Image
Category
Collection
Maker
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Object type
Place
Material
Date

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

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Steam locomotive used at Hetton Colliery

1822

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)

Phrenological head of Francis Gall

1823

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Bronze medal commemorating J. Domenico Cassini

1823

Bronze medal

1823

Portrait. J. Brookes. Engraving 1822

1822

Daniell hygrometer

1822

Double-mirror heliotrope (Spiegelkreutz-heliotrop) for geodetic work

1822

19th Century Electioneering Token for Sir William Ingilby

1823

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Red granite drill core

2686-2613 BCE

Viewer microscope, with bead lens, in square body

1888-185

NEMA cryptography machine type T-D

1945-50

Calf's Head Weight

1370-1350 BCE; 1931

Plaster replica of black Basalt Cubit Rod 531

1931; 250 BCE

Plaster replica of IBEX weight

1370-1350 BCE; 1931

Black stone container or palette

2000-1000

Plaster model of tomb plaque

100 BCE-300 CE; 1890-1920

Pewter lid from a lavabo, perhaps Swiss, 1823

1823

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

Lancet case, silver, made in Birmingham, 1823

1823

Wood tobacco pipe

1860-1820

Double-ended dental pelican

1851-1800

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

1990-95

Ancient Egyptian flint saw, replica

circa 3000 BCE

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

2000 BCE

Bronze medal from prof. Giacomo Tommasini

1822

Medal, bronze, of Dr. Heinrich Meyer

1822

Bronze medal

1822

Silver medal of the Linnaean Society of Lyons

1822

Gold medal designed by E. Dubois at direction of De Puymaurin

1822

Bronze medal commemorating life and work of Charles Bonnet

1823

Bronze medal commemorating Carl de Geer

1823

Bronze medal presented in 1822nto Dr. Heinrich Meyer by D. Loos

1822

Paris Pharmaceutical Society Membership Medal, about 1830

circa 1830

Circular bronze medal

1822

Bronze medal to commemorate the founding of the Institution pour les Jeunes Orphelins

1823

Circular bronze medal commemorate fiftieth anniversary of the awards of E.L. Heim's doctorate

1822

Medal commemorating William Harvey

1823

Bronze medal

1822