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Category
Collection
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Object type
Maker
Place of origin
Date

Graphite Electrode

2022

Copper ore from the Bell Mine

before 1889

Arsenical cobalt or skutterudite, from Skutterude, near Modum, Norway

before 1889

Cupellation furnace

1696-1700

Wrought iron lock (mid 18th century)

three gold-plated cable dies

1979

Sample of Bessemer Steel

1860

Cupriferous sandstone from Schweinkopf

before 1889

Ochre produced in the copper cementation pits in the Mona Mine

before 1889

Opal and green/purple tantalum earrings, 1976.

1976

Blacksmith’s anvil from Portslade forge, Sussex, Britain, 1890-1930

1890-1930

Pair of folding aluminium binoculars and leather case

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

1820-1824

foundry scoop

Iron foundry shovel.

Four bellows

Stainless steel rotor, as used for pumping

Steel gear joined by electron beam welding

1996

Steel gear joined by electron beam welding

1996

Nuclear fuel rod holder

1996

Steel sample showing penetration depth and weld pool of E beam weld by Cambridge Vacuum Engineering

1996

False sovereigns of the weight and appearance of gold

before 1889

Six lead sherardized steel strips

1929

Two samples of coke from Peareth gas coal

before 1889

Brevier type, No.12, made in 1841

1841

Pearl type metal, made in 1850

1850

Artery Forceps

Set of metallurgical specimens

1970-1990

White pig-iron, Newland Furnace, Ulverston

Transverse Slice from Universal Beam

1970

Replica of Coalbrookdale Company Cast Iron Wagon Wheel

1800

Iron-Making In Uganda Diorama

1956

Three Pipes made by Centrifugal Casting

Acetylene Gas Generator and Holder

circa 1930

Section of crankshaft for diesel-electric locomotive

Section through oxygen lance nozzle assembly as used in basic oxygen steelmaking, c. 1970

1965-1975

Wethered Crusher

1925

Touch needles for the assay of gold

Curved sword with lion head hilt

Crucible for melting bronze

Toledo-type sword with bird head hilt

Bronze "bow" type fibula brooch

Bronze statue, "Diana of the Ephesians"

Bronze statue, "Chieron and pupil Apollo"

Bronze cooking pot, Roman

Bacchus

101-200 CE

Bronze fibula brooch, "Leech" type

Bronze mirror with light patina, Roman

Bronze door handle, resembling a lion mask

Bronze oinochoe (trefoil shaped jug)