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Collection
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Date

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

model locomotion no 1

1825

model steam locomotive

1826

Steam locomotive No. 1 'Locomotion', Stockton & Darlington Railway

1825

Diploma awarding honorary membership of the London Vaccine Institution, London, England, 1826

1826

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Handbill, Theatre Royal, Covent Garden

1824

Bridge used to span the River Gaunless at West Auckland

1823-1825

Liverpool & Manchester Railway Co. seal die

1826

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Pair of turn pin spectacles

1823-1825

Phrenological head of Francis Gall

1823

Phrenological head of unidentified individual

1824

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

1705-1737

Lancets in silver case

1826

Engraved lancet case

1826

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

model Stockton & Darlington Railway coach "Experiment"

1826

Oersted Compass Needle, 1828

1828

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

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

Small stone scarab pierced longitudinally with flat base engraved with design of standing harpist and seated figure

2000-1000

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

1880-120

Gibson spoon, English, 1827-1828

1827-1828

Four lancets

1824

Lancet case, silver, made in Birmingham, 1823

1823

Phrenological head of unidentified male

1827

Skull saw

1826-1828

2 lancets

1827

Two lancets

1824

4 lancets

1827

Silver lancet case, empty

1827

Silver lancet case, empty

1827

4 lancets

1826

Clay tobacco pipe

1860-1715

Angled bone gouge

1826-1828

Obstetrical forceps, Norway, 1801-1900

1872-3

Mummified bird, Egypt, 2000-100 BCE

2000-100 BCE

Mummy of a crocodile, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE

2000-1001 BCE

Double-ended dental pelican

1851-1800

Turn pin sunglasses

1824-1827

Medicine spoon

1828

Extending spectacles

1826

Straight spectacles

1825

Hand, folding spectacles

1823-1824