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Theodolite used for the Principal Triangulation of Great Britain

1791

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Laennec's stethoscope

1815-1825

Trough battery, 1801-1838

1801-1838

Two Perkins 'tractors'

1795-1805

Sans Pareil

1829

Steam locomotive used at Hetton Colliery

1822

Vaginal Speculum for Applying Leeches

1801-1830

Phrenological head

1821

Whitworth Planing Machine

circa 1842

Rocket locomotive

1829

Coalbrookdale by Night by Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg

1801

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

1801-1830

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

1837

Seal die, Ashby De La Zouch Canal Company

1794

Station bell, Manchester & Leeds Railway

1842

great north of england railway bye laws notice

1842

Swannington Incline Winding Engine, Leicester & Swannington Railway, 1832

1832

Divers Projets

1798

London & Birmingham Railway pocket watch

1842

Stipple-engraved portrait of Margaret Bryan and two children

1797

Souscription watch, by Abraham-Louis Breguet

1805

'Souscription' watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet

1800

'Early 'perpetuelle' watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet

1783-1800

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

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

1840

Gold and enamel watch by Robert Robin

1785-1795

Original preparation of quinine acetate by Pelletier

1810-1840

Original preparation of quinine hydrochloride by Pelletier

1810-1840

Schwann's microscope (no case)

1835

Medal, Blanchard's balloon ascent, Nuremberg, Germany, 1787

1785

Specimen of First Telegraph Line, 1837

1837

Wooden stool with four legs and octagonal seat

1830-1840

Bodmin & Wadebridge Railway, composite 1st & 2nd class railway carriage

1834

Bodmin & Wadebridge Railway 2nd Class railway carriage, 1834

1834

Bodmin & Wadebridge Railway 3rd Class open railway carriage, 1834

1834

Bishop Auckland & Weardale Railway seal die

1837

Remains of Little Eaton Gangway coal wagon, c 1798

1793-1803

London & Birmingham Railway clock

1837

Cramlington Colliery chaldron wagon, c 1826

1821-1831

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Stanhope square demonstrator, c.1805.

circa 1805

Ready reckoner for ship's cargoes

1807

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

100 Link Steel Surveying Chain, 1784.

1784

Slide rule for exchange of weights and measures

1815