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Stanhope square demonstrator, c.1805.

circa 1805

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Weights and measures

1805

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

1775-1799 (original); 1900-1907 (model)

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

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

1705-1737

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Maudslay 's Lord Chancellor bench micrometer

1805

The Costume of Great Britain

1805

Walker's Railway Time Table, and Coach, Omnibus and Carriers' List

1883-01

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

1730; 1967

Photograph of Fern Leaf

1836-02

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

Silver vinaigrette

1805

Replica of Islamic Astrolabe

1066; 1876

Viewer microscope, with bead lens, in square body

1888-185

NEMA cryptography machine type T-D

1945-50

Aquatint, coloured, from 'The Costume of Great Britain' by W.H. Pyne. pub. William Miller

1805

Model of a Section of the Pont-y-Cysyllte Aqueduct, 1805

1805

Painted green glass liquor bottle

1804

Excavated neolithic flint perhaps used for trephination

3000-1500

The Costume of Great Britain: Welsh peasants

1805

copy of a gold cup.

3000-2000 BCE

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

2000 BCE

Gilt bronze medal

1805

Two silver medals to commemorate F.J. Gall

1805

Seven-Shilling coin of George III

1804

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Five Francs coin of Napoleon I (France)

1805

Ancient Egyptian flint saw, replica

circa 3000 BCE

Fete du Sacre et Couronnement de leurs Majestes Imperiales

1804-1805

Medal to commemorate Trotula

1804-1805

Paris Pharmaceutical Society Membership Medal, about 1830

circa 1830

Silver medal

1804

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

1877 (copy); 1700-1731 (original)

Red granite drill core

2686-2613 BCE

Bronze handle, highly decorated, Romano-Egyptian

20-400

Earthenware jug

2000-1350

Replica of Roman steelyard, from Pompeii, 79 AD

1-79 CE; before 1914

Earthenware oil jar

2000-1350

Earthenware oil jar

2000-1350

Earthenware oil jar

2000-1350

Alabaster kohl pot

2000-1350

Calf's Head Weight

1370-1350 BCE; 1931