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Reproduction in wood, Dr Joseph Black

1809

Five wooden molecular model balls

circa 1810

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Stipple-engraved portrait of Benjamin Martin

1815

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

1820

Slide rule for exchange of weights and measures

1815

Copy of Chamberlen obstetric forceps

1813

East Indiaman Herefordshire

1815

Hedley's experimental model for testing adhesion.

1812

Cylinder electrical machine, 1810-1817

1810-1817

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

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

1815

Silver vinaigrette with hinged lid

1809

Handbill, Theatre Royal, Covent Garden

1824

Plaster cast of Matthew Boulton

1809

Stained plaster phrenological bust

1821

Phrenological head

1821

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

Phrenological head of Francis Gall

1823

Phrenological head of unidentified individual

1824

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

1705-1737

Silver Regency tripod mustard pot

1811-1812

Seal, Stockton & Darlington Railway

1821

Original preparation of quinine by Pelletier and Caveton

1820

Near Wellington, Shropshire

1821

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Model, of Woolf's Water Tube Boiler, 1819

1819

Sunderland ware jug decorated with pink lustre bands and splashes

1813

Steam locomotive used at Hetton Colliery

1822

Panoramic lantern slide

1820

Automaton watch by Jean Robert Soret

1812

Silhouette of child

circa 1810

Silhouette of man

circa 1810

Description of a Railway on a New Principle

1823

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

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

Small stone scarab pierced longitudinally with flat base engraved with design of standing harpist and seated figure

2000-1000

Length of red silk ribbon worn as a belt to promote general good health

1880-120

Five lancets

1822

Four lancets

1824

Silver lancet case, empty

1813

Lancet case, silver, made in Birmingham, 1823

1823

2 lancets

1821

Sterling silver pap boat

1819