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Category
Collection
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Place
Material
Date

Aveling and Porter steam traction engine

circa 1871

'Over London-by Rail', Engraving, London, England, 1872

1872

Babbage's Analytical Engine, 1834-1871. (Trial model)

1871

Difference Engine No. 1

circa 1832

William Thomson's Tide Predicting Machine, 1872

1872

Edison telephone, 1879

1879

Great Northern Railway 4-2-2 locomotive Stirling Single

1870

Edison's electric carbon filament lamp

1879

Swan electric lamp

1878-1879

Cloth tape measure

1850-1860

Phrenological head

1821

Skaife's Pistolgraph Camera

1858

Prototype of the Brougham carriage

1838

Sewing machine by Elias Howe

circa 1846

Early inhaler for ether anaesthesia

1847-1848

The Great Exhibition Polka 1851

1851

James Watt and the Steam Engine Print

1860

Thompson's Revolver Camera

1862

One of the First Rechargeable Batteries, about 1860

1860

North Eastern Railway, locomotive 910

1875

Schwann's microscope (no case)

1835

Model paddle wheel engines of the SS 'Great Eastern'

1853-1857

Huskisson Memorial

1831

Furness Railway steam locomotive 'Coppernob' 0-4-0, No 3, 1846

1846

Micrometer type mechanical comparator

1855

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Cammann type binaural stethoscope

1845-1855

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

Model of the ‘Optimus’ water closet, England

1870

Plaster model of the lunar surface

1844

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Rocket locomotive

1829

Anatomical Drawing of a Human Skeleton

1840

Portrait of Isaac Newton

1862-1863

Engraving: Watt's first experiment. Marcus Stone ARA pinxt; Herbert Bourne sculpt; published by Appleton & Co

1879

Lithograph, Chronological pictures of English History

1850-1859

Purse presented to George Hall esq

1853

Cast iron plaque from Queenstown Road Bridge, Battersea, London, 1865

1865

Silver model of the Eleanor Cross at Charing Cross Station

1867-1868

Arthington Tunnel memorial plaque, 1849

1849

Down Pipe from Maldon Witham & Braintree Railway

1846-1859

Tobacco box - made from a piece of roman lead pipe

1854

Brass worksplate no 517, Manning Wardle & Co

1875

Silver presentation whistle and chain, London & South Western Railway

1853

Seal die, Great North of England, Clarence & Hartlepool Junction Railway

1837

Bishop Auckland & Weardale Railway seal die

1837

Guard's chronometer, Birmingham & Derby Junction Railway

1834-1844

London & Birmingham Railway clock

1837

'Vaporisateur du Docteur Montazeau', print, Paris, France, 1822-1840

1822-1840