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Stipple-engraved portrait of Benjamin Martin

1815

Slide rule for exchange of weights and measures

1815

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Gold watch by Robert Roskell

1814

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

East Indiaman Herefordshire

1815

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Silver ear trumpet hearing aid, London, England, 1814

1814

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

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

1815

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

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

1705-1737

Gold watch with spring detent escapement by Ellicott and Taylor

1815

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

The Costume of Yorkshire

1814

Reproduction of Joseph Priestley's oxygen apparatus

1774; 1923

Pendulum clock designed by Galileo in 1642 and made by his son in 1649, model.

1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)

Gold amulet in the form of Duamutef, Egypt, 2000-100 BCE

2000-100 BCE

Wollaston slide rule of chemical equivalents, 1814.

1814

Walker's Railway Time Table, and Coach, Omnibus and Carriers' List

1883-01

Tie Sleeper

1815

Tie Sleeper

1815

Roman stone water main

30

Replica of Roman equal-arm balance, from Pompeii, 79 AD

1-79 CE; before 1914

Model of an Egyptian boat in XII Dynasty Tomb

1991-1783 BCE

Spindle with Whorl, Stone Age

5000-500 BCE

Address to William Smith on his retirement

1894-05

'Your Carry', 1867

1867-04

W Holman Hunt in his Eastern dress

1864-05

Daisy

1864-04

Anthony Trolloppe (sic)

1864-10

May - Study No 167

1870-10

Sir John Herschel

1867-04

The Dirty Monk', Alfred Lord Tennyson, May 1865

1865-05

Stone slab with seven holes for cosmetic ointments, Egypt, 1991-1786 BCE

1991-1786 BCE

Lithograph 'Britannia Tubular Bridge over the Menai Straits showing the Floating of the Second Tube, 1849'

1850-07

Great Western Railway "Cornishman" Express Train, hauled by 4-4-2 No. 3046 "Lord of the Isles"

1899/12

Great Western Railway "Cornishman" Express Train, hauled by 4-4-2 No. 3046 "Lord of the Isles".

1899/12

table of rates and charges

1857/07

Portrait of Constance Garstin in Darjeeling, India

1861-08

Drawing of Singhi Dalan in Rajmahal, Jharkhand, India

1856-11

Bronze medal to commemorate the Battle of Toulouse

1814

Bronze medal

1815

Medal, gilded bronze

1814-1815

Circular silver medal with silk ribbon

1815

Copy of forceps made from an Egyptian sculpture, Kom-Ombos, Egypt, 1901-1936

1901-1936; 180 BCE

Casts of Chinese zodiac figures (Tang dynasty)

1871-1900 (copy); 618-907 CE (original)

Casts of Chinese zodiac figures (Tang dynasty)

1871-1900 (copy); 618-907 CE (original)