'Dr Syntax and his wife making an experiment in pneumatics', print, London, England, 1820
1820
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
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)
Model, of Woolf's Water Tube Boiler, 1819
1819
'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799
1775-1799 (original); 1900-1907 (model)
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Original preparation of quinine by Pelletier and Caveton
1820
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
Silk playbill for Newcastle Theatre Royal, 30 January 1856
1856-01
Midland Railway Single Express Locomotive No 116.
1898-01
Great Central Railway Express Locomotive No 258
1899/11
Great Central Railway Express Locomotive No 258
1899/11
Two coloured aquatints of hobby horses
1819
Reproduction of Joseph Priestley's oxygen apparatus
1774; 1923
The Dirty Monk', Alfred Lord Tennyson, May 1865
1865-05
Anthony Trolloppe (sic)
1864-10
Sir John Herschel
1867-04
May - Study No 167
1870-10
Standard Peck Measure
1819
Standard Bushel Measure
1819
Standard Gallon Measure
1819
Pendulum clock designed by Galileo in 1642 and made by his son in 1649, model.
1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)
Gold amulet in the form of Duamutef, Egypt, 2000-100 BCE
2000-100 BCE
Walker's Railway Time Table, and Coach, Omnibus and Carriers' List
1883-01
Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936
1936
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
Crab With Contrate Gear,in Iron Frame
1820
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
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
Small stone scarab pierced longitudinally with flat base engraved with design of standing harpist and seated figure
2000-1000
Length of red silk ribbon worn as a belt to promote general good health
1880-120
Wood tobacco pipe
1860-1820
Sterling silver pap boat
1819
Clay tobacco pipe
1860-1715
Obstetrical forceps, Norway, 1801-1900
1872-3
Silver and gold pap boat
1820
Lancet case
1819-1820
Mummified bird, Egypt, 2000-100 BCE
2000-100 BCE
Mummy of a crocodile, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE
2000-1001 BCE
Double-ended dental pelican
1851-1800
Michael Faraday's chemical chest, c1820.
1820