'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century
1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)
'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799
1775-1799 (original); 1900-1907 (model)
Mahogany “Damping well”, part of Watt's letter copying process
1790-1819
Mahogany “Damping well”, part of Watt's letter copying process
1790-1819
Piston and Rod, from Newcomen Pumping Engine 'Old Sarah'
1815
Handbill, Theatre Royal, Covent Garden
1824
Plaster cast, profile bust
1790-1819
Cupid and Psyche
1790-1819
Winding Engine, Stanhope & Tyne Railway
1833
Plaster bust of Aristotle
1790-1819
Plaster cast, Venus
1790-1819
Plaster cast of Egyptian head
1790-1819
Plaster cast of Matthew Boulton
1809
Plaster bust of Niobe
1790-1819
plaster cast of hand
1790-1819
Paddlewheel used by James Joule
c1860
Bridge used to span the River Gaunless at West Auckland
1823-1825
Four-Wheeled Hand Crane
1850
North Eastern Railway locomotive Aerolite
1869
Sans Pareil
1829
Steam locomotive used at Hetton Colliery
1822
Altazimuth theodolite by Benjamin Cole & Son
1755-1765
Britannia statue
1849
Tables of lifetimes, annuities, and premiums
1864
Marine barometer by R.B. Bate
mid-1800s
Clockwork drive, for refracting telescope of 5.9-inch aperture
1829
Refracting telescope of 5.9-inch aperture, mounted on English type equatorial mounting with off-set lead counterweight
1829
Set of 7 square brass grain weights and two folded pieces of paper: one of which is inscribed with ‘Alicante’, for the Mark of Alicante from the Castlereagh Collection
1800-1818
Set of 8 brass nested cup weights for the Mark of Alicante from the Castlereagh Collection for Alicante
1800-1818
Sycamore (wood) case with lid, for the Mark of Alicante from the Castlereagh Collection
1800-1818
Cutter, Alert
1755
Lucien Sharpe sheet metal gauge
circa 1850
Palmer's micrometer (replica)
circa 1848
Model of the periodic system of de Chancourtois
1925; 1862
Ebony and brass octant.
1777-1810
Refracting telescope with achromatic lens, made by the Dollond family
1760-1775
Achromatic doublet lens with a focal length of 52 inches
1780
Model diving bell with 12 sinking weights
before 1753
Mezzotint portrait of John Bird
1776
Magnetic toy by George Adams
1765
George III's glass sphere
1761
Beam compass by George Adams
1775-1795
Demainbray's convex mirror
1752
Moon globe by John Russell;England;1797
1797
Demainbray's optical model
1752
Demainbray's optical model
1752
Demainbray's optical model
1752
Demainbray's optical model
1752
Pedometer by Spencer & Perkins
1775-1794
Engraving of a demonstration to compare lightning conductor designs
1778-1780