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Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

East Indiaman Herefordshire

1815

Stipple-engraved portrait of Benjamin Martin

1815

'Dr Syntax and his wife making an experiment in pneumatics', print, London, England, 1820

1820

Slide rule for exchange of weights and measures

1815

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Seal, Stockton & Darlington Railway

1821

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

1986 (replica); 1501-1600 (original)

Piston and Rod, from Newcomen Pumping Engine 'Old Sarah'

1815

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

1705-1737

Original preparation of quinine by Pelletier and Caveton

1820

Near Wellington, Shropshire

1821

Model, of Woolf's Water Tube Boiler, 1819

1819

Stained plaster phrenological bust

1821

Phrenological head

1821

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Viewer microscope, with bead lens, in square body

1888-185

Silver vinaigrette

1818

2 lancets

1821

Wood tobacco pipe

1860-1820

Lancet case

1819-1820

Quarter-repeating watch movement, ready for finishing

circa 1820

28lb Weight

1819

Spy Glass (c.1820)

1820

One of nine prints of early 19th century carriages

1816

Medal, silvered metal

1817-1820

Silver (plated?) medal commemorating 450th anniver

1820

Trade token

1817

Oval silver membership medal

1815

Circular silver medal

1819

Silver medal

1816-1817

Bronze medal to commemorate General Blucher von Wahlstatt

1819

Silver Waterloo medal

1815-1816

Bronze medal

1819

Bronze medal to commemorate P. Moscati

1819

Circular silver medal with silk ribbon

1815

Silver medal to commemorate H. Meyer (1767-1828)

1819

Bronze medal commemorating J W Ellenberger

1820

Oval silver membership badge of Royal Society Edinburgh

1815-1819

Alabaster kohl pot

2000-1350

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

1883-01

Brass die with corresponding paper conversion scale

1816

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

NEMA cryptography machine type T-D

1945-50

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

3000 BCE