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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

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Steam locomotive used at Hetton Colliery

1822

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)

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Phrenological head of Francis Gall

1823

May - Study No 167

1870-10

Photograph of Fern Leaf

1836-02

Lorina, Edith and Alice Liddel

1872-08

Silk playbill for Newcastle Theatre Royal, 30 January 1856

1856-01

Uterine probe

1901-950

Roman stone water main

30

table of rates and charges

1857/07

Description of a Railway on a New Principle

1823

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

1883-01

Bronze medal commemorating J. Domenico Cassini

1823

Bronze medal

1823

Portrait. J. Brookes. Engraving 1822

1822

Copy of Musschenbroek's Pyrometer (Dilatometer), 1700-1731.

1877 (copy); 1700-1731 (original)

Daniell hygrometer

1822

Double-mirror heliotrope (Spiegelkreutz-heliotrop) for geodetic work

1822

19th Century Electioneering Token for Sir William Ingilby

1823

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Red granite drill core

2686-2613 BCE

Replica of Davy's apparatus showing rotation of mercury carrying a radial current in the presence of a magnet

1823

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

Plaster replica of IBEX weight

1370-1350 BCE; 1931

Black stone container or palette

2000-1000

Plaster model of tomb plaque

100 BCE-300 CE; 1890-1920

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

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

1880-120

Lancet case, silver, made in Birmingham, 1823

1823

Wood tobacco pipe

1860-1820

Double-ended dental pelican

1851-1800

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

1990-95

Ancient Egyptian flint saw, replica

circa 3000 BCE

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

2000 BCE

Bronze medal from prof. Giacomo Tommasini

1822

Medal, bronze, of Dr. Heinrich Meyer

1822

Bronze medal

1822