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Excavated bronze age skull showing 4 healed trephinings, from Jericho, 2200-2000BC

Bronze Age skull from Jericho, Palestine

2200-2000 BCE

Button, South Eastern & Chatham Railway, brass, laurel wreath with crown and SE&CR over, 1901-23. Dimensions: 1" dia.

Brass button, South Eastern & Chatham Railway

1901-23

Button, South Eastern & Chatham Railway, brass. Laurel wreath with crown surmounted by SE&CR, back marked 'Superb Quality'. Dimensions: 17mm dia.

Button, South Eastern & Chatham Railway

1901-23

Model of English Electric "Canberra" Jet bomber, scale 1:24.

The English Electric Canberra jet bomber, 1950.

1950-59

Sterling Silver spoon, mark overstruck, maker unknown, London, 1793

Silver spoon

1793

Model of a Montgolfier Balloon, 1783

First Public Demonstration of a Montgolfier Balloon, 4th June, 1783.

1783; 1914

A photographic print from the Daily Herald Archive folder: Industry » Agriculture » Vegetables - Potatoes.

A photographic print of Vegetables - Potatoes

19\60-11-15

Return of overcharges, The Kington and Eardisley Railway Company, Blank form for return of overcharges.

The Kington and Eardisley Railway Company

187_

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Mr & Mrs Phillips lived with their three children (4,3 & 1 1/2 years) in a council owned slum house. A few years before Mr Phillips was earning £30.40 as a spot welder and they lived in a new council house. Then Mr P began going blind (a danger of his trade) he lost his job, fell into rent arrears was evicted into this sub-standard property-no bath, no hot water, outdoor lavatory. They live on £10.15 per week'. See interview P17 "Happy Christmas"'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Mr & Mrs Phillips…

00/10/1970

Planet News photograph titled 'Laurence Olivier takes 'Old Vic' Company on tour'. caption on back reads: Sir Laurence Olivier and his wife (actress Vivien Leigh) left Euston Station on the 'Corinthic' boat train with the Old Vic company for a nine months tour of Australia, New Zealand and Tasmania. Photo shows -- Vivien Leigh says good-bye to Mr. W.J. Jordan, New Zealand High Commissioner, watched by her husband Sir Laurence Olivier, at Euston.

Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh leave for Australia

14 Februry 1948

This graphite pencil drawing of the Great Nebula in Orion was made by John Frederick William Herschel (1792-1871) while on a trip to South Africa in 1835. Herschel was able to draw the nebula with the aid of a 20 feet reflector telescope at 'Feldhausen' in the Cape of Good Hope. The drawing is probably one that is referred to in his diary entry for the date, Sunday 4 January 1835.

The Great Nebula in Orion as seen in the 20 feet Reflector at Feldhausen - Cape of Good Hope

Sunday 4 January 1835

Two "Tenby Pilot" double wall switches made of phenol formaldehyde, made in England, 1929-1940

Two double electrical wall switches

1920-1040

Bronze adze blade probably early dynastic, c.3000 B.C.

Bronze adze blad

circa 3000 BCE

Coloured postcard. London & North Western Railway. Third Class Picnic Saloon. Exterior and interior views. Revised series. Published November 1904. Published November 1904. (Printed by McCorquodale & Co Limited).

Coloured postcard. London & North Western Railway. Third Class Picnic Saloon

1904-11

Coloured postcard. London & North Western Railway. Queen Victoria's Saloons. Exterior and interior views. Revised series. Published November 1904. (Printed by McCorquodale & Co Limited).

Coloured postcard. London & North Western Railway. Queen Victoria's Saloons

1904-11

The Art of Metals (Ores) in which is taught the true method of treating by mercury those of gold and silver: the manner of smelting them all and how they are to be refined and separated from one another / Alvaro Alonso Barba. [357 ts. leaves. 1952 translation made by Oswald Hardey Evans in Valparaiso, Chile of an 1817 reprint (in Lima) of the original Spanish version of ca.1640]

The Art of Metals ....

circa 1640; 1817; 1952

[Note, 1791, to Sir William Hamilton / Dr [William] Herschel, asking him to assist in persuading King of Naples to have one of Herschel's 20ft telescopes erected in Naples for astronomical observations to be taken. 1p. With offprint from Journal of Royal Astron. Soc. of Canada describing the letter and its significance]

Note, 1791, to Sir William Hamilton

1791

[Stationery bills (2) issued to Charles Babbage]/William Creswick, papermaker, John St, Oxford St, 1841 Dec & 1843 Apr. [The bills are for cartridge paper ruled to order]

Stationery bills issued to Charles Babbage

1841-43

2 trade tokens of I. Morgan's Carmarthen Iron Works, c. 1792. Copper; 29mm diameter; 2mm deep. both: edge legend: Payable in London Bristol & Carmarthen. obverse: casting pigs of iron; legend, Caermarthen Iron Works. Halfpenny. reverse: tilt hammer in forge; legend, I. Morgan Kidwelly Whitland Blackpool and Cwmdwyfron Forges.

Tokens for Carmarthen Iron Works

1792

Marble copy of a Greek(?) statue of Homer, original possibly 4th to 2nd century BC, copy possibly 1800-1920

Homer

1800-1920; 400-200 BCE

Rail profile set, cased, for flat-bottomed rail, by Glass Developments Ltd, London c.1955.

Rail profile set

1950-1060

Standard printing press converted to an occupational therapy device, hand operated by pulling a handle to strengthen limbs weakened through accident or illness, can be rigged to exercise any part of the body, assembled by hospital workshops, type and additional composing equipment included, 1930-70.

Standard printing press converted to an occupational therapy device

1930-70

Plaster copy of female bust, original probably Roman, 100BC-200AD, replica made 1901-1940

Plaster copy of female bust

100 BCE-200 CE; 1901-1940

Hammer head, bronze, with restored wooden handle, Graeco-Roman, 500BC-500AD

Hammer head

1851-1930; 500 BCE-500 CE

Two flint drill Heads and Sandstone Block used for testing similar drills, found on the site of the Temple of Zoser Saqqara, c.3000 BCE

Sandstone blockhead

3000 BCE

Large hand magnifier, European, early 19th century

Large hand magnifier, European, early 19th century

1801-850

Goods guard journal, Rhymney Railway; Aberdare Branch, Listing stations between Aberdare and Cardiff Docks, Actual and published times of arrival and departure, Waggons, Owners , First Trip, Second trip, Remarks, Instruction to fully report cause of delay.

Rhymney Railway; Aberdare Branch

187_

Iron age axehead, bronze Eastern Europe, Bronze Age.

Iron age axehead

3300-1200 BCE

model, scale 1:10, Unisat satellite, serial number 0067.

Model, scale 1:10, Unisat satellite

1970-80

Part of cake made of compacted figs, probably grave goods, Egyptian, 3500BC to 1500BC

Part of cake made of compacted figs

3500-1500

4 human urinary calculi from prehistoric cemetery of Gebel-Moya, Sudan, from a late Neolithic combined cemetery and settlement locality in south-central Sudan. It was excavated from 1911-14 over four seasons by Sir Henry Wellcome

Human Stones from excavation at Jebel Moya, 1911-1914

5000-1 BCE

2 pieces of incomplete metatarsal bone, sharing exostosis, from prehistoric cemetery at Gebel-Moya, Sudan

2 pieces of incomplete metatarsal bone

5000-1 BCE

Extracts from regulations for working single lines of railway on the Electric Train Tablet or Electric Train Staff Block System for the guidance of Enginemen, Guards and others concerned. 43 page booklet produced by the London & North Western Railway.

Train Signalling Regulations

January 1923

Plaster copy of female bust, original probably Roman, 100BC-200AD, replica made 1901-1940

Plaster copy of female bust

100 BC-200 CE; 1901-1940

One large cobble stone, reinforced by iron in grooves from the yard outside William Strutt's Cruciform building at Berby Mill, Milford, 1793.

one large cobble stone, reinforced by iron in grooves from outside the Cruciform building

1793

Two wooden boxes containing 146 glass lecture slides on Public Health themes, showing slum clearance schemes in Britain and abroad, diagrammatic details of construction, and modern flats in c1949, reproductions of historical documents, etc, provenance unknown, 1930-1955.

146 glass lecture slides on public health

1930-55

Reproduction of a Roman groma, based on one excavated at Pompeii, 1st century AD

Reproduction of a Roman groma

1-79 CE; before 1923

Wheel barometer, Hooke's principle (1655-65), probably by Negretti and Zambra, London, England, 1960

Hooke's wheel type barometer, 1655-1665

1960? (original 1655-1665)

Adjustment handle, lamp hood and lens cover. Part of the three-foot geodetic theodolite, sometimes called the ‘great Theodolite’, used for the Principal Triangulation of Great Britain. Made by Jesse Ramsden, Piccadilly, London, 1791.

Adjustment handle, lamp hood and lens cover from the 3-foot geodetic theodolite

1791

Watch, verge movement

Watch, verge movement

1710; 1800-1899

[Letter] 1793, 1st mo. [Jan] 11, Kendal [to] Respected Friend [Peter Crosthwaithe?] / John Dalton, [sending journal and a thermometer with instructions for testing accuracy. Thanking for observations made but thinks barometers are inaccurate. Suggests method of correcting for short scale. Thinks rain gauge may not be level. Suggests article on museum be published under Crosthwaithe's own name]

Letter 1793

1793

Carnelian amulet, djed pillar, Egyptian, 4000-30BC

Carnelian amulet, djed, Egyptian, 4000-30BC

4000-30 BCE

Fletcher Wiltshire Bed-loom adapted to be rigged over a bed and operated by pulleys and roller skates, occupational therapy device used for rehabilitation of patients with muscle wastage, assembled by hospital workshops, 1930-70.

Fletcher Wiltshire Bed-loom adapted to be rigged over a bed and operated by pulleys and roller skates

1930-70

Machine for sawing wood into curved, bevelled, and winding forms.

Spindle moulder, for cutting wood into curved, bevelled, and winding forms

1791-3

Faience amulet, Anubis, Egyptian, 4000-30BC

Faience amulet, Anubis, Egyptian, 4000-30BC

4000-30 BCE

Alabaster kohl pot, Egyptian, probably New Kingdom, 1580-1350BC

Alabaster kohl pot

2000-1350

Alabaster kohl pot, Egyptian, probably New Kingdom, 1580-1350BC

Alabaster kohl pot

2000-1350 BCE

Faience amulet, Bes, Egyptian, 4000 to 30 BC

Faience amulet, Bes, Egyptian, 4000 to 30 BC

4000-30 BCE

Cyclator Mark II ventilator/ anaesthetic apparatus, made by the British Oxygen Company, 1950-70.

Cyclator Mark II ventilator/ anaesthetic apparatus

1950-70

Bust of Sir Isaac Newton (copy of a bust by L.F. Roubiliac).

Portrait bust of Sir Isaac Newton

before 1857; 1755

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