Image
Category
Collection
Maker
On Display
Object type
Place
Material
Date

Reproduction in wood. No 127

1808

Reproduction in wood, Dr Joseph Black

1809

Slide rule for exchange of weights and measures

1815

Five wooden molecular model balls

circa 1810

East Indiaman Herefordshire

1815

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Stipple-engraved portrait of Benjamin Martin

1815

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

Hedley's experimental model for testing adhesion.

1812

Copy of Chamberlen obstetric forceps

1813

Plaster cast of Matthew Boulton

1809

Silver Regency tripod mustard pot

1811-1812

'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

Piston and Rod, from Newcomen Pumping Engine 'Old Sarah'

1815

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Sunderland ware jug decorated with pink lustre bands and splashes

1813

Chemical Lectures

circa 1810

Silver ear trumpet hearing aid, London, England, 1814

1814

Silhouette of child

circa 1810

Silhouette of man

circa 1810

Observations taken at a small water mill at Hitchin

1809 Sept 14

May - Study No 167

1870-10

Two keyed bugles used on London to York Royal mail coach

1809-1810

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

S.Smith's escapement

1812

Patent Pocket Watch by Samuel Smith, 1810-1815

1810-1815

Replica of Islamic Astrolabe

1066; 1876

Toothbrush, silver, by I

1814

Implements Animated

1811

Water-colour. Mr. Sadler's balloon ascent at Hackney

1811

NEMA cryptography machine type T-D

1945-50

Mr. Sadler

1815

Rod from the model of Murray's portable beam engine

1808

Simple microscope in turned rosewood case (c.1810)

1810

Excavated neolithic flint perhaps used for trephination

3000-1500

Musical cryptographic device

1812