Image
Category
Collection
Maker
On Display
Object type
Place
Material
Date

Reproduction in wood. No 127

1808

Reproduction in wood, Dr Joseph Black

1809

Conjectural model of Trevithick's locomotive 'Catch-me-who-can'

1808

Half-penny coin

1806

Ready reckoner for ship's cargoes

1807

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Oval snuff box, England, 1807

1807

Hedley's experimental model for testing adhesion.

1812

Five wooden molecular model balls

circa 1810

Plaster cast of Matthew Boulton

1809

Silver Regency tripod mustard pot

1811-1812

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Herschel, William, head and shoulders

1808

Silver vinaigrette with hinged lid

1809

Half-penny coin

1806

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

1705-1737

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Chemical Lectures

circa 1810

Model, press for cutting out coin blanks

circa 1808

Silhouette of child

circa 1810

Silhouette of man

circa 1810

Observations taken at a small water mill at Hitchin

1809 Sept 14

May - Study No 167

1870-10

Walker's Railway Time Table, and Coach, Omnibus and Carriers' List

1883-01

Two keyed bugles used on London to York Royal mail coach

1809-1810

Wooden backstaff or Davis quadrant made by John Gilbert on Tower Hill

1730; 1967

Photograph of Fern Leaf

1836-02

Lorina, Edith and Alice Liddel

1872-08

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

1972-3

Plano-convex brick, Ubaid, Iraq, c 2500 BC.

2500 BCE

Length of red silk ribbon worn as a belt to promote general good health

1880-120

Earthenware feeding cup

1806-1810

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

1990-95

S.Smith's escapement

1812

Replica of Islamic Astrolabe

1066; 1876

Slate quarry near Bangor

1807

Early Chemical Match Box (c.1810) by S. JONES' PATENT LIGHTHOUSE NO 201 STRAND

1810

Implements Animated

1811

Portrait: engraving

1806

Water-colour. Mr. Sadler's balloon ascent at Hackney

1811

Viewer microscope, with bead lens, in square body

1888-185

NEMA cryptography machine type T-D

1945-50

Rod from the model of Murray's portable beam engine

1808

Simple microscope in turned rosewood case (c.1810)

1810

Excavated neolithic flint perhaps used for trephination

3000-1500

Musical cryptographic device

1812