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East Indiaman Herefordshire

1815

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Copy of Chamberlen obstetric forceps

1813

Five wooden molecular model balls

circa 1810

Hedley's experimental model for testing adhesion.

1812

Stipple-engraved portrait of Benjamin Martin

1815

Slide rule for exchange of weights and measures

1815

Automaton watch by Jean Robert Soret

1812

Silver one-minute tourbillon watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet, sold to the Princess de Valençay in 1812.

1812

Gold watch by Robert Roskell

1814

Silver Regency tripod mustard pot

1811-1812

'Puffing Billy' Locomotive with Tender and Rails

1813-1814

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Chemical Lectures

circa 1810

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

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

1815

Sunderland ware jug decorated with pink lustre bands and splashes

1813

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

1705-1737

Gold watch with spring detent escapement by Ellicott and Taylor

1815

Gold and enamel half-quarter repeater watch by Brockbanks

1812

Silver ear trumpet hearing aid, London, England, 1814

1814

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

1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)

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

1990-95

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

Model of submersible 'Turtle'

1976; 1776

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

Tin can used for the early preservation of food

1812

Surgical instrument set, London, England, 1810-1812

1810-1812

Glass display case containing various cosmetic devices from the 1700s, England, 1880-1930

1701-1800

Copy of Lodestone believed to have been used by Queen Anne

1929 (copy); 1702-1714 (original)

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

300 BCE; 1905-1915

Silhouette of child

circa 1810

Silhouette of man

circa 1810

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

The Costume of Yorkshire

1814

Reproduction of Joseph Priestley's oxygen apparatus

1774; 1923

Wollaston slide rule of chemical equivalents, 1814.

1814

Walker's Railway Time Table, and Coach, Omnibus and Carriers' List

1883-01

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

Wooden backstaff or Davis quadrant made by John Gilbert on Tower Hill

1730; 1967

Photograph of Fern Leaf

1836-02

Lorina, Edith and Alice Liddel

1872-08

Caution List of Convictions

1885-09

Silk playbill for Newcastle Theatre Royal, 30 January 1856

1856-01

Iron Weight

1910-130

RGD Television

1965-195