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

1808

Reproduction in wood. No 127

1808

Reproduction in wood, Dr Joseph Black

1809

Ready reckoner for ship's cargoes

1807

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

1807

Gold watch by Recordon

1807

Quarter-repeating gold watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet

circa 1808

A Royal watch by Samuel Houston

1807

Oval snuff box, England, 1807

1807

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Gold watch by John Gibson, Royal Exchange

1808

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Five wooden molecular model balls

circa 1810

Herschel, William, head and shoulders

1808

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Model, press for cutting out coin blanks

circa 1808

Chemical Lectures

circa 1810

Plaster cast of Matthew Boulton

1809

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

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

1705-1737

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Silver vinaigrette with hinged lid

1809

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

Copy of Roman artificial leg, London, England, 1905-1915

300 BCE; 1905-1915

Photograph of Fern Leaf

1836-02

Silhouette of child

circa 1810

Silhouette of man

circa 1810

Observations taken at a small water mill at Hitchin

1809 Sept 14

Two keyed bugles used on London to York Royal mail coach

1809-1810

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

1798 (original); 1977 (model)

Early Chemical Match Box (c.1810) by S. JONES' PATENT LIGHTHOUSE NO 201 STRAND

1810

Joseph Wright

1807

Zwanziger coin of Francis I (Austria)

1809

Franc or Italian Lira coin of Napoleon I

1810

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Fire at the Albion Mills, Blackfriars Bridge on 3 March 1791

1808

Etching, The Triumph of Gas Lights

1810

Engraving of Strand Bridge

1808

Simple microscope in turned rosewood case (c.1810)

1810

Bronze handle, highly decorated, Romano-Egyptian

20-400

Solid bronze phallic amulet in form of priapus with hind legs and tail of horse

30-200

Bronze probe(?), twisted stem, Romano-Egyptian

20-500

Olive ended probe, bronze, Romano-Egyptian

20-500

Print, coloured. Caricature. He Steers his Flight aloft

1810

Aquatint, coloured, Water Engine

1808

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

1972-3

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

1990-95