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Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Watch with Prest's keyless winding by John Roger Arnold

1821

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Seal, Stockton & Darlington Railway

1821

Near Wellington, Shropshire

1821

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Phrenological head of Francis Gall

1823

Phrenological head of unidentified individual

1824

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Phrenological head

1821

Stained plaster phrenological bust

1821

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Steam locomotive used at Hetton Colliery

1822

Handbill, Theatre Royal, Covent Garden

1824

Deck-watch used by Capt. William Parry during his attempt to reach the North Pole, 1827

1823

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

1705-1737

Fowler, William Henry

1807 - 1904

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

Refracting telescope on portable altazimuth mounting, with tripod and accessories

1822

Reproduction of Joseph Priestley's oxygen apparatus

1774; 1923

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

1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)

Gold amulet in the form of Duamutef, Egypt, 2000-100 BCE

2000-100 BCE

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

1883-01

Roman stone water main

30

Replica of Roman equal-arm balance, from Pompeii, 79 AD

1-79 CE; before 1914

Poncelet's Water Wheel, 1824

1824 (original); 1891 (model)

Model of an Egyptian boat in XII Dynasty Tomb

1991-1783 BCE

Spindle with Whorl, Stone Age

5000-500 BCE

Address to William Smith on his retirement

1894-05

Glass perfume bottle, oval body,1824

1824

'Your Carry', 1867

1867-04

W Holman Hunt in his Eastern dress

1864-05

Daisy

1864-04

Anthony Trolloppe (sic)

1864-10

May - Study No 167

1870-10

Sir John Herschel

1867-04

The Dirty Monk', Alfred Lord Tennyson, May 1865

1865-05

Stone slab with seven holes for cosmetic ointments, Egypt, 1991-1786 BCE

1991-1786 BCE

Lithograph 'Britannia Tubular Bridge over the Menai Straits showing the Floating of the Second Tube, 1849'

1850-07

Great Western Railway "Cornishman" Express Train, hauled by 4-4-2 No. 3046 "Lord of the Isles"

1899/12

Great Western Railway "Cornishman" Express Train, hauled by 4-4-2 No. 3046 "Lord of the Isles".

1899/12

table of rates and charges

1857/07

Portrait of Constance Garstin in Darjeeling, India

1861-08

Drawing of Singhi Dalan in Rajmahal, Jharkhand, India

1856-11

Commemorative medal of salvation from Pestilence of Barcelona in 1821

1822

Bronze medal commemorating Carl de Geer

1823

Set of 16 Scientific and Philosophical Medals in Book form case

1823