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Coalbrookdale by Night by Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg

1801

Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775

1775

Rotative Steam Engine by Boulton and Watt, 1788

1788

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

1770

Vaginal Speculum for Applying Leeches

1801-1830

Difference Engine No. 1

circa 1832

Cubical polyhedral sundial

1751-1800

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

1780-1850

Model paddle wheel engines of the SS 'Great Eastern'

1853-1857

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

1846

Snuff Box, England, 1771-1830

1771-1830

Cooke and Wheatstone's four needle telegraph, 1838

1838

Bain's chemical telegraph, 1850.

1850

Marine chronometer by Brockbanks

1802

Schwann's microscope (no case)

1835

Prototype of the Brougham carriage

1838

Maudslay 's Lord Chancellor bench micrometer

1805

Sewing machine by Elias Howe

circa 1846

Watch made for the 1851 Great Exhibition by Alexander Watkins

1851

Cammann type binaural stethoscope

1845-1855

Early inhaler for ether anaesthesia

1847-1848

Rocket locomotive

1829

James Watt and the Steam Engine Print

1860

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

Architect's model of S&J Watts' warehouse

1850-1856

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

1850-1859

Model of Arthur Parsey's compressed air locomotive, 1845

1845

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

Bridge plaque - 1855

1855

Down Pipe from Maldon Witham & Braintree Railway

1846-1859

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

Marble statue of George Stephenson, 1852

1852

Guard's chronometer, Birmingham & Derby Junction Railway

1834-1844