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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

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

Swannington Incline Winding Engine, Leicester & Swannington Railway, 1832

1832

Divers Projets

1798

Stipple-engraved portrait of Margaret Bryan and two children

1797

Souscription watch, by Abraham-Louis Breguet

1805

'Souscription' watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet

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

Original preparation of quinine acetate by Pelletier

1810-1840

Original preparation of quinine hydrochloride by Pelletier

1810-1840

Schwann's microscope (no case)

1835

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

Stipple-engraved portrait of Benjamin Martin

1815

Slide rule for exchange of weights and measures

1815

Chronometer in Gold Case by Thomas Earnsham, 1795-1810

1795-1810

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Cooke and Wheatstone's four needle telegraph, 1838

1838

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Machine used for covering wires with silk and cotton, 1837

1837

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Deck-watch used by Capt. George Vancouver on board HMS Discovery 1791-5

1791

Gold watch by John Gibson, Royal Exchange

1808

Watch with four outer cases, made by Edward Prior for the Turkish export market

1800

Spring-detent escapement watch in a gold case by Reid & Co. London

1807