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'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

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

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

model locomotion no 1

1825

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Bridge used to span the River Gaunless at West Auckland

1823-1825

Steam locomotive used at Hetton Colliery

1822

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

1990-95

Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement

1705-1737

Electrotype replica of a 16th-century mariner’s astrolabe

1580-1588; 1930

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

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

300 BCE; 1905-1915

Model of Gutenberg's Press, 1430

1960-1979

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

2050-1750 BCE

Hand loom for silk weaving with Jacquard machine

c.1825

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Phrenological head of Francis Gall

1823

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

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

1798 (original); 1977 (model)

the opening of the stockton and darlington railway

1825

Mummy of a peregrine falcon, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE

2000-1001 BCE

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Glass display case containing various cosmetic devices from the 1700s, England, 1880-1930

1701-1800

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

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

Plan and Section of the intended Railway or Tramroad from Stockton by Darlington to the Collieries near West Auckland

1822

Model of Mud House

6000-5000BCE

Working model of Hero's Aeolipile

100-1 BCE; 1501-1600; 1914

Drawing of Singhi Dalan in Rajmahal, Jharkhand, India

1856-11

Burial mask of Agamemnon, Greek, c. 1550 BCE

1600-1500 BCE (original); 1900-1914 (copy)

Replica Bavarian reckoning cloth, German, 16th century.

1501-1600; 1972

Model of submersible 'Turtle'

1976; 1776

Model of an Egyptian boat in XII Dynasty Tomb

1991-1783 BCE

Phrenological head of unidentified individual

1824

Handbill, Theatre Royal, Covent Garden

1824

Model of an Assyrian kelek or raft of inflated ox-hides, one of three models of Babylonian vessels of skin

700 BCE; 1931

Model of a Montgolfier Balloon, 1783

First Public Demonstration of a Montgolfier Balloon, 4th June, 1783.

1783; 1914

Ancient Egyptian flint saw, replica

circa 3000 BCE

Watt's Pumping Engine 'Old Bess', 1777

1777 (original); 1894 (model)

View of the Railway from Hetton Colliery to the Depot

1823

Liverpool and Manchester Railway Plan 1824

1824-11-20

Flint hand tool, side-scraper, made in the Stone Age.

8500-2000 BCE

Silver medal designed by Conradsen to celebrate restoration of health of King Frederick VI of Denmark

1822

Model of a Printing Press, 1701-1800

1701-1800; 1982

Replica of Islamic Astrolabe

1066; 1876

door knocker from the Great Hall of Lewis's Department Store

1870-1800

Rigged model of Flemish carvel construction Carrack

1910-1921

Diapositives of photographs of sunspots taken by Elizabeth Beckley with the Kew Photoheliograph

1870-09