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Portrait mezzotint print from engraving of Phelps Thomas and Bartlett John, 1778

1778

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Watt's end measuring machine

1776

Spoon with folding handle

1778

Wax male figure showing the arteries of the body, Florence, Italy, 1776-1780

1776-1780

Wax male figure showing the veins and some organs of the body, Florence, Italy, 1776-1780

1776-1780

Wax male figure showing the muscles of the body

1776-1780

English wooden doll

circa 1780

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Arkwright's Water Frame

1775

Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775

1775

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

1705-1737

Mezzotint portrait of John Bird

1776

Octagonal wooden telescope with slot down one side and moveable eyepice

1772-1773

Engraving of a demonstration to compare lightning conductor designs

1778-1780

Achromatic doublet lens with a focal length of 52 inches

1780

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Wax male anatomical figure

1776-1780

Wax male figure showing the muscles and bones of the body, Florence, Italy, 1776-1780

1776-1780

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Viewer microscope, with bead lens, in square body

1888-185

Empty wooden case, varnished, inscribed H.L.1772

1772

Six's maximum and minimum thermometer

1780

Six's maximum and minimum thermometer

1780

Six's maximum and minimum thermometer

1780

Six's maximum and minimum thermometer

1780

Six's maximum and minimum thermometer

1780

Six's maximum and minimum thermometer

1780

Six's maximum and minimum thermometer

1780

Six's maximum and minimum thermometer

1780

Six's maximum and minimum thermometer

1780

Six's maximum and minimum thermometer

1780

Six's maximum and minimum thermometer

1780

Silver medal to commemorate a storm off the Dutch coast

1775

Bronze medal to commemorate F.H.W. Martini (1729-1778)

1777

Alabaster kohl pot

2000-1350

De Luc whalebone hygrometer by Hausmann, 1781.

1781

Six-fold linear measure, bone, Spanish, 1776

1776

Harpenden pocket stadiometer sent out to Ludlow Boys' School as part of a series of nationwide measurements

1972-3

Six's maximum and minimum thermometer

1780

NEMA cryptography machine type T-D

1945-50

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

1990-95

Quarter-Real coin of Charles III (Spain)

1778

Piastre coin of Carlos III (Spain)

1773

Piastre coin of Carlos III (Spain)

1772

Two Reales coin of Charles III (Spain)

1774

Guinea coin of George III

1776

Guinea coin of George III

1774

Guinea coin of George III

1775

Guinea coin of George III

1777