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Half-penny coin

1806

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Conjectural model of Trevithick's locomotive 'Catch-me-who-can'

1808

Scientific Researches! - New Discoveries in Pneumaticks! - or, an Experimental Lecture on the Powers of Air

1802

Weights and measures

1805

Oval snuff box, England, 1807

1807

Reproduction in wood, Dr Joseph Black

1809

Stanhope square demonstrator, c.1805.

circa 1805

Small screw-cutting device or fusee engine for clock-maker's use

circa 1800

Reproduction in wood. No 127

1808

Ready reckoner for ship's cargoes

1807

Half-penny coin

1806

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

1705-1737

Leaflet for a work entitled 'Cases of successful practice with Perkin's Patent Metallic Tractors'.

1801

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

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

1801

Model, press for cutting out coin blanks

circa 1808

Herschel, William, head and shoulders

1808

Marine barometer by R.B. Bate

mid-1800s

Coalbrookdale by Night by Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg

1801

Boring machine, Yard No. 642

1804-1807

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

1775-1799 (original); 1900-1907 (model)

Maudslay 's Lord Chancellor bench micrometer

1805

Machine-Screw thread making tool, by Henry Maudslay

circa 1800

Silver vinaigrette with hinged lid

1809

Plaster cast of Matthew Boulton

1809

Marine chronometer by Brockbanks

1802

Marine chronometer by John Arnold

1802

Under-painted horn pair cased watch by George Flote

1800

Spring-detent escapement watch in a gold case by Reid & Co. London

1807

Spring-detent escapement watch with gold case by John Barwise

1800

Souscription watch, by Abraham-Louis Breguet

1805

Compass

1800

Revised Classification of Merchandise Traffic and Revised Schedule of Maximum Rates and Charges Applicable thereto, proposed to be charged by the Eastern and Midlands Railway Company

1889-02

A Royal watch by Samuel Houston

1807

Robert Fulton

1800-1809

Aquatint print of design of cast iron bridge by Thomas Telford, 1801

1801

Observations taken at a small water mill at Hitchin

1809 Sept 14

Jonathan Hull's 'A Description and Draught of a Newly-Invented Machine'

1850-1899

The Costume of Great Britain

1805

Two aquatints after Rowlandson and Pugin

1808

Model of Ggantija megalithic temple on the Maltese island of Gozo, 3000-2500 BC.

3000-2500 BCE

Surrey Iron Railway

1806

Glass traveller's companion, c.1800.

circa 1800

Ancient Egyptian flint saw, replica

circa 3000 BCE

Capt. Joseph Huddart, FRS

1801