Stone slab with seven holes for cosmetic ointments, Egypt, 1991-1786 BCE Classical & Medieval Medicine 1991-1786 BCE
5-spindle Lock Recessing Machine, built by the Ames Manfacturing Company for the Royal Small Arms Factory, Enfield, 1857 wood working machine Hand and Machine Tools 1857
Square pavement brick from Babylonia (Southern Iraq), 2nd millennium BC. Building Construction 2000-1001 BCE
Copy of clay liver used for divination, original from Babylon, 2050-1750 BCE Classical & Medieval Medicine 2050-1750 BCE
Gold bracelet with amethyst and pearls, England, awarded for nursing in India, 1857 Nursing & Hospital Furnishings 1857
Bell, Newcastle & Carlisle Railway, embossed 'N&CR' 1857, no provenance. Bell, Newcastle & Carlisle Railway Fixtures & Fittings from Railway Buildings 1857
Worksplate, Neilson & Co., No. 387, Glasgow, part of a collection of locomotive components from Neilson locomotives shipwrecked off Islay, 1857. Islay shipwreck components Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components 1857
James Cocker's patent decimal gauge (micrometer) from his original patent of 1857 no. 1680, modified by Messrs. Joseph Whitworth and Co. to gauge 0 to 2 inches reading to thousandths of an inch (Whitworth Works no. 119) James Cocker's patent decimal gauge (micrometer) from his or Industrial Metrology earliest 1857
Longcase clock by Isaac Jackson, Wylam, ordered by Robert Stephenson in 1857 and installed in the General Manager's Office at R. Stephenson & Co's Locomotive Works, Newcastle, 14.12.1858 Longcase clock, Stephenson & Co's Locomotive Works Railway Timepieces 1857
