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Cubical polyhedral sundial

1751-1800

Coalbrookdale by Night by Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg

1801

Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775

1775

Vaginal Speculum for Applying Leeches

1801-1830

Snuff Box, England, 1771-1830

1771-1830

Difference Engine No. 1

circa 1832

Sewing machine by Elias Howe

circa 1846

Theodolite used for the Principal Triangulation of Great Britain

1791

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

1780-1850

Laennec's stethoscope

1815-1825

Rotative Steam Engine by Boulton and Watt, 1788

1788

Skaife's Pistolgraph Camera

1858

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

1853-1857

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

1770

Early inhaler for ether anaesthesia

1847-1848

Prototype of the Brougham carriage

1838

Rocket locomotive

1829

Schwann's microscope (no case)

1835

Bain's chemical telegraph, 1850.

1850

Watt's end measuring machine

1776

Clarke's Hydrometer (c. 1755)

1755

Trough battery, 1801-1838

1801-1838

Marine chronometer by Brockbanks

1802

The Dutton Viaduct on the Grand Junction Railway, over the Valley of the Weaver

1837-1840

Bullion box containing lead shot

1855

Cammann type binaural stethoscope

1845-1855

Oil painting depicting Robert Stephenson

circa 1850s

Palmer's micrometer (replica)

circa 1848

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

1846

Britannia statue

1849

Refracting telescope with achromatic lens, made by the Dollond family

1760-1775

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

1775-1785

Plaster model of the lunar surface

1844

Anatomical Drawing of a Human Skeleton

1840

Isambard Kingdom Brunel, 1848

1848

John Ellis

1858

Model railway turntable

1850

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

circa 1800

Marble reproduction of bust

1790-1819

Plaster urn

1790-1819

Socrates

1790-1819

Reproduction alabaster bust of Homer

1790-1819

Plaster bust

1790-1819

Crucible, piece missing, fused substance within

1790-1819

Spirit level

1790-1819

Plaster mould

1790-1819

Box containing minerals and mixing sticks

1790-1819

Piece of wood ,

1790-1819

Piece of wood, one side partly cut out

1790-1819

Creamware plate

1771-1800