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Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Triple-cased quarter-repeater watch by Paul du Pin

1739

Gold repeating watch by Benjamin Gray

1730

Model wagon, horse-drawn quarry truck

1730

Longcase clock by James and John Harrison

1728

Longcase clock movement by John and James Harrison

1726-1728

Albarello vase decorated with country villa scene

1725

Albarello vase decorated with scene of country villa

1725

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

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

1705-1737

Mezzotint portrait of John Theophilus Desaguliers

1725

Table clock with pull quarter repeat by Andrew Dunlop

1740

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

Wooden backstaff.

1733

Model of Gutenberg's Press, 1430

1960-1979

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

Medal, copper, of Dean Pierre-Jean Baptiste Chomel of Paris Medical Faculty

1740

Medal to commemorate Doctor Averar

1729

Bronze medal commemorating Louis XV

1728

Silver medal to commemorate the centenary of Utrecht University

1736

Copper medal

1732

Silvered copper or bronze medal commemorating the new Academy at Dijon

1740

Bronze medal

1731

Circular white metal medal

1736-1740

Medal, silver, commemorating Jean Baptiste Chomel

1740

Small silver medal with reeded edge

1734

Medal, silver, obverse strike only

1676; 1840-1865

Medal commemorating Reneaulme de Lagaranne

1736

Silver die cast medal

1732-1734

White metal medal by Vestner commemorating John Taylor

1731-1740

Bronze medal to commemorate J.M. Martellini

1734

Copper(?) medal, of the Paris Medical School, comm

1736

Glass Trough (c. 1730) similar to M.6 (1993-1317) but without foot

1730

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

1877 (copy); 1700-1731 (original)

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

Two wooden printing blocks

1800-1600

Compound drum microscope

1740

18th Century Gold Doubloon coin (Portugal)

1728

Guinea coin of George II

1736

Peseta coin of Philip V (Spanish South American)

1730

Ecu of Six Livres coin of Louis XV (France)

1728