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Square signed "J.Ramsden, 1757"

1757

Double brass stand for bell jars on a brass pillar

1761

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Glass bell jar with a brass collar

1761

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

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

1705-1737

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Model of Hooke's universal joint

1760

Mahogany cross-piece for an air pump

1761

George III's clockwork bell

1761

George III's glass sphere

1761

Mahogany board with round ends and two short brass pillars

1761

Two brass pillars for an air pump

1761

George III's double-barrelled air pump

1761

George III's Magdeburg hemispheres

1761

Wooden backstaff or Davis quadrant made by John Gilbert on Tower Hill

1730; 1967

Glass bulb, with collar, plug, tap and circular base plate

1761

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

1972-3

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

2500 BCE

Length of red silk ribbon worn as a belt to promote general good health

1880-120

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

1990-95

Replica of Islamic Astrolabe

1066; 1876

NEMA cryptography machine type T-D

1945-50

Excavated neolithic flint perhaps used for trephination

3000-1500

copy of a gold cup.

3000-2000 BCE

Wooden backstaff.

1759

Reversible axe on adze, green stone blade, North Papua (Astrolabe Bay)

2000 BCE

Brass medal

1758

Bronze prize medal

1758

Two Reales of Carlos III

1761

Two Reales of Carlos III

1761

Two Reales of Carlos III

1761

Two Reales of Carlos III

1761

Silver Coin of Augustus III (Poland)

1760

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Upright microscope (c.1760)

1760

Drum component for volute compass

1760

Drum component for volute compass

1760

Drum component for volute compass

1760

Drum component for volute compass

1760

Drum component for volute compass

1760

Ancient Egyptian flint saw, replica

circa 3000 BCE

Copy of Musschenbroek's Pyrometer (Dilatometer), 1700-1731.

1877 (copy); 1700-1731 (original)

Red granite drill core

2686-2613 BCE

Bronze handle, highly decorated, Romano-Egyptian

20-400

Earthenware jug

2000-1350

Replica of Roman steelyard, from Pompeii, 79 AD

1-79 CE; before 1914

Earthenware oil jar

2000-1350

Earthenware oil jar

2000-1350