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Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

100 Link Steel Surveying Chain, 1784.

1784

Medal commemorating the Montgolfier unmanned balloon ascent

1783

Satirical print of a failed balloon launch from Foley House, London in 1784

1784

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Print, ascent of a Montgolfier balloon

1783

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

1705-1737

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Medal, 'Le Flesselles' Montgolfier balloon flight, Lyon, France, 19 January 1784

1784

Medal commemorating the first manned balloon flights

1784

Medal commemorating the Montgolfier unmanned balloon ascent

1783

Medal, commemorating the first balloon ascents in Italy

1784

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

1730; 1967

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

M. Charles and M. Robert leaving the Tuilleries by balloon

1783

The Aerostatic Globe

1783

Viewer microscope, with bead lens, in square body

1888-185

NEMA cryptography machine type T-D

1945-50

One ticket. Entry ticket

1784

Excavated neolithic flint perhaps used for trephination

3000-1500

copy of a gold cup.

3000-2000 BCE

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

2000 BCE

Engraving, Portrait of Sir Francis Bacon

1784

Original drawing for the engraving by S.C. Miger of Charles

1783

Bronze medal

1783

Circular bronze medal

1784

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Ancient Egyptian flint saw, replica

circa 3000 BCE

Bronze medal commemorating King Charles III of Spain

1783

M Charles

1784

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

Earthenware oil jar

2000-1350

Alabaster kohl pot

2000-1350

Calf's Head Weight

1370-1350 BCE; 1931

Plaster replica of black Basalt Cubit Rod 531

1931; 250 BCE

Alabaster mortar

2000-1350

Bronze probe(?), twisted stem, Romano-Egyptian

20-500

Plaster replica of IBEX weight

1370-1350 BCE; 1931