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Date

Watt's end measuring machine

1776

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

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

1705-1737

Mezzotint portrait of John Bird

1776

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Axe head shaped flint

10000-5000 BCE

Iron Weight

1910-130

Verge repeating watch

1713-1750

Silver medal commemorating a terrible flood of 20 and 21st November 1776 but location unknown

1776-1777

Verge watch in case with pendulum balance

1776

Compound microscope signed J. D. V. Fokkenberg Fecit Utrecht 1777

1777

Cylinder watch in pair case

1692-1730

Print, etching of Night scene in European city

1940-1050

Flint hand tool

8500-2000 BCE

Spindle with Whorl, Stone Age

5000-500 BCE

Red granite drill core

2686-2613 BCE

Diorama of Grimes Graves Flint Mine, 2000 BC

2000 BCE

Small Stone Age

8500-2000 BCE

Print, line engraving. WILLIAM HARVEY, M.D.

1777

Flint hand tool, flake type, Stone Age.

8500-2000 BCE

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

8500-2000 BCE

Small Stone Age

8500-2000 BCE

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

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

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

2000 BCE

Urethrotome, steel, poor condition

1801-1700

Forceps, spring-action, steel

1801-190

Plaque showing dental and surgical operations, Europe, 1801-1900

1300-1700; 1801-1900

Two washers

15/7/27

Two washers

15/7/27

Calculating machine invented by Charles Stanhope in 1777, with mahogany case

1777

Engraving of Graving dock

1840-160

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

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

1972-3

Guinea coin of George III

1776

Guinea coin of George III

1777

Guinea coin of George III

1777

Guinea coin of George III

1777

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Reproduction of Joseph Priestley's oxygen apparatus

1774; 1923

Three mahogany samples, from spindle moulder machine

1791-3

Winding handle for spindle moulder

1791-3