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Weights and measures

1805

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Stanhope square demonstrator, c.1805.

circa 1805

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)

Maudslay 's Lord Chancellor bench micrometer

1805

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Souscription watch, by Abraham-Louis Breguet

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

Red granite drill core

2686-2613 BCE

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

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

1805

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

Calf's Head Weight

1370-1350 BCE; 1931

Plaster replica of black Basalt Cubit Rod 531

1931; 250 BCE

Plaster replica of IBEX weight

1370-1350 BCE; 1931

The Costume of Great Britain: Welsh peasants

1805

Black stone container or palette

2000-1000

Plaster model of tomb plaque

100 BCE-300 CE; 1890-1920

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

Double-ended dental pelican

1851-1800

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

1990-95

Ancient Egyptian flint saw, replica

circa 3000 BCE

Fete du Sacre et Couronnement de leurs Majestes Imperiales

1804-1805

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

2000 BCE

Gilt bronze medal

1805

Silver medal by Abraham Abramson commemorating lectures in Berlin of Dr. Joseph Gall

1805

Medal commemorating Franz Joseph Gall

1805

Medal to commemorate Trotula

1804-1805

Paris Pharmaceutical Society Membership Medal, about 1830

circa 1830

White metal medal to commemorate J. Goercke

1805

Silver medal

1804

Silver vinaigrette

1805

Two washers

15/7/27

Two washers

15/7/27

Polished stone (Chert) weight from excavations at Mohenjodaro

circa 3000 BCE

Pottery vase found at Nihawnad, Persia

3000 BCE