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Model of early manual fire engine, ca. 1680.

1680

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Cupellation furnace

1696-1700

Brass-bound lodestone

1675-1700

wheel cutting machine

1668-1672 Probable

Combined graphometer and plummet clinometer, 1663.

1663

Trade card for John Yarwell, optician, London, England, 1697

1697

Gear wheel from long-case clock by Fromanteel

1660-1665

Escape wheel from long-case clock by Fromanteel

1660-1665

Pulley from long-case clock by Fromanteel

1660-1665

Telescope by John Yarwell.

1685-1695

Telescope by Christopher Cock

1673

Clock weight from long-case clock by Fromanteel

1660-1665

Spiral slide-rule

1663

Dividing engine for making sextants and octants

Made late 1700s, modified 1800s

Wooden Acupuncture Model

1681

Handheld reading lens and case

1680-1700

Replica of 16th century German 'Hund' wagon, 1986

1986 (replica); 1501-1600 (original)

Very large bronze mortar

1666

Morland's calculating machine

1666-1680

Napier's Bones

1690

Compound microscope

1700

Objective lens by John Reeves

1657-1689

CAROLVS II.

1667

ELIAS ALLEN

1666

Early balance spring watch by Thomas Tompion

1675-1679

Horary quadrant by Henry Sutton

1658

Horary quadrant by Henry Sutton

1658

Slide rule by Robert Bissaker

1654

Pocket watch by Thomas Tompion

1675-1700

Gear wheel from long-case clock by Fromanteel

1660-1665

Telescope by John Marshall

1685-1695

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Copper tally issued by Charles II

1660-1685

Viewer microscope, with bead lens, in square body

1888-185

Bell-shaped mortar

1651-1700

Bronze bell-shaped mortar

1651-1700

Bell-shaped mortar

1651-1700

Bronze bell-shaped mortar

1651-1700

Bell-shaped mortar

1651-1700

Bell-shaped mortar

1651-1700

Bell shaped bronze mortar flared rim

1651-1700

Bronze bell-shaped mortar

1660-1700

Large bronze bell-shaped mortar

1678

Bronze bell-shaped mortar with rose-and-crown motifs

1664

Bronze bell-shaped mortar flat out-turned base

1652

Tall thin bronze mortar

1675

Large bell-shaped mortar

1688

Small bell-shaped bronze mortar

1671-1700