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Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

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

1820

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Original preparation of quinine by Pelletier and Caveton

1820

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

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

1705-1737

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Model, of Woolf's Water Tube Boiler, 1819

1819

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Bronze medal

1819

Silver medal to commemorate H. Meyer (1767-1828)

1819

Bronze medal to commemorate P. Moscati

1819

Silver medal of the Compagnie d'Assurance Mutuelle Contre L'Incendie

1820

Bronze medal depicting Hermann Boerhaave

1819

Bronze medal by F. Caunois commemorating Baron Georges Cuvier

1820

Gilt bronze medal

1817

Bronze medal

1817

Circular bronze medal

1819

Panel with crest from stage coach, c. 1820

circa 1820

Sovereign coin of George III

1817

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Half-Sovereign coin of George III

1818

Franc coin of Louis XVIII (France)

1820

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Red granite drill core

2686-2613 BCE

Viewer microscope, with bead lens, in square body

1888-185

NEMA cryptography machine type T-D

1945-50

Calf's Head Weight

1370-1350 BCE; 1931

Plaster replica of black Basalt Cubit Rod 531

1931; 250 BCE

Hydrometer in case with weights

1820

Plaster replica of IBEX weight

1370-1350 BCE; 1931

Thermometer, with ivory scale (c.1820)

1820

Black stone container or palette

2000-1000

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

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

1880-120

Wood tobacco pipe

1860-1820

Double-ended dental pelican

1851-1800

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

1990-95

Spirit bubbles in mahogany case by J & J Gardner

circa 1820

Handbill: Notice, Lecture, Eidouranian, Gravesend.

1820

Drawing showing gas light apparatus at the Royal Mint Gasworks

1817

Ancient Egyptian flint saw, replica

circa 3000 BCE

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

2000 BCE

Pencil drawing with MS annotation. Design for a Town Landau

1820

Medal, silvered metal

1817-1820

Silver (plated?) medal commemorating 450th anniver

1820

Medal to commemorate Vesalius

1820