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Coalbrookdale by Night by Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg

1801

Vaginal Speculum for Applying Leeches

1801-1830

Difference Engine No. 1

circa 1832

Sewing machine by Elias Howe

circa 1846

Bain's chemical telegraph, 1850.

1850

Schwann's microscope (no case)

1835

Rotative Steam Engine by Boulton and Watt, 1788

1788

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

1846

Early inhaler for ether anaesthesia

1847-1848

Prototype of the Brougham carriage

1838

Trough battery, 1801-1838

1801-1838

Model of "Firefly" class locomotive, about 1840

1840

Laennec's stethoscope

1815-1825

Hand loom

1825-1835

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Machine-Screw thread making tool, by Henry Maudslay

circa 1800

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

Palmer's micrometer (replica)

circa 1848

Portable double-needle telegraph and test set, 1850

1850

Gold lever escapement watch by John Leroux

1785

Chinese celestial clockwork globe

1830

Dental impression tray

1830-1850

Original preparation of quinine by Pelletier and Caveton

1820

Phrenological head

1821

Medal commemorating the first manned balloon flights

1784

Rocket locomotive

1829

Anatomical Drawing of a Human Skeleton

1840

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

Bishop Auckland & Weardale Railway seal die

1837

Guard's chronometer, Birmingham & Derby Junction Railway

1834-1844

London & Birmingham Railway clock

1837

'Dr Syntax and his wife making an experiment in pneumatics', print, London, England, 1820

1820

'Vaporisateur du Docteur Montazeau', print, Paris, France, 1822-1840

1822-1840

View of the Britannia Tubular Bridge

1850

Praeclarissimus Isaacus Newton Eques

1787

Metric volumetric rule, with 0.05 to 100 litres graduations

1803-1828

Shoulder papier-mache doll accompanying English wooden doll.Circa 1840

circa 1840

Lithograph: 'Tring Cutting. June 17th 1837'

1839

Chronometer watch in silver case by John Arnold and Son

hallmarked 1788

Thames Tunnel opening commemorative medal, 1843

1843

'Bell-crank' engine, c. 1799

1795-1805 (original)

Cramlington Colliery chaldron wagon, c 1826

1821-1831

Engraving: Watt's first experiment of steam. By James Scott after R.W. Buss

1849

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Conjectural model of Trevithick's locomotive 'Catch-me-who-can'

1808

great north of england railway bye laws notice

1842

Model of William Murdock's Oscillating Engine, 1785.

1785