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Original preparation of quinine by Pelletier and Caveton

1820

Phrenological head

1821

Model, of Woolf's Water Tube Boiler, 1819

1819

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

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

1820

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Watch with Prest's keyless winding by John Roger Arnold

1821

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

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

Stained plaster phrenological bust

1821

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Seal, Stockton & Darlington Railway

1821

Near Wellington, Shropshire

1821

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

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

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

Copy of clay liver used for divination, original from Babylon, 2050-1750 BCE

2050-1750 BCE

Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB

1990-95

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

1798 (original); 1977 (model)

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

300 BCE; 1905-1915

Model of a Phoenician bireme ship

1845-1964

Lithograph 'Blasting Rocks, Linslade, Bucks, October 1837', by J C Bourne, 1837

1837-10

Magic Lantern with Modified Back

1820

Two coloured aquatints of hobby horses

1819

Undershot waterwheel

1820

Standard Peck Measure

1819

Standard Bushel Measure

1819

Standard Gallon Measure

1819

Gold amulet in the form of Duamutef, Egypt, 2000-100 BCE

2000-100 BCE

Wax anatomical model of a female showing internal organs, Florence, Italy, 1818

1818

Astronomical Rotula produced by Thomas Jones 1817

1817

Walker's Railway Time Table, and Coach, Omnibus and Carriers' List

1883-01

George Bidder, the Mental Calculator

1817

Wooden backstaff or Davis quadrant made by John Gilbert on Tower Hill

1730; 1967

Photograph of Fern Leaf

1836-02

Lorina, Edith and Alice Liddel

1872-08

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

Handbill: Notice, Lecture, Eidouranian, Gravesend.

1820

Drawing showing gas light apparatus at the Royal Mint Gasworks

1817

Ancient Egyptian flint saw, replica

circa 3000 BCE

Portrait. Stipple engraving. Samuel Vince MA FRS

1821

Portrait print from engraving of Peter Dollond, 1820

1820

Robert Short with his 'stone'

1820

Reversible axe on adze, green stone blade, North Papua (Astrolabe Bay)

2000 BCE