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Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Scientific Researches! - New Discoveries in Pneumaticks! - or, an Experimental Lecture on the Powers of Air

1802

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

1705-1737

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Replica of 16th century German 'Hund' wagon, 1986

1986 (replica); 1501-1600 (original)

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Viewer microscope, with bead lens, in square body

1888-185

Clay tobacco pipe

1860-1715

Model of an Egyptian boat in XII Dynasty Tomb

1991-1783 BCE

Marine chronometer by Brockbanks

1802

Marine chronometer by John Arnold

1802

Medal to commemorate Sacco

1802

Bronze medal of Luigi Sacco

1802

Bronze medal, commemorates A. Sacco, artist Tadoli

1802

Silver plated bronze medal to commemorate Giam Bal

1802

Paris Pharmaceutical Society Membership Medal, about 1830

circa 1830

Medal, silver, obverse strike only

1676; 1840-1865

Medal, bronze, of the "Societe Galvanique et de Rech. Physiq."

1802

Alabaster kohl pot

2000-1350

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

1883-01

Harpenden pocket stadiometer sent out to Ludlow Boys' School as part of a series of nationwide measurements

1972-3

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

1870-1800

Early Sikes' hydrometer 6 1/2" long

1802

NEMA cryptography machine type T-D

1945-50

Shell used as Ink and Paint Well, Egypt, 3000 BCE

3000 BCE

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

1990-95

Reproduction of Joseph Priestley's oxygen apparatus

1774; 1923

TIBERIUS CAVALLO ESQR.

1802

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

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

2000-100 BCE

Mummy of a crocodile, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE

2000-1001 BCE

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

2050-1750 BCE

Mummified bird, Egypt, 2000-100 BCE

2000-100 BCE

Replica of Islamic Astrolabe

1066; 1876

Excavated neolithic flint perhaps used for trephination

3000-1500

Copy of a cippus showing Horus, Egypt, 1900-1933

1900-1933

Amulet showing Anubis

4000-30 BCE

Small black slate palette with short handle and base carved in form of flat fish

3500-1000

Stone slab with seven holes for cosmetic ointments, Egypt, 1991-1786 BCE

1991-1786 BCE

Copy of Musschenbroek's Pyrometer (Dilatometer), 1700-1731.

1877 (copy); 1700-1731 (original)

Reconstruction of insulated seawater sampling bottle designed by Captain Phipps and Dr Irving

1773 (original); 1980s

Cast of a Saxon Sundial, original at Kirkdale Church, Yorkshire

1935-1958 (reproduction); 1055-1064 CE (original)

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

1798 (original); 1977 (model)

Model hand loom for weaving sacks (and so on) without a seam (scale 1:8)

prob year of patent 1802

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

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

Flint hand tool

8500-2000 BCE