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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

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)

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

1705-1737

Near Wellington, Shropshire

1821

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

2 lancets

1821

Wood tobacco pipe

1860-1820

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

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

W Holman Hunt in his Eastern dress

1864-05

The Dirty Monk', Alfred Lord Tennyson, May 1865

1865-05

Anthony Trolloppe (sic)

1864-10

Sir John Herschel

1867-04

Daisy

1864-04

'Your Carry', 1867

1867-04

May - Study No 167

1870-10

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Simple aquatic microscope, with box-foot stand

1795-1805

Edward Jenner's ivory vaccination points, England, 1821

1821

Gold amulet in the form of Duamutef, 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

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

1773 (original); 1980s

Report to the Select Committee of the Moreton Rail-Road, on the Line of Railway from Stratford to Moreton in the Marsh

1821-08-31

Lorina, Edith and Alice Liddel

1872-08

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

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

Flint hand tool

8500-2000 BCE

Spindle with Whorl, Stone Age

5000-500 BCE

Red granite drill core

2686-2613 BCE

Small Stone Age

8500-2000 BCE

Flint hand tool, flake type, Stone Age.

8500-2000 BCE