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Collection
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Date

Replica of Islamic Astrolabe

1066; 1876

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Drum shaped clock from the third quarter of the 16th Century

1550-1575

Compendium rule signed Humfrey Cole

1574

Altitude quadrant

1552

Horizontal sundial in bronze

1551

Armillary sphere by Girolamo Della Volpaia

1554

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

German striking watch by an unknown maker

1580

Vitruvici de Architectura libri decem

1543

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

1990-95

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

Pestle and mortar, Egypt, 1650-1575BCE

1650-1575 BCE

Model of a Phoenician bireme ship

1845-1964

Albarello used to store smallage seeds, Italy, 1550

1550

Albarello vase

1550

Copy of forceps made from an Egyptian sculpture, Kom-Ombos, Egypt, 1901-1936

1901-1936; 180 BCE

Casts of Chinese zodiac figures (Tang dynasty)

1871-1900 (copy); 618-907 CE (original)

Casts of Chinese zodiac figures (Tang dynasty)

1871-1900 (copy); 618-907 CE (original)

Casts of Chinese zodiac figures (Tang dynasty)

1871-1900 (copy); 618-907 CE (original)

Excavated neolithic flint perhaps used for trephination

3000-1500

Black haematite Syrian weight, barrel shaped, from Gaza, Phoenician system

circa 1700-1600 BCE

Stone slab with seven holes for cosmetic ointments, Egypt, 1991-1786 BCE

1991-1786 BCE

Copy of a cippus showing Horus, Egypt, 1900-1933

1900-1933

Planetary volvelle for the Sun, Germany, 1574-1575

1574-1575

Planetary volvelle for Mercury, Germany, 1574-1575

1574-1575

Plaster model made in 1940 of distillation apparatus used in France c. 1560

1540-1580

Broken fragment of terracotta possibly lamp

30-300

Bronze mortar

1576

Copy of a bloodletting measuring device, England, 1977

1977; 1204-1206

Plano-convex brick, Ubaid, Iraq, c 2500 BC.

2500 BCE

Clay tobacco pipe

1635-164

Forceps, spring-action, steel

1801-190

Charles II fourpence

1660-185

Small Stone Age

8500-2000 BCE

Flint hand tool, side-scraper, made in the Stone Age.

8500-2000 BCE

Flint hand tool, side-scraper, made in the Stone Age.

8500-2000 BCE

Flint hand tool

8500-2000 BCE

Flint hand tool, core-type, Stone Age.

8500-2000 BCE

Flint hand tool

8500-2000 BCE

Flint hand tool

8500-2000 BCE

Flint hand tool, core-type, Stone Age.

8500-2000 BCE

Flint hand tool, flake type, Stone Age.

8500-2000 BCE

Small Stone Age

8500-2000 BCE

Iron Weight

1910-130

46 brass plates for book illustrations

1568

Deer Antler Piercer, Suffolk, England, Stone Age

8500-2000 BCE

Bronze flat Chisel-head (Celt), English, Bronze Age

2000-500 BCE

Bronze Chisel-head (Celt), English, Bronze Age

2000-500 BCE

Egyptian weight, 12th Dynasty

circa 1800 BCE