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Flint hand tool from Al-Fayyum in Egypt, Stone Age.

8500-2000 BCE

Polished stone axe head, Stone Age.

8500-2000 BCE

Polished stone axe head, Stone Age.

8500-2000 BCE

Stone axe hand tool, Stone Age

8500-2000 BCE

Polished stone axe head, Stone Age.

8500-2000 BCE

Stone axe hand tool, Stone Age

8500-2000 BCE

Polished stone axe head, Stone Age.

8500-2000 BCE

Polished stone axe head, Stone Age.

8500-2000 BCE

Flint blade hand tool, Stone Age.

8500-2000 BCE

Stella Projection Television Receiver, Type ST1481

1950-159

Roman stone water main

30

Model of an Egyptian boat in XII Dynasty Tomb

1991-1783 BCE

Spindle with Whorl, Stone Age

5000-500 BCE

Diorama of Grimes Graves Flint Mine, 2000 BC

2000 BCE

Model of Henry Cavendish's Torsion Balance Gravitational Apparatus, 1798

1798 (original); 1977 (model)

Reconstruction of insulated seawater sampling bottle designed by Captain Phipps and Dr Irving

1773 (original); 1980s

Model of a British Industrial Landscape, c. 1865

1860-1865; 1979

Excavated neolithic flint perhaps used for trephination

3000-1500

Mousetrap Camera

1834-1836

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

1991-1786 BCE

Cast of a Saxon Sundial, original at Kirkdale Church, Yorkshire

1935-1958 (reproduction); 1055-1064 CE (original)

Model Boat from Cyclades, 2800 BC

2800 BCE

Andre Marie Ampere

1955-1964; 1795-1836

Drill cone of Diorite

3000 BCE

Mason's plumbob

3000 BCE

Replica Bavarian reckoning cloth, German, 16th century.

1501-1600; 1972

Bronze Knife Blade, European, Bronze Age

2000-500 BCE

Bronze Votive Axehead, Bronze Age

2000-500 BCE

Bronze Votive Axehead from Brittany, France, Bronze Age

2000-500 BCE

Bronze Spearhead, European, Bronze Age

2000-500 BCE

Circular No.101C dial slide rule with sythetic leather case and instructions

1965-70

Model of Gutenberg's Press, 1430

1960-1979

Model of a Hathorn Davey Safety Domestic Engine and Boiler c1885

1985, replica; circa 1885, original

Model of Royal Mint gasworks, as at 1817

1817 (original); 1939 (model)

Haematite weight, Syrian

2200 BCE

Model of a Printing Press, 1701-1800

1701-1800; 1982

Lancet(?), bronze, Egypto-Roman

20-500

Bronze retractor, Romano-Egyptian

30-400

Aural scoop, bronze, Romano-Egyptian

30-500

Aural scoop, bronze, Roman, from Sforza collection

1995-500

Model of trading ketch 'Clara May'

1960-1976 (model); 1890-1891 (original)

Plaster Cast Reproduction of Civita Lavinia Hemicycle, 1945-1955

350-250 BCE; 1945-1955

Model of alchemist's alembic

1942; 1501-1600

Model of Barking smack

1801-1830; 1958

Simple narrow wooden comb

2000-1000

Earthenware jug

2000-500 BCE

Clay figure of animal

2000-1000 BCE

Bottle, clear glass

1982-1863

Earthenware oil jar

2000-1350

Earthenware oil jar

2000-1350