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Copy of model of a sheep's liver. Original Babylonian, c. 2050-1750 BC.

2050-1750 BCE

Replica of excavated iron age

800-200 BCE; 1969

Brown/pale yellow observation of the Sun, 14 January 1883

1883

Brown/yellow observation of the Sun, 11 November 1883

1883

Oil jar, Egypt, 1580-1350BCE

2000-1350 BCE

Amulet of a lion-headed goddess

4000-30 BCE

Ointment pot, Egypt, 2000-100 BCE

2000-100 BCE

Pocket Tide Tables for Barrow-in-Furness for the year 1883

1883

Digital copy of Rastrick, John Urpeth: Common Place Book. [Shropshire] [1803?-1809].

digital copy 2015; original [1803?-1809].

Quasi Cursores

1884

Thacher's cylindrical slide rule, 1884

1884

53 herbarium sheets of plants collected by Joseph Lister, 1883

1883

Scale Model of Koenig and Bauer Cylinder Printing Press, 1975-1978

1975-1978

Smeaton's Apparatus for Determining the Efficiency of Water Wheels

1988 (model); 1752 (original)

Cornish Boiler, 1840

1840 (original); 1892 (model)

Copy of Roman artificial leg, London, England, 1905-1915

300 BCE; 1905-1915

Urethral syringe

1935-1880

Square pavement brick from Babylonia (Southern Iraq), 2nd millennium BC.

2000-1001 BCE

Palette, stone, rectangular, excavated by Garstang at Abydos

3000-1000

Concentric plug and socket by Lundberg 1883

1883

Acheulian flint hand axe, c 10000-5000 BC.

10000-5001 BCE

9 flint chips or blades, possibly neolithic

3000-1500

Mummified cat, ancient Egypt, 2000-100 BCE

2000-100 BCE

Current indicator with slip connections

1883

Main switch, 1884

1884

One of the first bayonet cap lampholders

1884

Two-way turn switch

1883

Five original carbon brushes used on Forbes non-polar dynamo

1884

Verge watch with case

1648-1724

Alabaster weight, Syrian Deden system

circa 2000 BCE

Crompton lightning arrestor - 1883

1883

The Great Nebula in Orion

1883

One of eleven photographs

1883

Sunset and afterglow, Krakatoa, 9 November 1883.

1883

Autoradiograph of mitochondrial DNA used in the identification of the remains of Jesse James

1997-8

Sky Sketches, illustrating optical phenomena

1883-1884

Verge watch in case

1714-1796

Cylinder watch in case with automatic dial

1800

Cylinder watch in case

1807-1825

Babylonian "duck" weight

circa 2000 BCE

Copy of a stone plaque from a Roman bath, made in Europe, 1901-1950

44-43 BCE; 1901-1950

One of eleven photographs

1883

One of eleven photographs

1883

Washers, 25mm outer dia. and 14mm inner diameter

14/7/27

Two washers

15/7/27

Camden cycle, occupational therapy device, Northampton, England 1930-1970

1930-70

Leicester height measurer by Child Growth Foundation

1994-5

Rigged model of Flemish carvel construction Carrack

1910-1921

Pair of "Zebra Striped" plastic spectacle frames made by Sun Modes

1965-1875

Bistoury, double-headed, steel and tortoiseshell

1910-1870