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Difference Engine No. 1

circa 1832

Laennec's stethoscope

1815-1825

Original preparation of quinine by Pelletier and Caveton

1820

Phrenological head of Francis Gall

1823

Phrenological head

1821

Rocket locomotive

1829

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Silver lancet case, empty

1833

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

1808

Reproduction in wood. No 127

1808

Reproduction in wood, Dr Joseph Black

1809

Shutt End Colliery Railway steam locomotive 'Agenoria'

1829

Diploma awarding honorary membership of the London Vaccine Institution, London, England, 1826

1826

model steam locomotive

1826

Phrenological head of William Dodd

1810-1830

Copy of Chamberlen obstetric forceps

1813

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

1820

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Oval snuff box, England, 1807

1807

Half-penny coin

1806

model locomotion no 1

1825

Weights and measures

1805

Five wooden molecular model balls

circa 1810

Steam locomotive No. 1 'Locomotion', Stockton & Darlington Railway

1825

Swannington Incline Winding Engine, Leicester & Swannington Railway, 1832

1832

Stanhope square demonstrator, c.1805.

circa 1805

Hedley's experimental model for testing adhesion.

1812

Entrance into Manchester across Water Street

1831

Ready reckoner for ship's cargoes

1807

Stipple-engraved portrait of Benjamin Martin

1815

Slide rule for exchange of weights and measures

1815

East Indiaman Herefordshire

1815

Set of sixty miniature heads used in phrenology

1831

Phrenological head, microcephalic

1820-1830

Cylinder electrical machine, 1810-1817

1810-1817

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Gold watch by John Gibson, Royal Exchange

1808

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

1807

Watch with Prest's keyless winding by John Roger Arnold

1821

Souscription watch, by Abraham-Louis Breguet

1805

Automaton watch by Jean Robert Soret

1812

Watch with enamel case made for the Turkish market

1805-1815

Deck watch by Breguet et Fils

1830

Gold watch by Recordon

1807

Silver one-minute tourbillon watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet, sold to the Princess de Valençay in 1812.

1812

Quarter-repeating gold watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet

circa 1808

Portrait bust of Princess Victoria

1829

A Royal watch by Samuel Houston

1807

Gold watch by Robert Roskell

1814