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Collection
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Place
Material
Date

Model Railway carriage; London & North Eastern Railway 1st class sleeper

1932

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Chadwick's Cigarette Box containing Metal Foils and Paraffin Wax, 1932.

1932

Ivory model of back-to-back skull and head

Before 1932

Bottle for medicinal water from Jacob's Well

1932

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Replica of Morse's second model of telegraphy apparatus, 1934

1934

Model of Great Central Railway "Atlantic" Express Locomotive

1903 (original); 1982 (model)

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Pottery drug jar with parchment cover

Before 1932

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Glass-stoppered bottle containing uranium

1801-1892 (prepared); 1946 (element replaced)

Flying gauntlet

circa 1932

Flying gauntlet

circa 1932

Pathfinder flying boot

circa 1932

Vacuum cleaner

circa 1932

flying helmet

circa 1932

Zeiss Ikon Contax precision miniature camera; with camera cut away to show construction

1932

Wooden backstaff or Davis quadrant made by John Gilbert on Tower Hill

1730; 1967

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

Several straight suture needles

1950-1920

McVitie Weston valve collection, Osram valve, type V.S.2.

1932

McVitie Weston valve collection, MOV Hot cathode neon lamp valve

1932

McVitie Weston valve collection, Cossor valve, type MSG/LA

circa 1932

Tattooing set consisting of fibre brush and wooden blade-handle

1970-1910

McVitie Weston valve collection, Ostar-Ganz valve, type W310

1932

McVitie Weston valve collection, Cossor valve, type V.R.28

1932

McVitie Weston valve collection, Cossor valve, type V.R.28

1932

McVitie Weston valve collection, Cossor valve, type 210H.L.

1932

Post-nasal curette

1971-1900

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

1990-95

Duddell oscillograph element

1932

McVitie Weston valve collection, STC valve, type 4304A

1932

McVitie Weston valve collection, MOV valve, type NR47

1932

McVitie Weston valve collection, Osram valve, type PX25

1932

McVitie Weston valve collection, Osram valve, type PX25

1932

Tooth sponge, bone handle, 1865-1900

1965-1900

Bust on wooden base of Andrew Ross

1859; 1986

Commemorative plate issued by Delft Holland

1932

NEMA cryptography machine type T-D

1945-50

McVitie Weston valve collection, Osram valve, type PX4

circa 1932

Ekco SH25 radio in phenoilc plastic case, 1932

1932

Columbia wireless set. Covers medium and long waves

1932

Master clock no. 65640

1932

Kolster-Brandes A.C. high-tension supply unit

1932

Excavated neolithic flint perhaps used for trephination

3000-1500

copy of a gold cup.

3000-2000 BCE