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Stipple-engraved portrait of Benjamin Martin

1815

Slide rule for exchange of weights and measures

1815

Gold watch by Robert Roskell

1814

Eight-day marine chronometer by Barrauds, London

1816

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

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

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

1815

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

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

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Silver ear trumpet hearing aid, London, England, 1814

1814

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

Flint hand tool, core-type, Stone Age.

8500-2000 BCE

Reginald Southey with Skeletons

1857-06

Model of Gutenberg's Press, 1430

1960-1979

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

300 BCE; 1905-1915

Model, of Sir Edward Belcher's anchor

1815

Ancient Egyptian flint saw, replica

circa 3000 BCE

Reversible axe on adze, green stone blade, North Papua (Astrolabe Bay)

2000 BCE

Silver medal

1814

Sepia aquatint. Pont Cysyllte aqueduct. I. Havell after E. Pugh

1814

Print, Aquatint from George Walker's The Costume of Yorkshire

1814

Oval silver membership medal

1815

One of nine prints of early 19th century carriages

1816

One of nine prints of early 19th century carriages

1816

One of nine prints of early 19th century carriages

1816

One of nine prints of early 19th century carriages. [town coach] / Published by R. Ackermann

1816

One of nine prints of early 19th century carriages

1816

One of nine prints of early 19th century carriages

1816

One of nine prints of early 19th century carriages. [landau carriage] / Published by R. Ackermann

1816

Bronze Spearhead without Shaft, European, Bronze Age

2000-500 BCE

Flint Knife and Scraper, Stone Age

8500-2000 BCE

Copper Axehead from Ancient Egypt, 1991-1786BC

1991-1786 BCE

Copper Axehead from Ancient Egypt, 1991-1786BC

1991-1786 BCE

Bronze Adze with Modern Wooden Handle, Bronze Age

2000-500 BCE

Twelve German jetons, 16th century.

1501-1600; 1978

Colonial threepence coin of George III

1816

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Red granite drill core

2686-2613 BCE

Synoptic scale of "Chemical Equivalents"

1814

Dry voltaic pile, 13 inches long

1815

Dry voltaic pile, 11.5 inches long

1815

Coloured aquatint, Radcliffe Observatory

1814

Print, The Fortress which enclosed the Grand Pavillion in the Green Park with the ascent of the balloon

1814