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Collection
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Date

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Travelling tea case in leather case

1895

Model Draw Door Weir, 1872

1872 (original); 1909 (model)

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Enamel notice, Dinorwic Quarries Railway

1895

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Coherer with coarse brass turnings, 1894

1894

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

Brake van, London & South Western Railway

1894

Replica of Liverpool & Manchester Railway 1st Class carriage 'Traveller'

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

Glass-stoppered bottle containing uranium

1801-1892 (prepared); 1946 (element replaced)

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

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

1705-1737

Presentation scissors, SS Vienna

1894

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Iron borings coherer (Branly type), 1894

1894

Iron borings coherer (Branly type), 1894

1894

Zither switch with open-wire multiple and two-motion ratchet drive, 1894

1894

Flat steel-spring (or watch-spring) coherer, 1894

1894

Replica of Morse's second model of telegraphy apparatus, 1934

1934

model stockton & darlington railway coach "experiment"

1895

Harpenden pocket stadiometer sent out to Ludlow Boys' School as part of a series of nationwide measurements

1972-3

Artificial right leg, England, 1894

1894

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

Amulet, metal, coin with head of Queen Victoria and coat of arms

1894

McVitie Weston valve collection, Perrin tube valve

1895

Wooden casing and capping for electrical cables

1895

Mummified bird, Egypt, 2000-100 BCE

2000-100 BCE

Mummy of a crocodile, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE

2000-1001 BCE

Brass saccharometer by R.B. Bate

1915-1825

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

1990-95

Wooden casing and capping for electrical cables

1895

Uterine probe

1901-950

Vulcanite cigar holder with amber mouthpiece

1894-1895

Viscose sponge. Forerunner of spontex. 1895(?)

1895

Bobbin(?) in light brown solid viscose.

1895

Cylinder watch in case

1801-1825

Verge repeating watch

1713-1750

Lever watch in pair case with crank roller

1800-1830

Cylinder watch in case with thin horizontal movement

1801-1850

Lever watch in case

1800-1830

Cylinder watch in pair case

1692-1730

Two washers

15/7/27

Two washers

15/7/27

Polished stone (Chert) weight from excavations at Mohenjodaro

circa 3000 BCE