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

1780-1850

Sans Pareil

1829

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

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

1846

Rocket locomotive

1829

Set of sixty miniature heads used in phrenology

1831

Thomson's mirror marine galvanometer, 1858

1858

Laennec's stethoscope

1815-1825

Model of Grew's locomotive for ice

circa 1861

Thompson's Revolver Camera

1862

Bain's chemical telegraph, 1850.

1850

Electrical chimes by George Adams

1781-1790

Rawhide bag for storing cinchona bark

1777-1785

Skaife's Pistolgraph Camera

1858

North Eastern Railway locomotive Aerolite

1869

Theodolite used for the Principal Triangulation of Great Britain

1791

Marine chronometer by John Arnold and Son

1795

Early inhaler for ether anaesthesia

1847-1848

Arkwright's Water Frame

1775

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Britannia statue

1849

Great Northern Railway 4-2-2 locomotive Stirling Single

1870

Vaginal Speculum for Applying Leeches

1801-1830

Phrenological head

1821

Snuff Box, England, 1771-1830

1771-1830

Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775

1775

great north of england railway bye laws notice

1842

Tobacco box - made from a piece of roman lead pipe

1854

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

Lid for Self Cleansing carbon filter

circa 1861

Slotting machine

1835

Stockton & Darlington Railway carriage

1847

Stanhope square demonstrator, c.1805.

circa 1805

One of four original Swan and Raven models

1867

One of four original Swan and Raven models used by Froude

1867

England and her Soldiers

1859

Ready reckoner for ship's cargoes

1807

‘Medico-Electrical Machine’ by Nairne and Blunt

1782-1793

Lunardi's second balloon ascending from St. George's Fields, 1785

1785-1790

Satirical print of a failed balloon launch from Foley House, London in 1784

1784

Stipple-engraved portrait of Benjamin Martin

1815

Slide rule for exchange of weights and measures

1815

London & Birmingham Railway pocket watch

1842

Chronometer in Gold Case by Thomas Earnsham, 1795-1810

1795-1810

Mirror galvanometer for the transatlantic telegraph, 1858

1858

Lord Kelvin's 'ironclad' marine galvanometer, 1865-1866

1865-1866

Trough battery, 1801-1838

1801-1838