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Set of sixty miniature heads used in phrenology

1831

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Swannington Incline Winding Engine, Leicester & Swannington Railway, 1832

1832

Difference Engine No. 1

circa 1832

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Entrance into Manchester across Water Street

1831

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Jug showing the entrance to the Liverpool & Manchester Railway

1830

Huskisson Memorial

1831

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Silver snuff box, United Kingdom, presented in 1832

1832

Ice-skate of about 1830, wood with metal runner

1830

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

1705-1737

'Royal Address of Cadwallader ap-Tudor ap-Edwards ap-Vaughan, Water-King of Southwark', print, London, England, 1832

1832

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Copy of the Receiver and Alarm Call of Schilling's Electric Telegraph, 1870-1877

1870-1877

Deck watch by Breguet et Fils

1830

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

Fillet interlocking

1830

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

1880-120

Silver lancet case, empty

1831

Clay tobacco pipe

1860-1715

Obstetrical forceps, Norway, 1801-1900

1872-3

Two lancets

1830

Silver lancet case, empty

1832

Oesophageal forceps Durham's

1871-1830

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

1830

Turn pin sunglasses

1830

Nipple shield

1832

Turn pin sunglasses

1831

Circular metal snuff box

1830

Brass saccharometer by R.B. Bate

1915-1825

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

1990-95

Pen and ink sketch of the Marquis de Jouffry's steamboat, 'Pyroscaphe'

1830

Uterine probe

1901-950

Straight spectacles

1830-1832

"Bate's Patent Saccharometer" (c. 1830) signed BATE POULTRY LONDON

1830

Pocket Watch in Silver Case by Thomas Earnshaw, No 4776, 1815-1831

hallmarked 1831

Cylinder watch in case

1801-1825

Duplex Pocket Watch in Silver Case by Molyneux and Sons, 1815-1830

hallmarked 1830