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Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

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

1846

Arkwright's Water Frame

1775

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

Trough battery, 1801-1838

1801-1838

Cranial trephine

1771-1830

Two Perkins 'tractors'

1795-1805

Phrenological head

1821

Whitworth Planing Machine

circa 1842

Vaginal Speculum for Applying Leeches

1801-1830

Steam locomotive used at Hetton Colliery

1822

Britannia statue

1849

'Dutch forgery' watch signed John Wilter

1780

Sans Pareil

1829

Early inhaler for ether anaesthesia

1847-1848

Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775

1775

Rocket locomotive

1829

Coalbrookdale by Night by Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg

1801

Water Pipe, for Smoking Opium or Tobacco, China, 1801-1830

1801-1830

Remains of Little Eaton Gangway coal wagon, c 1798

1793-1803

Arthington Tunnel memorial plaque, 1849

1849

Seal die, Great North of England, Clarence & Hartlepool Junction Railway

1837

Seal die, Ashby De La Zouch Canal Company

1794

Cramlington Colliery chaldron wagon, c 1826

1821-1831

Station bell, Manchester & Leeds Railway

1842

Peel, Williams & Peel steam engine

1846

great north of england railway bye laws notice

1842

Stockton & Darlington Railway carriage

1847

Swannington Incline Winding Engine, Leicester & Swannington Railway, 1832

1832

Cooke's train signalling instrument of 1845, Norfolk Railway

1845

Stanhope square demonstrator, c.1805.

circa 1805

Divers Projets

1798

London & Birmingham Railway pocket watch

1842

Stipple-engraved portrait of Margaret Bryan and two children

1797

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Machine used for covering wires with silk and cotton, 1837

1837

Souscription watch, by Abraham-Louis Breguet

1805

'Souscription' watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet

1800

Repeating clock-watch with dials on front and back by Gautrin, Paris

1780

'Early 'perpetuelle' watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet

1783-1800

Automaton watch by Jean Robert Soret

1812

Watch with enamel case made for the Turkish market

1805-1815

Deck watch by Breguet et Fils

1830

Repeating watch with unusual escapement by Abraham-Louis Breguet

1795

Quarter-repeating gold watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet

circa 1808

Gold watch by Robert Roskell

1814

Marine chronometer by E. Barthet, found on an abandoned ship

1840