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Doorcase 56 Lincoln’s Inn Fields

circa 1750

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Pocket microscope by Jeremiah Sisson

1752

Demainbray's convex lens

1750

Demainbray's Archimedean screw

1752

Hindley's pyrometer and three expansion tubes made by Henry Hindley

1752

Demainbray's convex mirror

1752

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Demainbray's model of a camera obscura

1752

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

1705-1737

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Demainbray's optical model

1752

Demainbray's optical model

1752

Demainbray's four wheeled wagon model

1751

Demainbray's optical model

1752

Demainbray's optical model

1752

Ear trumpet

1752

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

1730; 1967

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

Replica of Islamic Astrolabe

1066; 1876

Viewer microscope, with bead lens, in square body

1888-185

NEMA cryptography machine type T-D

1945-50

Reading Glass (c.1750)

1750

Excavated neolithic flint perhaps used for trephination

3000-1500

Six ivory balls

1750

Level by Benjamin Cole

1750

Trade Bill Le Sr. Magny

1750

copy of a gold cup.

3000-2000 BCE

Bristol ruby coach glass with ribbed stem

circa 1750

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

2000 BCE

One cinquina

1752

Medal, bronze, of Dean Hy. Theod (Baron) of Faculty of Medicine

1751

Copper medal

1751

Silver medal of the Academie Royal de Chirurgie

1751

Frame to demonstrate parallelogram of forces

1752

Bridge frame

1750

Terrestrial telescope, 1752.

1752

Glass bell, with suspension ring

1750

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Chest microscope

1750

Diagonal Spy Glass

1750

Reading Glass (c.1750)

1750

Reading Glass (c.1750)

1750

Ancient Egyptian flint saw, replica

circa 3000 BCE

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

1877 (copy); 1700-1731 (original)

Red granite drill core

2686-2613 BCE