Graphite Electrode
2022
Copper ore from the Bell Mine
before 1889
Ordinary copper ore from Alderley Edge, Cheshire
before 1889
Cupriferous sandstone from Schweinkopf
before 1889
Cupellation furnace
1696-1700
Arsenical cobalt or skutterudite, from Skutterude, near Modum, Norway
before 1889
Wrought iron lock (mid 18th century)
Another basic slag similar to the last
before 1889
Vesicular slag from the blast-furnaces at Russell Hall Iron Works
1861
Blast-furnace slag
before 1889
Iron-slag from the Province of Borgarfjordr, Iceland
before 1889
Experimental steel alloys made by Michael Faraday (1820-1824)
1820-1824
Sample of Bessemer Steel
1860
Bronze "bow" type fibula brooch
Section Model of a Blast Furnace, 18th Century
1701-1800
Bronze cooking pot, Roman
Nickel based superalloy turbine blade
2000
Soldier's helmet made in manganese steel, 1882-1884
1915-1916
Lamb and Flag' Cornish tin.
Bog iron ore from old lake deposits in Holland
before 1889
Nodule of clay ironstone, containing massive iron pyrites in large crystals
before 1889
Set of metallurgical specimens
1970-1990
Bog iron ore, from Ireland
before 1889
Two links of an anchor chain forged from puddled iron with cast iron stubs, late 18th to mid 19th century
1780-1869
Touchstone and gold alloy needles
Crystalline slag from tin smelting at Redruth
before 1889
Bog iron ore from Holland
before 1889
Blast furnace slag
before 1889
Pair of folding aluminium binoculars and leather case
Models of metal crystal structures, ball and spoke and polystyrene versions
1974
Model of Bessemer Converter, c. 1865
1860-1869
Portion of one of the iron clamps from the Parthenon at Athens
before 1889
Adamantine boron, prepared and communicated by H. St. Clair Deville
before 1889
Crucible for melting bronze
Stone samples suitable for use as touchstones for assaying gold, Czech Republic
1978-1995
Small pieces of iron used in the "Welch Furnace"
before 1889
"Metal slag" from the fourth operation in copper smelting
1865
Earthy red haematite from Somersetshire
before 1889
Miniature knife, by Michael Faraday, 1819-1824
1819-1824
Lodestone or magnetic iron ore from Brazil
before 1889
Replica of Iron Age saw found in Glastonbury
Millennium medal made of layers of stainless steel
1999
Acetylene Gas Generator and Holder
circa 1930
Cannel coal
1843-1889
Blister steel from last cementation heat in England at Daniel Doncaster Ltd.
1951
Specimen of iron ore, from the Sudan
"Refinery slag" from Sutton Copper Works
1871
Model of modern Bessemer Converter
Demonstration kit of shape memory alloys containing 25 samples in box
1996
Linz-Donawitz Converter, c. 1970
1970