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Molecular model of penicillin by Dorothy M Crowfoot Hodgkin, England, 1945

1945

Ampoule of penicillin

1945

Oxygen cylinder used by climbers on 1953 Mount Everest expedition

1952-3

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Amateur radio call books, 1938 and 1951

1938 and 1951

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

Glass-stoppered bottle containing uranium

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

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Model of Great Central Railway "Atlantic" Express Locomotive

1903 (original); 1982 (model)

Immesion suit blouse

circa 1945

Goldstein-Scheerer Test and components

1945

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

1990-95

V2 Rocket

1945

Trial Lens Frame

1945

Lucas motor car dynamo

circa 1945

List of ward items from a psychiatric hospital, Kent, England, 1945-1951

1945

5 francs coin

1945

5 francs coin

1945

5 francs coin

1945

5 francs coin

1945

5 francs coin

1945

2 francs coin

1945

Ancient Egyptian flint saw, replica

circa 3000 BCE

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

2000 BCE

Broken fragment of terracotta possibly lamp

30-300

Alabaster mortar

2000-1350

Copy of clay liver used for divination, original from Babylon, 2050-1750 BCE

2050-1750 BCE

Flint knife blade

10,000-2,000 BCE

Small stub-stemmed meerschaum tobacco pipe

1950-1900

Barometer used during 1953 Mount Everest expedition

1952-3

Pressure gauge used on 1953 Mount Everest expedition

1952-3

Amulet showing Anubis

4000-30 BCE

Axe head shaped flint

10000-5000 BCE

Copy of a bloodletting measuring device, England, 1977

1977; 1204-1206

Three flint knives and part of a trepanned skull, 10000-5000 BC.

10000-500 BCE

Working arm for a right above elbow amputation

1945

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

1972-3

Cup used during 1952 expedition to Mount Cho Oyu

1952-3

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

Several straight suture needles

1950-1920

Food weighing pan, used in 1952 expedition to Mount Cho Oyu

1952-3

Specimen of sand melted by the explosion of the first test atomic bomb, New Mexico, July 1945

1945

Palette,slate,shallow saucer shape, 4 squared lugs on rim

2000-800

Tattooing set consisting of fibre brush and wooden blade-handle

1970-1910

Mummified bird, Egypt, 2000-100 BCE

2000-100 BCE

Mummy of a crocodile, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE

2000-1001 BCE

Post-nasal curette

1971-1900