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Half-penny coin

1806

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Stipple-engraved portrait of Benjamin Martin

1815

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Slide rule for exchange of weights and measures

1815

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

East Indiaman Herefordshire

1815

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

Silver ear trumpet hearing aid, London, England, 1814

1814

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Ebony and brass octant.

1805-1815

Model, press for cutting out coin blanks

circa 1808

Herschel, William, head and shoulders

1808

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

Piston and Rod, from Newcomen Pumping Engine 'Old Sarah'

1815

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

Gold watch by Robert Roskell

1814

Frigate and Cutter

1805-1815

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 Yorkshire

1814

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