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Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Chronometer watch in silver case by John Arnold and Son

hallmarked 1788

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Rotative Steam Engine by Boulton and Watt, 1788

1788

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

1705-1737

Set of magnetical apparatus in case, by Adams

1790

Theodolite used for the Principal Triangulation of Great Britain

1791

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Toothbrush set

1791-1792

Richard Arkwright

1790

The Rev Dr Priestley's House and Elaboratory

1792

Roman stone water main

30

Medal, silvered, Hippocrates

1789

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

1877 (copy); 1700-1731 (original)

Precision Balance, in mahogany and glass case

1788

Thaler coin of Leopold II (Austria-Hungary)

1790

Half-Guinea 'Spade' coin of George III

1790

Spade' coin Guinea of George III

1788

Spade' coin Guinea of George III

1789

Spade' coin Guinea of George III

1790

Spade' coin Guinea of George III

1790

Spade' coin Guinea of George III

1788

Spade' coin Guinea of George III

1789

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Spade' Guinea coin of George III

1790

Token - JOHN WILKINSON IRON MASTER

1788

Spade' coin Guinea of George III

1791

Spade' coin Guinea of George III

1791

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Petit-Ecu of Three Livres coin of Louis XVI (France)

1791

Red granite drill core

2686-2613 BCE

Joseph Priestley

1788

Viewer microscope, with bead lens, in square body

1888-185

NEMA cryptography machine type T-D

1945-50

Hydrostatical and Chemical Balance (c. 1790)

1790

Calf's Head Weight

1370-1350 BCE; 1931

Plaster replica of black Basalt Cubit Rod 531

1931; 250 BCE

Plaster replica of IBEX weight

1370-1350 BCE; 1931

Black stone container or palette

2000-1000

Plaster model of tomb plaque

100 BCE-300 CE; 1890-1920

Clarke's improved hydrometer

1792

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

1972-3

Wheel cutting machine with milling cutter

1789

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

Tobacco box

1792

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

1990-95

Ancient Egyptian flint saw, replica

circa 3000 BCE

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

2000 BCE