Image
Category
Collection
Maker
On Display
Object type
Place
Material
Date

Phrenological head

1821

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

1820

model steam locomotive

1826

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

1826

Watch with Prest's keyless winding by John Roger Arnold

1821

model locomotion no 1

1825

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

model Stockton & Darlington Railway coach "Experiment"

1826

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

Liverpool & Manchester Railway Co. seal die

1826

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

Mail guard watch by George Littlewort

1825

Lancets in silver case

1826

Stained plaster phrenological bust

1821

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Pair of turn pin spectacles

1823-1825

Engraved lancet case

1826

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

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

Machine for reproducing sculpture

1826

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

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

Achromatic Microscope made for J J Lister

1826

London Vaccine Institution certificate, 1826.

1826

Experimental steel alloys made by Michael Faraday (1820-1824)

1820-1824

Replica of apparatus used by Ohm to prove Ohm's Law

1826