Model, of Woolf's Water Tube Boiler, 1819
1819
Phrenological head
1821
'Dr Syntax and his wife making an experiment in pneumatics', print, London, England, 1820
1820
Stipple-engraved portrait of Benjamin Martin
1815
Slide rule for exchange of weights and measures
1815
Watch with Prest's keyless winding by John Roger Arnold
1821
Gold watch by Robert Roskell
1814
Eight-day marine chronometer by Barrauds, London
1816
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 amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Seal, Stockton & Darlington Railway
1821
Near Wellington, Shropshire
1821
Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772
1772 (original); 1919 (model)
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Phrenological head of Francis Gall
1823
Phrenological head of unidentified individual
1824
'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799
1775-1799 (original); 1900-1907 (model)
Original preparation of quinine by Pelletier and Caveton
1820
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
Piston and Rod, from Newcomen Pumping Engine 'Old Sarah'
1815
Handbill, Theatre Royal, Covent Garden
1824
Steam locomotive used at Hetton Colliery
1822
Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement
1705-1737
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
Stained plaster phrenological bust
1821
Silver ear trumpet hearing aid, London, England, 1814
1814
Pendulum clock designed by Galileo in 1642 and made by his son in 1649, model.
1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)
Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB
1990-95
Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)
1668; 1924
Treadle operated ornamental lathe
1817-1823
Portrait print from engraving of Peter Dollond, 1820
1820
Telescope by Galileo (replica)
1610; 1923
Model of submersible 'Turtle'
1976; 1776
Glass display case containing various cosmetic devices from the 1700s, England, 1880-1930
1701-1800
Movement with double wheel duplex escapement by Charles Vincent
1820
Copy of Lodestone believed to have been used by Queen Anne
1929 (copy); 1702-1714 (original)
Copy of Roman artificial leg, London, England, 1905-1915
300 BCE; 1905-1915
Panoramic lantern slide
1820
Description of a Railway on a New Principle
1823
Revised Classification of Merchandise Traffic and Revised Schedule of Maximum Rates and Charges Applicable thereto, proposed to be charged by the Eastern and Midlands Railway Company
1889-02
Roberts lathe part
1817-1823
Refracting telescope on portable altazimuth mounting, with tripod and accessories
1822
Two coloured aquatints of hobby horses
1819
The Costume of Yorkshire
1814
Experimental steel alloys made by Michael Faraday (1820-1824)
1820-1824
Reproduction of Joseph Priestley's oxygen apparatus
1774; 1923