Laennec's stethoscope
1815-1825
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
model locomotion no 1
1825
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
Boundary marker from Stockton & Darlington Railway
circa 1821-1825
Seal, Stockton & Darlington Railway
1821
Near Wellington, Shropshire
1821
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Phrenological head of Francis Gall
1823
Phrenological head of unidentified individual
1824
Chaldron wagon, Stockton & Darlington Railway
1815-1825
'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799
1775-1799 (original); 1900-1907 (model)
Original preparation of quinine by Pelletier and Caveton
1820
Piston and Rod, from Newcomen Pumping Engine 'Old Sarah'
1815
Handbill, Theatre Royal, Covent Garden
1824
Bridge used to span the River Gaunless at West Auckland
1823-1825
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
Mail guard watch by George Littlewort
1825
Stained plaster phrenological bust
1821
Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772
1772 (original); 1919 (model)
Silver ear trumpet hearing aid, London, England, 1814
1814
Pair of turn pin spectacles
1823-1825
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
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
Model of submersible 'Turtle'
1976; 1776
Portrait print from engraving of Peter Dollond, 1820
1820
Telescope by Galileo (replica)
1610; 1923
Movement with double wheel duplex escapement by Charles Vincent
1820
Copy of Roman artificial leg, London, England, 1905-1915
300 BCE; 1905-1915
Glass display case containing various cosmetic devices from the 1700s, England, 1880-1930
1701-1800
Copy of Lodestone believed to have been used by Queen Anne
1929 (copy); 1702-1714 (original)
Panoramic lantern slide
1820
Description of a Railway on a New Principle
1823