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Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

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

1705-1737

Oersted Compass Needle, 1828

1828

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

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

300 BCE; 1905-1915

Photograph of Fern Leaf

1836-02

Model of Stockton & Darlington Railway locomotive no. 5 "Royal George"

1827

Great Western Railway "Cornishman" Express Train, hauled by 4-4-2 No. 3046 "Lord of the Isles"

1899/12

Great Western Railway "Cornishman" Express Train, hauled by 4-4-2 No. 3046 "Lord of the Isles".

1899/12

Drawing of Singhi Dalan in Rajmahal, Jharkhand, India

1856-11

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

1798 (original); 1977 (model)

Sextant-heliotype, as invented by C.F. Gauss

1827

support for Colby's Compensation Bar

1827

Engraving, hand coloured. View in the Regent's Park; East Gate

1828

The Progress of Steam

1828

Carrier's Way-Bill

1828

Coloured aquatint: "View of the Suspension Bridge erected over the Menai Strait in North Wales - Looking towards Beaumaris"

1828

Handcoloured lithograph

1827

Patent drawing of Gurney's steam coach

1827

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Steel engraving: Suspension Bridge

1827

Steel engraving: Southwark Bridge Road

1827

Etching, the first arch in the progress of building the New London Bridge

1827

Hammersmith suspension Bridge

1828

The March of Intellect

1828

Bronze handle, highly decorated, Romano-Egyptian

20-400

Lithographic stone showing W.H.Wollaston, produced via camera lucida

1827

Solid bronze phallic amulet in form of priapus with hind legs and tail of horse

30-200

Bronze probe(?), twisted stem, Romano-Egyptian

20-500

Olive ended probe, bronze, Romano-Egyptian

20-500

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

1972-3

Brass saccharometer by R.B. Bate

1915-1825

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

1990-95

Uterine probe

1901-950

Two washers

15/7/27

Etching, hand coloured

1827

Two washers

15/7/27

Engraving of Graving dock

1840-160

Polished stone (Chert) weight from excavations at Mohenjodaro

circa 3000 BCE

Pottery vase found at Nihawnad, Persia

3000 BCE

Polished stone (Chert) weight from excavations at Mohenjodaro

circa 3000 BCE

Polished stone (Chert) weight from excavations at Mohenjodaro

circa 3000 BCE

Polished stone (Chert) weight from excavations at Mohenjodaro

circa 3000 BCE