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Category
Collection
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Object type
Place
Material
Date

Replica of Islamic Astrolabe

1066; 1876

Pendulum clock designed by Galileo in 1642 and made by his son in 1649, model.

1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Watch with Prest's keyless winding by John Roger Arnold

1821

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

model steam locomotive

1826

Boundary marker from Stockton & Darlington Railway

circa 1821-1825

model Stockton & Darlington Railway coach "Experiment"

1826

Liverpool & Manchester Railway Co. seal die

1826

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

Deck-watch used by Capt. William Parry during his attempt to reach the North Pole, 1827

1823

Mail guard watch by George Littlewort

1825

Pair of turn pin spectacles

1823-1825

Engraved lancet case

1826

Lancets in silver case

1826

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Seal, Stockton & Darlington Railway

1821

Phrenological head

1821

Stained plaster phrenological bust

1821

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

1990-95

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

Achromatic Microscope made for J J Lister

1826

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

the opening of the stockton and darlington railway

1825

Drawing of Singhi Dalan in Rajmahal, Jharkhand, India

1856-11

Replica of Lightning Conductor by Benjamin Franklin, United States, 1730-1760

1730-1760 (original); 1931-1939 (replica)

Model of a Phoenician bireme ship

1845-1964

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

Refracting telescope on portable altazimuth mounting, with tripod and accessories

1822

Jonathan Hull's 'A Description and Draught of a Newly-Invented Machine'

1850-1899

Reproduction of Joseph Priestley's oxygen apparatus

1774; 1923

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

1826

Commemorative trowel used to lay the first stone of the Thames Tunnel

1825

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

2000-100 BCE

Henry Bell

1826

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

1883-01

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

1730; 1967

Observations on a General Iron Rail-way or Land Steam-Conveyance

1825

William Hyde Wollaston

1824

Ancient Egyptian flint saw, replica

circa 3000 BCE

Portrait. Stipple engraving. Samuel Vince MA FRS

1821

Augustin Jean Fresnel (Physicien)

1824

Frederick W. Trench. A lithographic sketch of the North Bank of the Thames

1825

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

2000 BCE

Captain Franklin RN FRS

1824

Sir Humphry Davy, Bart.

1822