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Boundary marker from Stockton & Darlington Railway

circa 1821-1825

Seal, Stockton & Darlington Railway

1821

Near Wellington, Shropshire

1821

model Stockton & Darlington Railway coach "Experiment"

1826

Chemical Lectures

circa 1810

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Phrenological head of Francis Gall

1823

Phrenological head of unidentified individual

1824

Chaldron wagon, Stockton & Darlington Railway

1815-1825

Ice-skate of about 1830, wood with metal runner

1830

Ebony and brass octant.

1805-1815

Model, press for cutting out coin blanks

circa 1808

Herschel, William, head and shoulders

1808

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Half-penny coin

1806

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Original preparation of quinine by Pelletier and Caveton

1820

Liverpool & Manchester Railway Co. seal die

1826

Huskisson Memorial

1831

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

1815

Handbill, Theatre Royal, Covent Garden

1824

Plaster cast of Matthew Boulton

1809

Bridge used to span the River Gaunless at West Auckland

1823-1825

Steam locomotive used at Hetton Colliery

1822

Refracting telescope of 5.9-inch aperture, mounted on English type equatorial mounting with off-set lead counterweight

1829

Sunderland ware jug decorated with pink lustre bands and splashes

1813

Boring machine, Yard No. 642

1804-1807

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

1705-1737

Oersted Compass Needle, 1828

1828

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

1870-1877

Gold watch with the owner's name in place of hour numbers, by William Hardy

1820

Deck-watch used by Capt. William Parry during his attempt to reach the North Pole, 1827

1823

Gold watch with spring detent escapement by Ellicott and Taylor

1815

Gold and enamel half-quarter repeater watch by Brockbanks

1812

Mail guard watch by George Littlewort

1825

Watch with chaff-cutter escapement by John Grant

1804

Chinese celestial clockwork globe

1830

Lancets in silver case

1826

Stained plaster phrenological bust

1821

Silver vinaigrette with hinged lid

1809

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Silver ear trumpet hearing aid, London, England, 1814

1814

Sans Pareil

1829

Clockwork drive, for refracting telescope of 5.9-inch aperture

1829

Pair of turn pin spectacles

1823-1825

Engraved lancet case

1826

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

'Puffing Billy' Locomotive with Tender and Rails

1813-1814

Bench vice belonging to George Stephenson

1829

Jug showing the entrance to the Liverpool & Manchester Railway

1830