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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

Shutt End Colliery Railway steam locomotive 'Agenoria'

1829

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

Sans Pareil

1829

Clockwork drive, for refracting telescope of 5.9-inch aperture

1829

Refracting telescope of 5.9-inch aperture, mounted on English type equatorial mounting with off-set lead counterweight

1829

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

Bench vice belonging to George Stephenson

1829

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

2 lancets

1829

4 lancets

1827

Lancet, steel and tortoiseshell

1829

Silver lancet case, empty

1827

Silver lancet case, empty

1827

4 lancets

1826

Clay tobacco pipe

1860-1715

Angled bone gouge

1826-1828

Bolt with nut, from Quadrangle Storehouse at Sheerness Dockyard, England, 1824-1979

1824-1829

Bolt with nut, from Quadrangle Storehouse at Sheerness Dockyard, England, 1824-1979

1824-1829