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Collection
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Date

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

Weights and measures

1805

Copy of Chamberlen obstetric forceps

1813

Oval snuff box, England, 1807

1807

Reproduction in wood, Dr Joseph Black

1809

Five wooden molecular model balls

circa 1810

Stanhope square demonstrator, c.1805.

circa 1805

Reproduction in wood. No 127

1808

Hedley's experimental model for testing adhesion.

1812

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

Silver Regency tripod mustard pot

1811-1812

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Chemical Lectures

circa 1810

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Model, press for cutting out coin blanks

circa 1808

Herschel, William, head and shoulders

1808

Boring machine, Yard No. 642

1804-1807

Sunderland ware jug decorated with pink lustre bands and splashes

1813

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Maudslay 's Lord Chancellor bench micrometer

1805

Silver vinaigrette with hinged lid

1809

Plaster cast of Matthew Boulton

1809

Automaton watch by Jean Robert Soret

1812

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

1807

Souscription watch, by Abraham-Louis Breguet

1805

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

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

Drawing of Gass Works

1812

George William Manby Esqr

1813

Ancient Egyptian flint saw, replica

circa 3000 BCE

Francois Peron, Naturaliste et Redacteur du

1810

Token, copper, 35mm diameter. Keighley penny

1812

Portrait engraving of William Nicholson, 1812

1812

Portrait print from engraving of Leonard Euler, 1804

1804

Fete du Sacre et Couronnement de leurs Majestes Imperiales

1804-1805

Ralph Walker

1803

View of the Admiralty Buildings, Whitehall

1808