Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894
1893-4
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7
1863-7
'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799
1775-1799 (original); 1900-1907 (model)
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772
1772 (original); 1919 (model)
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement
1705-1737
May - Study No 167
1870-10
Walker's Railway Time Table, and Coach, Omnibus and Carriers' List
1883-01
Wooden backstaff or Davis quadrant made by John Gilbert on Tower Hill
1730; 1967
Lorina, Edith and Alice Liddel
1872-08
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
Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB
1990-95
Model of Henry Cavendish's Torsion Balance Gravitational Apparatus, 1798
1798 (original); 1977 (model)
Replica of Islamic Astrolabe
1066; 1876
Viewer microscope, with bead lens, in square body
1888-185
NEMA cryptography machine type T-D
1945-50
Excavated neolithic flint perhaps used for trephination
3000-1500
copy of a gold cup.
3000-2000 BCE
Iron Weight
1910-130
Reversible axe on adze, green stone blade, North Papua (Astrolabe Bay)
2000 BCE
Reconstruction of insulated seawater sampling bottle designed by Captain Phipps and Dr Irving
1773 (original); 1980s
Roman Coin of Tiberius
30 CE
Roman Coin of Tiberius
30 CE
Telescope by Galileo (replica)
1610; 1923
Address to William Smith on his retirement
1894-05
Model of Ggantija megalithic temple on the Maltese island of Gozo, 3000-2500 BC.
3000-2500 BCE
Ancient Egyptian flint saw, replica
circa 3000 BCE
Spindle with Whorl, Stone Age
5000-500 BCE
Reproduction of John Dalton's Atomic Formulae, 1793-1803
1793-1803; 1925
Copy of Musschenbroek's Pyrometer (Dilatometer), 1700-1731.
1877 (copy); 1700-1731 (original)
Bronze Axehead from France, Bronze Age
2000-500 BCE
Bronze Spearhead without Shaft, European, Bronze Age
2000-500 BCE
Flint Knife and Scraper, Stone Age
8500-2000 BCE
Bronze Chisel-head, Britanny, France, Bronze Age
2000-500 BCE
Copper Axehead from Ancient Egypt, 1991-1786BC
1991-1786 BCE
Copper Axehead from Ancient Egypt, 1991-1786BC
1991-1786 BCE
Bronze Adze with Modern Wooden Handle, Bronze Age
2000-500 BCE
Twelve German jetons, 16th century.
1501-1600; 1978
Simple aquatic microscope, with box-foot stand
1795-1805
Red granite drill core
2686-2613 BCE
Cast of a Saxon Sundial, original at Kirkdale Church, Yorkshire
1935-1958 (reproduction); 1055-1064 CE (original)
Replica of Lightning Conductor by Benjamin Franklin, United States, 1730-1760
1730-1760 (original); 1931-1939 (replica)
Solar microscope with rack barrel objective
1890-1810
Bronze handle, highly decorated, Romano-Egyptian
20-400
Copy of a cippus showing Horus, Egypt, 1900-1933
1900-1933