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

1808

Reproduction in wood. No 127

1808

Reproduction in wood, Dr Joseph Black

1809

Stipple-engraved portrait of Benjamin Martin

1815

Slide rule for exchange of weights and measures

1815

Automaton watch by Jean Robert Soret

1812

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

Gold watch by Robert Roskell

1814

Hedley's experimental model for testing adhesion.

1812

East Indiaman Herefordshire

1815

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

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Copy of Chamberlen obstetric forceps

1813

Five wooden molecular model balls

circa 1810

Herschel, William, head and shoulders

1808

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Gold watch with spring detent escapement by Ellicott and Taylor

1815

Gold and enamel half-quarter repeater watch by Brockbanks

1812

Model, press for cutting out coin blanks

circa 1808

Chemical Lectures

circa 1810

Plaster cast of Matthew Boulton

1809

Silver Regency tripod mustard pot

1811-1812

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

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

1705-1737

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

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

1815

Silver vinaigrette with hinged lid

1809

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Silver ear trumpet hearing aid, London, England, 1814

1814

Sunderland ware jug decorated with pink lustre bands and splashes

1813

'Puffing Billy' Locomotive with Tender and Rails

1813-1814

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

Copy of Roman artificial leg, London, England, 1905-1915

300 BCE; 1905-1915

The Costume of Yorkshire

1814

Photograph of Fern Leaf

1836-02

Silhouette of child

circa 1810

Silhouette of man

circa 1810

Observations taken at a small water mill at Hitchin

1809 Sept 14

Two keyed bugles used on London to York Royal mail coach

1809-1810

Great Western Railway "Cornishman" Express Train, hauled by 4-4-2 No. 3046 "Lord of the Isles"

1899/12

Great Western Railway "Cornishman" Express Train, hauled by 4-4-2 No. 3046 "Lord of the Isles".

1899/12

Drawing of Singhi Dalan in Rajmahal, Jharkhand, India

1856-11

Model of Henry Cavendish's Torsion Balance Gravitational Apparatus, 1798

1798 (original); 1977 (model)

Early Chemical Match Box (c.1810) by S. JONES' PATENT LIGHTHOUSE NO 201 STRAND

1810

Model, of Sir Edward Belcher's anchor

1815

Portrait engraving of William Nicholson, 1812

1812

Sepia aquatint. Pont Cysyllte aqueduct. I. Havell after E. Pugh

1814