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Surgical instrument set, London, England, 1810-1812

1810-1812

Mummy of a peregrine falcon, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE

2000-1001 BCE

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Half-penny coin

1806

Weights and measures

1805

Hedley's experimental model for testing adhesion.

1812

Ready reckoner for ship's cargoes

1807

Stipple-engraved portrait of Benjamin Martin

1815

Slide rule for exchange of weights and measures

1815

Silver vinaigrette with hinged lid

1809

Ebony and brass octant.

1805-1815

Glass display case containing various cosmetic devices from the 1700s, England, 1880-1930

1701-1800

Sunderland ware jug decorated with pink lustre bands and splashes

1813

Wheatstone, Charles

1802 - 1875

Hull lead works penny token, 1812.

1812

Replica of Lightning Conductor by Benjamin Franklin, United States, 1730-1760

1730-1760 (original); 1931-1939 (replica)

Model of Mud House

6000-5000BCE

Cornish penny token, 1811.

1811

Working model of Hero's Aeolipile

100-1 BCE; 1501-1600; 1914

Drawing of Singhi Dalan in Rajmahal, Jharkhand, India

1856-11

Birmingham workhouse three pence token, 1813.

1813

1816-1968, manufacturer of pharmaceutical products, Edinburgh, Scotland

Duncan Flockhart and Company Limited

1816

Burial mask of Agamemnon, Greek, c. 1550 BCE

1600-1500 BCE (original); 1900-1914 (copy)

Richard Trevithick

1816

shadow ball

1800s

Framed photograph of Robert Fulton's original design for steamboat

1803-1950

Cloud study by Luke Howard

1803-1811

Watch and compass by Benjamin Webb

1799

Drawing produced by John Llewellin of a Tram Engine designed by Richard Trevithick

1803-12

Replica Bavarian reckoning cloth, German, 16th century.

1501-1600; 1972

active 1826-1879, wax modeller, English; British

Towne, Joseph

1806 - 1879

1810-1882, plumber; sanitary engineer, British

Jennings, George

1810 - 1882

1810-c. 1960, poster printer; printer, Dunstable and London

Waterlow and Sons Limited

1810

The Collier

1813

Half-penny coin

1799

Transverse folding spectacles

1796-1798

The Patent Gymnasticon

1798

Model of submersible 'Turtle'

1976; 1776

Model of an Egyptian boat in XII Dynasty Tomb

1991-1783 BCE

Silver pill box engraved with a triangular pattern, Birmingham, England, 1801

1801

Half-penny coin

1806

Pearwood snuff box stamped with skulls

1796-1815

Portrait of an East Indiaman sailing from Madras by Robert Dodd

1797

1812-1887, journalist; author; playwright, British.

Mayhew, Henry

1812 - 1887

Marine chronometer by John Arnold

1802

Model of an Assyrian kelek or raft of inflated ox-hides, one of three models of Babylonian vessels of skin

700 BCE; 1931

1799-1852, engineer; inventor of types of steam carriage, British; English

Hancock, Walter

1799 - 1852

Model of a Montgolfier Balloon, 1783

First Public Demonstration of a Montgolfier Balloon, 4th June, 1783.

1783; 1914

Bradshaw, George

1801 - 1853

Ancient Egyptian flint saw, replica

circa 3000 BCE