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Reproduction in wood. No 127

1808

Half-penny coin

1806

Ready reckoner for ship's cargoes

1807

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Conjectural model of Trevithick's locomotive 'Catch-me-who-can'

1808

Oval snuff box, England, 1807

1807

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Herschel, William, head and shoulders

1808

Half-penny coin

1806

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

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Model, press for cutting out coin blanks

circa 1808

Bronze medal to commemorate G.B. Morgagni (1682-17

1808

Silver medal

1807

Joseph Wright

1807

Octagonal reproduction male profile

1808

Reproduction in alabaster, "Dr Black 1807 Scr."

1807

Reproduction in boxwood, "Dr Black 1808 Scr."

1807

Plaster cast, Dr Joseph Black

1807

Forty Francs coin of Napoleon I (France)

1806

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Seven-Shilling coin of George III

1806

Two Scudos coin of Carlos IV (Spain)

1806

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Red granite drill core

2686-2613 BCE

Slate quarry near Bangor

1807

Portrait: engraving

1806

Viewer microscope, with bead lens, in square body

1888-185

NEMA cryptography machine type T-D

1945-50

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

Fitting from the model of Murray's portable beam engine

1808

Black stone container or palette

2000-1000

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

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

2000 BCE

Copper(?) Freemason medal, French(?) 1807

1807

Bronze medal commemorating the new workhouse at Genoa

1806

Small bronze medal by Galle commemorating Xavier Bichat founder of Societe Medicale d' aemulation de Paris

1807

Bronze prize medal of the Imperial Academy

1808

Bronze medal commemorating Marie Francois Xavier Bichat

1807