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Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Papier mache model of human eye

1913

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Steiff donkey on wheels

circa 1913

Pullman Car Company, called Topaz

1913

Replica of Liverpool & Manchester Railway 1st Class carriage 'Traveller'

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

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

1986 (replica); 1501-1600 (original)

Burroughs hand operated adding and listing machine

1913

Replica of Morse's second model of telegraphy apparatus, 1934

1934

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

1705-1737

Model of Great Central Railway "Atlantic" Express Locomotive

1903 (original); 1982 (model)

model locomotive, London & North Western Railway Claughton class

1913

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Glass-stoppered bottle containing uranium

1801-1892 (prepared); 1946 (element replaced)

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Glass tube drawn out at ends

1951-1900

Post-nasal curette

1971-1900

Small stub-stemmed meerschaum tobacco pipe

1950-1900

McVitie Weston valve collection, Audion valve

circa 1913

McVitie Weston valve collection, 'Dutch' brand Audion valve

1913

McVitie Weston valve collection, Marconi WT Co., round valve, type N

circa 1913

McVitie Weston valve collection, Audion valve

circa 1913

Replica concave diffraction grating

1913, 14 November

Bronze prize medal awarded by Vienna Academy of Medicine and Surgery

1832-1850

Circular silver medal

1913

Medal to commemorate the von Bary brothers

1913

Alabaster kohl pot

2000-1350

Tattooing set consisting of fibre brush and wooden blade-handle

1970-1910

Hirth minimeter

circa 1920; 1907

Sample of fabric and wood from the original Wright Brothers 1903 aircraft

1903; 1948

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

1972-3

Photograph of a half tone print of a drawing of the first form of the Coolidge X-ray tube

1913

Agnew's Patent Slide Rule

1913

Dye shade book for Hydron Olive G from Leopold Cassella & Co.

1913

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

Plaster cast of an umbilical cord

before 1913

The Ivel Agricultural Tractor

1902; 1913-1920

Wagner Brothers

1913

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Simple aquatic microscope, with box-foot stand

1795-1805

Bust on wooden base of Andrew Ross

1859; 1986

Large spectacles with one-piece hook sides and oval lenses

1913

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

2000-100 BCE

Certificate of Proficiency in Radiotelegraphy

1913