Image
Category
Collection
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Object type
Place
Material
Date

Etching of an electrically powered garden

1755

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Square signed "J.Ramsden, 1757"

1757

Demainbray's Archimedean screw

1752

Clarke's Hydrometer (c. 1755)

1755

Cutter, Alert

1755

Pocket microscope by Jeremiah Sisson

1752

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

1752

Cutter, Alert

1755

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Model of Hooke's universal joint

1760

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

1705-1737

Demainbray's convex mirror

1752

Demainbray's four wheeled wagon model

1751

Demainbray's model of a camera obscura

1752

Model diving bell with 12 sinking weights

before 1753

Demainbray's optical model

1752

Demainbray's optical model

1752

Demainbray's optical model

1752

Demainbray's optical model

1752

Soap box

1751-1760

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

Statue of goddess Vishnu

1800- 500 BCE

Forceps, spring-action, steel

1801-190

Pewter bleeding bowl

1752

Clay tobacco pipe

1860-1715

Mummified bird, Egypt, 2000-100 BCE

2000-100 BCE

Mummy of a crocodile, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE

2000-1001 BCE

Brass Clarke's hydrometer

1755

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

1990-95

Plaque showing dental and surgical operations, Europe, 1801-1900

1300-1700; 1801-1900

Egyptian weight, 12th Dynasty

circa 1800 BCE

Verge repeating watch

1713-1750

Cylinder watch in pair case

1692-1730

Guinea balance in case

1753-1754

Replica of Islamic Astrolabe

1066; 1876

Two washers

15/7/27

Figure du Passage de Venus sur le disque du Soleil

1760

Two washers

15/7/27

Engraving of Graving dock

1840-160

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