Image
Category
Collection
Maker
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Object type
Place
Material
Date

Model of early manual fire engine, ca. 1680.

1680

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

wheel cutting machine

1668-1672 Probable

Telescope by John Yarwell.

1685-1695

Telescope by Christopher Cock

1673

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Telescope by John Marshall

1685-1695

Wooden Acupuncture Model

1681

CAROLVS II.

1667

ELIAS ALLEN

1666

Early balance spring watch by Thomas Tompion

1675-1679

Very large bronze mortar

1666

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Napier's Bones

1690

Morland's calculating machine

1666-1680

Bronze medal to commemorate the convalescence of King Louis XIV

1686

Copper plaque illustrating unnamed man

1666

Equinoctial sun dial, c. 1694.

1694

Guinea coin of Charles II

1684

Schilling coin of Christian V (of Denmark and Norway)

1681

Three Kreutzer coin of Salzburg (Austria)

1691

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Five Guinea coin of Charles II

1682

Five Guinea coin of Charles II

1680

Five Guinea coin of William and Mary

1691

Five Guinea coin of James II

1687

Penny coin of Charles II

1674

Penny coin of Charles II

1677

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Red granite drill core

2686-2613 BCE

Viewer microscope, with bead lens, in square body

1888-185

NEMA cryptography machine type T-D

1945-50

Calf's Head Weight

1370-1350 BCE; 1931

Plaster replica of black Basalt Cubit Rod 531

1931; 250 BCE

Plaster replica of IBEX weight

1370-1350 BCE; 1931

Large bronze bell-shaped mortar

1678

Small iron bell-shaped mortar

1668

Tall thin bronze mortar

1675

Black stone container or palette

2000-1000

Large bell shaped mortar

1684

Small bell-shaped mortar

1677

Votive plaque

1690

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

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

1990-95

Ancient Egyptian flint saw, replica

circa 3000 BCE

Reversible axe on adze, green stone blade, North Papua (Astrolabe Bay)

2000 BCE

Carpenter's bevel, dated 1671

1671

Bronze medal by Ferdinand St. Urbain commemorating Marcello Malpighi

1693