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Coalbrookdale by Night by Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg

Coalbrookdale by Night by Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg

1801

Vaginal Speculum for Applying Leeches

Vaginal Speculum for Applying Leeches

1801-1830

Difference Engine No. 1

Difference Engine No. 1

circa 1832

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

Rocket locomotive

Rocket locomotive

1829

Model of Henry Maudslay's screw-cutting lathe

Model of Henry Maudslay's screw-cutting lathe

1800-1820

Phrenological head

Phrenological head

1821

Original preparation of quinine by Pelletier and Caveton

Original preparation of quinine by Pelletier and Caveton

1820

Maudslay 's Lord Chancellor bench micrometer

Maudslay 's Lord Chancellor bench micrometer

1805

Machine-Screw thread making tool, by Henry Maudslay

Machine-Screw thread making tool, by Henry Maudslay

circa 1800

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Set of sixty miniature heads used in phrenology

Set of sixty miniature heads used in phrenology

1831

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

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

1808

Freud electronic laughing ball

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Model, of Woolf's Water Tube Boiler, 1819

Model, of Woolf's Water Tube Boiler, 1819

1819

Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement

Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement

1705-1737

Edward Jenner's lancets

Edward Jenner's lancets

1801-1823

Sundial from Liverpool Road Station

Sundial from Liverpool Road Station

1833

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

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

1820

Oersted Compass Needle, 1828

Oersted Compass Needle, 1828

1828

Haydock Colliery Steam Engine

Haydock Colliery Steam Engine

1830

Cramlington Colliery chaldron wagon, c 1826

Cramlington Colliery chaldron wagon, c 1826

1821-1831

Boring machine, Yard No. 642

Boring machine, Yard No. 642

1804-1807

East Indiaman Herefordshire

East Indiaman Herefordshire

1815

Steam locomotive used at Hetton Colliery

Steam locomotive used at Hetton Colliery

1822

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Marine chronometer by Brockbanks

Marine chronometer by Brockbanks

1802

Marine chronometer by John Arnold

Marine chronometer by John Arnold

1802

Five wooden molecular model balls

Five wooden molecular model balls

circa 1810

Copy of Chamberlen obstetric forceps

Copy of Chamberlen obstetric forceps

1813

'Royal Address of Cadwallader ap-Tudor ap-Edwards ap-Vaughan, Water-King of Southwark', print, London, England, 1832

'Royal Address of Cadwallader ap-Tudor ap-Edwards ap-Vaughan, Water-King of Southwark', print, London, England, 1832

1832

Neolithic flint scraper

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Silver ear trumpet hearing aid, London, England, 1814

Silver ear trumpet hearing aid, London, England, 1814

1814

Mail guard watch by George Littlewort

Mail guard watch by George Littlewort

1825

Oval snuff box, England, 1807

Oval snuff box, England, 1807

1807

Small screw-cutting device or fusee engine for clock-maker's use

Small screw-cutting device or fusee engine for clock-maker's use

circa 1800

Chinese celestial clockwork globe

Chinese celestial clockwork globe

1830

model steam locomotive

model steam locomotive

1826

Novelty model

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Wax plaque showing a dissected female figure

Wax plaque showing a dissected female figure

1801-1830

Chemical Lectures

Chemical Lectures

circa 1810

Piston and Rod, from Newcomen Pumping Engine 'Old Sarah'

Piston and Rod, from Newcomen Pumping Engine 'Old Sarah'

1815

Phrenological head of Francis Gall

Phrenological head of Francis Gall

1823

Wax plaque of woman showing foetus in the womb

Wax plaque of woman showing foetus in the womb

1801-1830

Phrenological head, microcephalic

Phrenological head, microcephalic

1820-1830

Gold watch by John Gibson, Royal Exchange

Gold watch by John Gibson, Royal Exchange

1808

Shaving by Steam

Shaving by Steam

1800-1830

Copy of the Receiver and Alarm Call of Schilling's Electric Telegraph, 1870-1877

Copy of the Receiver and Alarm Call of Schilling's Electric Telegraph, 1870-1877

1870-1877

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7