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Specimen of Dover-Calais telegraph cable, 1851

Specimen of Dover-Calais telegraph cable, 1851

1851

Demainbray's model scorpion catapult

Demainbray's model scorpion catapult

1745-1755

Demainbray's rat's tail crane model

Demainbray's rat's tail crane model

1735-1753

Loaded submarine telegraph cable, 1926

Loaded submarine telegraph cable, 1926

1926

Demainbray's wharf jib crane model

Demainbray's wharf jib crane model

1729-1753

One bundle of tow

One bundle of tow

1790-1819

Groma, roughly made

Groma, roughly made

200-1 BCE

Orrery planetary model by James Ferguson, 1755-1756

Orrery planetary model by James Ferguson, 1755-1756

1755-1756

Orrery planetary model

Orrery planetary model

1851-1880

Anchor, from large rigged model of an Amoy Fishing Junk

Anchor, from large rigged model of an Amoy Fishing Junk

1937

Case for sectioned micrometer transit theodolite, 1926

Case for sectioned micrometer transit theodolite, 1926

1926

Sample of the 1865/66 Transatlantic Telegraph Cable

Sample of the 1865/66 Transatlantic Telegraph Cable

1865

Fine tow

Fine tow

1790-1819

Brass tube, containing a glass tube, which has a brass cap at one end and open at the other end, containing traces of silver chromate and / or silver chloride, lashed to a hemp rope - which is tied to a galvanised cast iron sinker weight hollowed at base, for Ocean depth sounding machine, used for marine vessel navigation, patented by Sir William Baron Kelvin Thomson, British, 1876 and made by James White, Glasgow, Scotland, 1876

Brass tube, lashed to a hemp rope, which is tied to a galvanised cast iron sinker weight, for Ocean depth sounding machine, used for marine vessel navigation

1876

Coptic cotton panel of appliqued figures with green/brown border

Coptic cotton panel of appliqued figures

1920-1939

Seat for Cambridge University racing eight, by Sims and Sons of Putney, London, English, 1934

Seat for Cambridge University racing eight, 1934

1934

Seat for Cambridge University racing eight, by Sims and Sons of Putney, London, English, 1934

Seat for Cambridge University racing eight, 1934

1934

Seat for Cambridge University racing eight, by Sims and Sons of Putney, London, English, 1934

Seat for Cambridge University racing eight, 1934

1934

Seat for Cambridge University racing eight, by Sims and Sons of Putney, London, English, 1934

Seat for Cambridge University racing eight, 1934

1934

Seat for Cambridge University racing eight, by Sims and Sons of Putney, London, English, 1934

Seat for Cambridge University racing eight, 1934

1934

Cambridge University racing eight with fin-keel at after end of hull, eight sliding-seats and foot-rests and metal out-rigging, by Sims and Sons of Putney, London, English, 1934

Cambridge University racing eight, 1934

1934

Coptic panel of linen and cotton with appliqued design (sphinx and pyramids) in poor condition

Coptic panel of linen and cotton with appliqued design

1920-1939

Seat for Cambridge University racing eight, by Sims and Sons of Putney, London, English, 1934

Seat for Cambridge University racing eight, 1934

1934

Seat for Cambridge University racing eight, by Sims and Sons of Putney, London, English, 1934

Seat for Cambridge University racing eight, 1934

1934

Seat for Cambridge University racing eight, by Sims and Sons of Putney, London, English, 1934

Seat for Cambridge University racing eight, 1934

1934

Boards for Cambridge University racing eight, by Sims and Sons of Putney, London, English, 1934

Boards for Cambridge University racing eight, 1934

1934

Model (scale 1:12) of rope driving arrangement for paper making machine; made of brass

Model of rope driving arrangement

1896

Briefcase made from sustainable recyclable hemp, Artisan Gear, Oregon, United States, 2002.

Hemp briefcase, American, 2002

2002