Image
Category
Collection
Maker
On Display
Object type
Place
Material
Date

Reproduction in wood. No 127

1808

Reproduction in wood, Dr Joseph Black

1809

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

1808

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

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)

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Model, press for cutting out coin blanks

circa 1808

Observations taken at a small water mill at Hitchin

1809 Sept 14

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

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

Viewer microscope, with bead lens, in square body

1888-185

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

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

Medal, silver, prize

1809

Octagonal reproduction male profile

1808

Reproduction in wood, male profile bust

1809

Reproduction in wood, male profile

1809

Zwanziger coin of Francis I (Austria)

1809

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Ancient Egyptian flint saw, replica

circa 3000 BCE

Bronze prize medal of the Imperial Academy

1808

Medal, bronze, to commemorate Giovanni Battista Morgagni

1808

Paris Pharmaceutical Society Membership Medal, about 1830

circa 1830

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

1808

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