Contraceptive Sponge
1920-1960
'Prorace' cervical cap
1915-1925
Replica apparatus for the extraction and purification of penicillin
1986
'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century
1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)
Geometrical Groin Vault, string surface model
1872
Frame saw
1700-1800
Necklace worn to ward off the Evil Eye
1880-1930
Cup and ball toy
1750-1800
Anatomical model of the spine
1901
Specimen jar containing gosypium herbaceum
1830-1900
Plaster five-part arm mould
1790-1819
Kodak No 1 Camera
circa 1891
First atomic force microscope, United States, 1985
1985
Contraceptive sponge, United Kingdom, 1901-1930
1901-1930
Electrogalvanic amulet
1880-1900
'Progress' toy gyroscope, 1950-1960
1950-1960
Model of a Printing Press, 1701-1800
1701-1800; 1982
Stephenson Family Recipe Book
? 1820-1849
Necklace, belonging to witch doctor
1890-1932
Set of Chemicals for Wet-Plate Process
1854
Wharfedale Stop-Cylinder Printing Press, 1865-1875
1870
Wooden pocket sundial for use at various latitudes
1776-1800
Korean pocket compass and sundial
1780-1880
Necklace of snake vertebrae, Europe, 1871-1916
1871-1916
Smeaton's Apparatus for Determining the Efficiency of Water Wheels
1988 (model); 1752 (original)
Bone-conduction type hearing aid, c1850-1900
1850-1900
Leather bag with objects for divination, Africa, 1880-1930
1880-1930
Scientific bet on Cygnus X-1 containing a black hole
1974
Heart shaped basket made entirely from cloves
before 1907
Steelyard, the so-called opium scales in violin-shaped case
1880-1920
Hyperbolic paraboloid string surface model
1872
Framed photograph of Stephen Hawking with philanthropist Dennis Avery
1998-2005
Conoid surface model
1872
Signed group photograph from the 1980 Nuffield Supergravity Workshop
1980
Napier's bones
1601-1700
Contraceptive tampon, United Kingdom, 1920-1960
1920-1960
Photograph from Little Britain sketch with Stephen Hawking and David Walliams
2015
Davy lamp, made 1820
1820
Copy of 17th century bow(?) spectacles, leather co
1901-1925
Caldwell automatic microtome, Cambridge, England, 1884
1884
Pewter enema syringe, piston-action, 18th century
1701-1800
Peep show with eighteen paper slides of French scenes
1825-1835
Geodetic theodolite, German, 1820-1850
1820-1850
Photograph of Stephen Hawking with American President Barack Obama
2009-2010
Water bottle
1801-1900
Radio Distress Beacon (EPIRB), 1980s
1984-1986
Portrait of Stephen Hawking by Fred Cuming
2005
Cupping horn - African or Indian
1801-1930
Snuff spoon
1880-1925
Diptych dials
1648