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Stanhope square demonstrator, c.1805.

circa 1805

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Weights and measures

1805

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

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

1705-1737

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Maudslay 's Lord Chancellor bench micrometer

1805

Painted green glass liquor bottle

1804

Viewer microscope, with bead lens, in square body

1888-185

Two silver medals to commemorate F.J. Gall

1805

Walker's Railway Time Table, and Coach, Omnibus and Carriers' List

1883-01

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

1972-3

NEMA cryptography machine type T-D

1945-50

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

1990-95

Aquatint, coloured, from 'The Costume of Great Britain' by W.H. Pyne. pub. William Miller

1805

Aquatint, coloured, from 'The Costume of Great Britain' by W.H. Pyne. pub. William Miller

1805

Seven-Shilling coin of George III

1804

Five Francs coin of Napoleon I (France)

1805

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Aquatint, coloured, from 'The Costume of Great Britain' by W.H. Pyne. pub. William Miller

1805

Red granite drill core

2686-2613 BCE

Double-ended dental pelican

1851-1800

Two washers

15/7/27

Two washers

15/7/27

Silk playbill for Newcastle Theatre Royal, 30 January 1856

1856-01

Plaster model of tomb plaque

100 BCE-300 CE; 1890-1920

Bronze handle, highly decorated, Romano-Egyptian

20-400

Black stone container or palette

2000-1000

2 circular plaster casts of the 2 halves of a Greek coin

700-100 BCE; 1930-1950

Plaster replica of IBEX weight

1370-1350 BCE; 1931

Calf's Head Weight

1370-1350 BCE; 1931

Plaster replica of black Basalt Cubit Rod 531

1931; 250 BCE

Persian pottery measure

circa 3000 BCE

Persian pottery measure

circa 3000 BCE

Pottery vase found at Nihawnad, Persia

3000 BCE

Plano-convex brick, Ubaid, Iraq, c 2500 BC.

2500 BCE

Polished stone (Chert) weight from excavations at Mohenjodaro

circa 3000 BCE

Polished stone (Chert) weight from excavations at Mohenjodaro

circa 3000 BCE

Polished stone (Chert) weight from excavations at Mohenjodaro

circa 3000 BCE

Polished stone (Chert) weight from excavations at Mohenjodaro

circa 3000 BCE

Polished stone (Chert) weight from excavations at Mohenjodaro

circa 3000 BCE

Spindle with Whorl, Stone Age

5000-500 BCE

Ancient Egyptian flint saw, replica

circa 3000 BCE

The Costume of Great Britain: Welsh peasants

1805

Model of a Section of the Pont-y-Cysyllte Aqueduct, 1805

1805

Model of Henry Cavendish's Torsion Balance Gravitational Apparatus, 1798

1798 (original); 1977 (model)