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Model of Stockton & Darlington Railway locomotive no. 5 "Royal George"

1827

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

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

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

1705-1737

Oersted Compass Needle, 1828

1828

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Medal, silver, struck on death of Franz Joseph Gall

1828

Andre-Marie Ampere

1825; 1910

Patent drawing of Gurney's steam coach

1827

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

support for Colby's Compensation Bar

1827

Red granite drill core

2686-2613 BCE

Viewer microscope, with bead lens, in square body

1888-185

NEMA cryptography machine type T-D

1945-50

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

1827

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

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

Wood tobacco pipe

1860-1820

2 lancets

1827

4 lancets

1827

Silver lancet case, empty

1827

Silver lancet case, empty

1827

Double-ended dental pelican

1851-1800

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

1990-95

Print showing Gurney's steam carriage on Highgate Hill

1828

Ancient Egyptian flint saw, replica

circa 3000 BCE

Carrier's Way-Bill

1828

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

2000 BCE

Bronze medal to commemorate Edward Ruppell

1828

Medal, bronze, commemorating fiftieth anniversary of doctorate of Johann Georg Pickel

1828

Medal commemorating Johann Wendt

1828

Bronze medal by Koenig and Loos commemorating Lorenz Oken and 7th Congress of German " Natural Medicine" practitioners

1828

Paris Pharmaceutical Society Membership Medal, about 1830

circa 1830

Medal commemorating Johann Wendt

1828

Papier mache lid from a snuff box

1827-1828

Two washers

15/7/27

Two washers

15/7/27

Polished stone (Chert) weight from excavations at Mohenjodaro

circa 3000 BCE

Pottery vase found at Nihawnad, Persia

3000 BCE

Polished stone (Chert) weight from excavations at Mohenjodaro

circa 3000 BCE