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Original preparation of quinine by Pelletier and Caveton

1820

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

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

1808

Reproduction in wood. No 127

1808

Reproduction in wood, Dr Joseph Black

1809

Copy of Chamberlen obstetric forceps

1813

'Dr Syntax and his wife making an experiment in pneumatics', print, London, England, 1820

1820

Oval snuff box, England, 1807

1807

Half-penny coin

1806

Weights and measures

1805

Five wooden molecular model balls

circa 1810

Stanhope square demonstrator, c.1805.

circa 1805

Hedley's experimental model for testing adhesion.

1812

Ready reckoner for ship's cargoes

1807

Stipple-engraved portrait of Benjamin Martin

1815

Slide rule for exchange of weights and measures

1815

East Indiaman Herefordshire

1815

Cylinder electrical machine, 1810-1817

1810-1817

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Silver Regency tripod mustard pot

1811-1812

Herschel, William, head and shoulders

1808

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

1815

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Silver vinaigrette with hinged lid

1809

Plaster cast of Matthew Boulton

1809

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Model, of Woolf's Water Tube Boiler, 1819

1819

Silver ear trumpet hearing aid, London, England, 1814

1814

Sunderland ware jug decorated with pink lustre bands and splashes

1813

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Half-penny coin

1806

Chemical Lectures

circa 1810

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Ebony and brass octant.

1805-1815

Model, press for cutting out coin blanks

circa 1808

Maudslay 's Lord Chancellor bench micrometer

1805

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

1705-1737

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

1990-95

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

Pendulum clock designed by Galileo in 1642 and made by his son in 1649, model.

1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)

Model of Gutenberg's Press, 1430

1960-1979

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

'Puffing Billy' Locomotive with Tender and Rails

1813-1814

Silhouette of child

circa 1810

Silhouette of man

circa 1810

Panoramic lantern slide

1820

Watch with enamel case made for the Turkish market

1805-1815

Automaton watch by Jean Robert Soret

1812

Souscription watch, by Abraham-Louis Breguet

1805