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Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

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

Seal, Stockton & Darlington Railway

1821

Phrenological head of unidentified individual

1824

Near Wellington, Shropshire

1821

Steam locomotive used at Hetton Colliery

1822

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

1705-1737

Original preparation of quinine by Pelletier and Caveton

1820

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Phrenological head of Francis Gall

1823

Stained plaster phrenological bust

1821

Phrenological head

1821

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Handbill, Theatre Royal, Covent Garden

1824

Bronze medal by Vincenzo Catenacci commemorating Domenico Cotugno

1824

Sir Humphrey Davy

1824

CDE. LIS. CTE. BERTHOLLET (Chimiste)

1824

LINNEE

1824

Portrait. J. Brookes. Engraving 1822

1822

Daniell hygrometer

1822

Yard and Ell Bed, 1821

1821

19th Century Electioneering Token for Sir William Ingilby

1823

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Franc coin of Louis XVIII (France)

1820

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Glass strikes for imperial capacity measures

1824

Red granite drill core

2686-2613 BCE

Portrait bust of Galileo Galilei

1821-1824

NEMA cryptography machine type T-D

1945-50

Bronze one inch standard

Pre-1824

Marine barometer by Newman, 1824.

1824

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

Glass strikes for imperial capacity measures

1824

Glass strikes for imperial capacity measures

1824

Glass strikes for imperial capacity measures

1824

Glass strikes for imperial capacity measures

1824

Glass strikes for imperial capacity measures

1824

Illustrated billhead

1821

Thermometer, with ivory scale (c.1820)

1820

Black stone container or palette

2000-1000

Pewter lid from a lavabo, perhaps Swiss, 1823

1823

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