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Category
Collection
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Object type
Place
Material
Date

Five wooden molecular model balls

circa 1810

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Stipple-engraved portrait of Benjamin Martin

1815

Slide rule for exchange of weights and measures

1815

Copy of Chamberlen obstetric forceps

1813

East Indiaman Herefordshire

1815

Hedley's experimental model for testing adhesion.

1812

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

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

1815

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Chemical Lectures

circa 1810

Silver ear trumpet hearing aid, London, England, 1814

1814

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement

1705-1737

Silver Regency tripod mustard pot

1811-1812

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Sunderland ware jug decorated with pink lustre bands and splashes

1813

Automaton watch by Jean Robert Soret

1812

Silhouette of child

circa 1810

Silhouette of man

circa 1810

Revised Classification of Merchandise Traffic and Revised Schedule of Maximum Rates and Charges Applicable thereto, proposed to be charged by the Eastern and Midlands Railway Company

1889-02

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

Small stone scarab pierced longitudinally with flat base engraved with design of standing harpist and seated figure

2000-1000

Length of red silk ribbon worn as a belt to promote general good health

1880-120

Silver lancet case, empty

1813

Two lancets

1815

Clay tobacco pipe

1860-1715

Obstetrical forceps, Norway, 1801-1900

1872-3

Silver pap boat

1811

Mummified bird, Egypt, 2000-100 BCE

2000-100 BCE

Mummy of a crocodile, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE

2000-1001 BCE

Double-ended dental pelican

1851-1800

Sick syphon

1813

Silver pap boat

1810

Nipple shield

1811

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

1990-95

Transverse folding spectacles

1811-1813

Nipple shield

1811

Part of wreath sent by Napoleon, France and Italy, 1814-1815

1814-1815

Turn pin spectacles

1813-1815

Turn pin spectacles

1812

Snuff spoon

1810

Circular wooden snuff box

1810

Drawing, pencil, crayon and wash of Dr Spurzeheim, 1815

1815

Horn snuff mull

1810

Verge repeating watch

1713-1750

S.Smith's escapement

1812