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Steam locomotive used at Hetton Colliery

1822

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

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

1705-1737

Deck-watch used by Capt. William Parry during his attempt to reach the North Pole, 1827

1823

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

1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

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

1990-95

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

Drawing of Singhi Dalan in Rajmahal, Jharkhand, India

1856-11

Model of Gutenberg's Press, 1430

1960-1979

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

Model of a Montgolfier Balloon, 1783

First Public Demonstration of a Montgolfier Balloon, 4th June, 1783.

1783; 1914

Silver medal of the Societe of the Departement of the Seine

1824

Bronze medal commemorating life and work of Charles Bonnet

1823

Bronze medal to commemorate the circumnavigation of the world by the French corvette "La Coquille"

1822

Silver(?) medal, commemorates the founding of a ve

1823

Bronze medal commemorating public health measures taken by the Prefects Chabrol and Delavau

1824

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

Medal, silver, obverse strike only

1676; 1840-1865

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

1822

Medal commemorating William Harvey

1823

Bronze medal

1822

Bronze medal commemorating J. Domenico Cassini

1823

Bronze medal by Vincenzo Catenacci commemorating Domenico Cotugno

1824

Medal commemorating William Harvey

1823

Circular bronze medal

1823

Bronze medal

1823

FIC. HI. ALEXDRE. BON. DE HUMBOLDT

1824

Sir Humphrey Davy

1824

CDE. LIS. CTE. BERTHOLLET (Chimiste)

1824

LINNEE

1824

Portrait. J. Brookes. Engraving 1822

1822

Copy of Musschenbroek's Pyrometer (Dilatometer), 1700-1731.

1877 (copy); 1700-1731 (original)

Rhabdological abacus

1822-1824

Bronze Axehead from France, Bronze Age

2000-500 BCE

Bronze Spearhead without Shaft, European, Bronze Age

2000-500 BCE

Bronze Chisel-head, Britanny, France, Bronze Age

2000-500 BCE

Copper Axehead from Ancient Egypt, 1991-1786BC

1991-1786 BCE

Copper Axehead from Ancient Egypt, 1991-1786BC

1991-1786 BCE

Bronze Adze with Modern Wooden Handle, Bronze Age

2000-500 BCE

Twelve German jetons, 16th century.

1501-1600; 1978

Simple aquatic microscope, with box-foot stand

1795-1805

19th Century Electioneering Token for Sir William Ingilby

1823

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE