Laennec's stethoscope
1815-1825
'Puffing Billy' Locomotive with Tender and Rails
1813-1814
Phrenological head
1821
Original preparation of quinine by Pelletier and Caveton
1820
'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799
1775-1799 (original); 1900-1907 (model)
Pendulum clock designed by Galileo in 1642 and made by his son in 1649, model.
1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)
Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)
1668; 1924
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Telescope by Galileo (replica)
1610; 1923
model locomotion no 1
1825
Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772
1772 (original); 1919 (model)
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Bridge used to span the River Gaunless at West Auckland
1823-1825
Steam locomotive used at Hetton Colliery
1822
East Indiaman Herefordshire
1815
'Dr Syntax and his wife making an experiment in pneumatics', print, London, England, 1820
1820
Copy of Chamberlen obstetric forceps
1813
Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB
1990-95
Model, of Woolf's Water Tube Boiler, 1819
1819
Piston and Rod, from Newcomen Pumping Engine 'Old Sarah'
1815
Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement
1705-1737
Wax anatomical model of a female showing internal organs, Florence, Italy, 1818
1818
Electrotype replica of a 16th-century mariner’s astrolabe
1580-1588; 1930
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
Silver ear trumpet hearing aid, London, England, 1814
1814
Copy of Roman artificial leg, London, England, 1905-1915
300 BCE; 1905-1915
Model of Gutenberg's Press, 1430
1960-1979
Copy of clay liver used for divination, original from Babylon, 2050-1750 BCE
2050-1750 BCE
Tin can used for the early preservation of food
1812
Hand loom for silk weaving with Jacquard machine
c.1825
Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7
1863-7
Silver Regency tripod mustard pot
1811-1812
Phrenological head of Francis Gall
1823
Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936
1936
Model of Henry Cavendish's Torsion Balance Gravitational Apparatus, 1798
1798 (original); 1977 (model)
the opening of the stockton and darlington railway
1825
Mummy of a peregrine falcon, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE
2000-1001 BCE
Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894
1893-4
Hedley's experimental model for testing adhesion.
1812
Stipple-engraved portrait of Benjamin Martin
1815
Slide rule for exchange of weights and measures
1815
Near Wellington, Shropshire
1821
Glass display case containing various cosmetic devices from the 1700s, England, 1880-1930
1701-1800
Sunderland ware jug decorated with pink lustre bands and splashes
1813
Hull lead works penny token, 1812.
1812
Replica of Lightning Conductor by Benjamin Franklin, United States, 1730-1760
1730-1760 (original); 1931-1939 (replica)
Plan and Section of the intended Railway or Tramroad from Stockton by Darlington to the Collieries near West Auckland
1822
Model of Mud House
6000-5000BCE
Cornish penny token, 1811.
1811
Working model of Hero's Aeolipile
100-1 BCE; 1501-1600; 1914