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Coalbrookdale by Night by Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg

1801

Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775

1775

Vaginal Speculum for Applying Leeches

1801-1830

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

1770

Snuff Box, England, 1771-1830

1771-1830

Difference Engine No. 1

circa 1832

Trough battery, 1801-1838

1801-1838

Laennec's stethoscope

1815-1825

Original preparation of quinine by Pelletier and Caveton

1820

Gold lever escapement watch by John Leroux

1785

Phrenological head

1821

Prototype of the Brougham carriage

1838

Sewing machine by Elias Howe

circa 1846

Early inhaler for ether anaesthesia

1847-1848

Rotative Steam Engine by Boulton and Watt, 1788

1788

Model, of Woolf's Water Tube Boiler, 1819

1819

The Great Exhibition Polka 1851

1851

Meerschaum tobacco pipe

1790-1840

Edward Jenner's lancets

1801-1823

Two Perkins 'tractors'

1795-1805

Watch movement with spring detent escapement by John Arnold and Son

1787

Spring-detent escapement watch with gold case by John Arnold and Son

1796

Schwann's microscope (no case)

1835

Shaving by Steam

1800-1830

Huskisson Memorial

1831

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

1846

Marine chronometer by John Arnold

1771

Maudslay 's Lord Chancellor bench micrometer

1805

Micrometer type mechanical comparator

1855

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Cammann type binaural stethoscope

1845-1855

Arkwright's Water Frame

1775

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

Plaster model of the lunar surface

1844

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Rocket locomotive

1829

Anatomical Drawing of a Human Skeleton

1840

Orrery planetary model

1789-1795

'Puffing Billy' Locomotive with Tender and Rails

1813-1814

Purse presented to George Hall esq

1853

Remains of Little Eaton Gangway coal wagon, c 1798

1793-1803

Arthington Tunnel memorial plaque, 1849

1849

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

Guard's chronometer, Birmingham & Derby Junction Railway

1834-1844

London & Birmingham Railway clock

1837