Image
Category
Collection
Maker
On Display
Object type
Place
Material
Date

Reproduction in wood. No 127

1808

Reproduction in wood, Dr Joseph Black

1809

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

Plaster cast of Matthew Boulton

1809

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Herschel, William, head and shoulders

1808

Silver vinaigrette with hinged lid

1809

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)

Model, press for cutting out coin blanks

circa 1808

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Observations taken at a small water mill at Hitchin

1809 Sept 14

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

1730; 1967

Photograph of Fern Leaf

1836-02

Lorina, Edith and Alice Liddel

1872-08

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

Replica of Islamic Astrolabe

1066; 1876

Slate quarry near Bangor

1807

NEMA cryptography machine type T-D

1945-50

Rod from the model of Murray's portable beam engine

1808

Excavated neolithic flint perhaps used for trephination

3000-1500

Right angled pipe from a model of Maudslay's 1807 table engine (scale 1:24)

1807

Fitting from the model of Murray's portable beam engine

1808

copy of a gold cup.

3000-2000 BCE

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

2000 BCE

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

1807

Medal, silver, prize

1809

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

1807

Bronze medal commemorating Marie Francois Xavier Bichat

1807

Bronze token

1807

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 mould, male profile

1807

Plaster cast, Dr Joseph Black

1807

Oval mould encased in piece of French chalk

1807

Reproduction in wood, male profile bust

1809

Reproduction in wood, male profile

1809

Zwanziger coin of Francis I (Austria)

1809