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'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

model locomotion no 1

1825

model steam locomotive

1826

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

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

1826

model Stockton & Darlington Railway coach "Experiment"

1826

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

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

Liverpool & Manchester Railway Co. seal die

1826

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Mail guard watch by George Littlewort

1825

Lancets in silver case

1826

Engraved lancet case

1826

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

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

1990-95

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

1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

Copy of clay liver used for divination, original from Babylon, 2050-1750 BCE

2050-1750 BCE

Machine for reproducing sculpture

1826

Hand loom for silk weaving with Jacquard machine

c.1825

Model of Gutenberg's Press, 1430

1960-1979

Model of an Assyrian kelek or raft of inflated ox-hides, one of three models of Babylonian vessels of skin

700 BCE; 1931

Model of Mud House

6000-5000BCE

Model of a Phoenician bireme ship

1845-1964

Burial mask of Agamemnon, Greek, c. 1550 BCE

1600-1500 BCE (original); 1900-1914 (copy)

Flymo Super Professional 47 rotary air cushion mower

Flymo Super Professional 47 rotary air cushion mower

1979-80

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Franc coin of Charles X (France)

1826

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Red granite drill core

2686-2613 BCE

Steel engraving: Suspension Bridge

1827

Steel engraving: Southwark Bridge Road

1827

Etching, the first arch in the progress of building the New London Bridge

1827

Menai Bridge near Bangor Carmarthenshire

1826

Engraving; handbill

1825

Viewer microscope, with bead lens, in square body

1888-185

NEMA cryptography machine type T-D

1945-50

Poster of balloon ascent at Newcastle: Charles Green

1825

Letterpress handbill. Scarborough Cliff Bridge

1825

Bronze handle, highly decorated, Romano-Egyptian

20-400

Lithographic stone showing W.H.Wollaston, produced via camera lucida

1827

Replica of Roman steelyard, from Pompeii, 79 AD

1-79 CE; before 1914

Calf's Head Weight

1370-1350 BCE; 1931

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

30-200

Plaster replica of black Basalt Cubit Rod 531

1931; 250 BCE

Alabaster mortar

2000-1350

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

20-500