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Stanhope square demonstrator, c.1805.

circa 1805

Half-penny coin

1806

Ready reckoner for ship's cargoes

1807

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

Weights and measures

1805

Oval snuff box, England, 1807

1807

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Maudslay 's Lord Chancellor bench micrometer

1805

Half-penny coin

1806

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)

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Boring machine, Yard No. 642

1804-1807

Souscription watch, by Abraham-Louis Breguet

1805

Trevithick's High Pressure Steam Engine and Boiler, c. 1806

1805-1806

Two silver medals to commemorate F.J. Gall

1805

Silver medal

1807

Joseph Wright

1807

Reproduction in alabaster, "Dr Black 1807 Scr."

1807

Reproduction in boxwood, "Dr Black 1808 Scr."

1807

Plaster cast, Dr Joseph Black

1807

Seven-Shilling coin of George III

1804

Forty Francs coin of Napoleon I (France)

1806

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Seven-Shilling coin of George III

1806

Two Scudos coin of Carlos IV (Spain)

1806

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Five Francs coin of Napoleon I (France)

1805

Red granite drill core

2686-2613 BCE

Slate quarry near Bangor

1807

Portrait: engraving

1806

Viewer microscope, with bead lens, in square body

1888-185

NEMA cryptography machine type T-D

1945-50

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

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

1805

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

1805

Painted green glass liquor bottle

1804

Calf's Head Weight

1370-1350 BCE; 1931

Plaster replica of black Basalt Cubit Rod 531

1931; 250 BCE

Plaster replica of IBEX weight

1370-1350 BCE; 1931

The Costume of Great Britain: Welsh peasants

1805

Black stone container or palette

2000-1000

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

Double-ended dental pelican

1851-1800