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Difference Engine No. 1

circa 1832

Schwann's microscope (no case)

1835

Prototype of the Brougham carriage

1838

Model of "Firefly" class locomotive, about 1840

1840

Laennec's stethoscope

1815-1825

Hand loom

1825-1835

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

Chinese celestial clockwork globe

1830

Original preparation of quinine by Pelletier and Caveton

1820

Phrenological head

1821

Rocket locomotive

1829

Anatomical Drawing of a Human Skeleton

1840

Seal die, Great North of England, Clarence & Hartlepool Junction Railway

1837

Bishop Auckland & Weardale Railway seal die

1837

London & Birmingham Railway clock

1837

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

1820

'Vaporisateur du Docteur Montazeau', print, Paris, France, 1822-1840

1822-1840

Shoulder papier-mache doll accompanying English wooden doll.Circa 1840

circa 1840

Lithograph: 'Tring Cutting. June 17th 1837'

1839

Cramlington Colliery chaldron wagon, c 1826

1821-1831

Novelty model

1955; 1830

great north of england railway bye laws notice

1842

Station bell, Manchester & Leeds Railway

1842

Reproduction in wood, Dr Joseph Black

1809

Slotting machine

1835

Cooke and Wheatstone five-needle telegraph

1837

Bodmin & Wadebridge Railway 3rd Class open railway carriage, 1834

1834

Shutt End Colliery Railway steam locomotive 'Agenoria'

1829

Swannington Incline Winding Engine, Leicester & Swannington Railway, 1832

1832

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

1826

Entrance into Manchester across Water Street

1831

Stipple-engraved portrait of Benjamin Martin

1815

Slide rule for exchange of weights and measures

1815

London & Birmingham Railway pocket watch

1842

Cylinder electrical machine, 1810-1817

1810-1817

Wheatstone printing telegraph, 1841

1841

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

Watch with Prest's keyless winding by John Roger Arnold

1821

Automaton watch by Jean Robert Soret

1812

Deck watch by Breguet et Fils

1830

Skeleton clock with helical gearing by Charles McDowall

1820-1840

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

1812

Portrait bust of Princess Victoria

1829

Gold watch by Robert Roskell

1814

Marine chronometer by E. Barthet, found on an abandoned ship

1840