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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

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

1823

Phrenological head of unidentified individual

1824

Phrenological head of Francis Gall

1823

Steam locomotive used at Hetton Colliery

1822

Handbill, Theatre Royal, Covent Garden

1824

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

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

1705-1737

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

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

300 BCE; 1905-1915

Photograph of Fern Leaf

1836-02

Description of a Railway on a New Principle

1823

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

Drawing of Singhi Dalan in Rajmahal, Jharkhand, India

1856-11

Model of Henry Cavendish's Torsion Balance Gravitational Apparatus, 1798

1798 (original); 1977 (model)

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

1822

Marine barometer by Newman, 1824.

1824

Daniell hygrometer

1822

Bronze one inch standard

Pre-1824

Engraving. Plan

1824

The Geological lecture room, Oxford

1823

Coloured aquatint: The cast iron bridge over the River Severn. Engraved by M Dubourg. Published by J Taylor

1823

Portrait. Charles Hutton. Engraving 1824

1824

Portrait. J. Brookes. Engraving 1822

1822

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

1 quart measure

1824

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

1/2 bushel measure

1824

Glass strikes for imperial capacity measures

1824

1 peck measure

1824

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

1823

Engraving: View of the great mine of copper at Fahlun... By L. Byrne after Martin. Published by Cadell

1822

Engraving: Interior of an Iron Mine in Sweden by L. Byrne after Martin. Published by Cadell

1822

Engraving, An interior view of John Bunyman's Meeting House Southwark - In its present state

1822

Trade card: Blunt

1822-1824

1 bushel measure

1824

Bronze handle, highly decorated, Romano-Egyptian

20-400

Solid bronze phallic amulet in form of priapus with hind legs and tail of horse

30-200

Bronze probe(?), twisted stem, Romano-Egyptian

20-500

1/2 gill measure

1824

1/2 pint measure

1824

Olive ended probe, bronze, Romano-Egyptian

20-500

Glass strikes for imperial capacity measures

1824

Glass strikes for imperial capacity measures

1824