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Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Set of magnetical apparatus in case, by Adams

1790

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

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)

Richard Arkwright

1790

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

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

Silver vinaigrette

1790

NEMA cryptography machine type T-D

1945-50

Hydrostatical and Chemical Balance (c. 1790)

1790

Box and weights for money changer's scales

1790

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

Silver medal

1790

Circular white metal medal

1789

Bronze medal to commemorate Louis XVI and the National Assembly

1789

Silver medal

1789

Medal, silvered, Hippocrates

1789

Improved Withering Botanic microscope

1790

Thaler coin of Leopold II (Austria-Hungary)

1790

Half-Guinea 'Spade' coin of George III

1790

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

1789

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Spade' Guinea coin of George III

1790

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

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

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