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Doorcase 56 Lincoln’s Inn Fields

circa 1750

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Demainbray's convex lens

1750

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

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

1705-1737

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Roman stone water main

30

Glass sphere on a stand

1750

Bridge frame

1750

Copy of Musschenbroek's Pyrometer (Dilatometer), 1700-1731.

1877 (copy); 1700-1731 (original)

Glass bell, with suspension ring

1750

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Red granite drill core

2686-2613 BCE

Diagonal Spy Glass

1750

Reading Glass (c.1750)

1750

Reading Glass (c.1750)

1750

Viewer microscope, with bead lens, in square body

1888-185

NEMA cryptography machine type T-D

1945-50

Reading Glass (c.1750)

1750

Calf's Head Weight

1370-1350 BCE; 1931

Plaster replica of black Basalt Cubit Rod 531

1931; 250 BCE

Six ivory balls

1750

Plaster replica of IBEX weight

1370-1350 BCE; 1931

Level by Benjamin Cole

1750

Trade Bill Le Sr. Magny

1750

Black stone container or palette

2000-1000

Plaster model of tomb plaque

100 BCE-300 CE; 1890-1920

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

Bristol ruby coach glass with ribbed stem

circa 1750

Ancient Egyptian flint saw, replica

circa 3000 BCE

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

2000 BCE

Egyptian weight, 12th Dynasty

circa 1800 BCE

Two washers

15/7/27

Two washers

15/7/27

Polished stone (Chert) weight from excavations at Mohenjodaro

circa 3000 BCE

Pottery vase found at Nihawnad, Persia

3000 BCE

Polished stone (Chert) weight from excavations at Mohenjodaro

circa 3000 BCE

Polished stone (Chert) weight from excavations at Mohenjodaro

circa 3000 BCE

Polished stone (Chert) weight from excavations at Mohenjodaro

circa 3000 BCE

Polished stone (Chert) weight from excavations at Mohenjodaro

circa 3000 BCE

Persian pottery measure

circa 3000 BCE

Persian pottery measure

circa 3000 BCE

One of two Sumerian solid cylindrical weights

circa 2000 BCE

2 circular plaster casts of the 2 halves of a Greek coin

700-100 BCE; 1930-1950

Jonathan Hull's 'A Description and Draught of a Newly-Invented Machine'

1850-1899

Book, by Colin Maclaurin. An Account of Sir Isaac Newton's Philosophical Discoveries

1750