 1

circa 1832

Snuff Box, England, 1771-1830

1771-1830

Sewing machine by Elias Howe

circa 1846

Schwann's microscope (no case)

1835

Bain's chemical telegraph, 1850.

1850

Cammann type binaural stethoscope

1845-1855

Rotative Steam Engine by Boulton and Watt, 1788

1788

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

1846

Builder's whole, rigged model, of SS 'Great Eastern', 1853-1857

1853-1857

Early inhaler for ether anaesthesia

1847-1848

Prototype of the Brougham carriage

1838

Netsuke depicting man with moxa on leg

1771-1800

Watt's end measuring machine

1776

Laennec's stethoscope

1815-1825

Hand loom

1825-1835

Double beam engine model

1840-1851

Trough battery, 1801-1838

1801-1838

Model paddle wheel engines of the SS 'Great Eastern'

1853-1857

Chinese celestial clockwork globe

1830

Portrait bust of Henry Maudslay

before 1857

Machine-Screw thread making tool, by Henry Maudslay

circa 1800

Refracting telescope with achromatic lens, made by the Dollond family

1760-1775

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

1775-1799 (original); 1900-1907 (model)

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

Palmer's micrometer (replica)

circa 1848

Portable double-needle telegraph and test set, 1850

1850

Dental impression tray

1830-1850

Medal commemorating the first manned balloon flights

1784

Gold lever escapement watch by John Leroux

1785

Watch in a puddingstone, gold and diamond case by John Leroux

1775-1785

Watch made for the 1851 Great Exhibition by Alexander Watkins

1851

Phrenological head

1821

Original preparation of quinine by Pelletier and Caveton

1820

Rocket locomotive

1829

Anatomical Drawing of a Human Skeleton

1840

The Great Exhibition Polka 1851

1851

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

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

1822-1840

View of the Britannia Tubular Bridge

1850

Metric volumetric rule, with 0.05 to 100 litres graduations

1803-1828

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

circa 1840

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

1849