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Replica of Islamic Astrolabe

1066; 1876

Doorcase 56 Lincoln’s Inn Fields

circa 1750

Demainbray's convex lens

1750

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Great spinning wheel

c.1750

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

1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)

Oil painting portrait of George Graham, 1740-1749

1740-1749

Turret clock movement by William Smith

1750

Quarter-repeating watch by George Graham

1745

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Demainbray's compound microscope

1745

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

1705-1737

Table clock with pull quarter repeat by Andrew Dunlop

1740

Eight-day longcase clock by George Graham

1750

Watch in a porcelain case by J Grantham

1750

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

1990-95

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

Replica of Lightning Conductor by Benjamin Franklin, United States, 1730-1760

1730-1760 (original); 1931-1939 (replica)

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

Model of a Phoenician bireme ship

1845-1964

Rose engine lathe

circa 1740

Silver medal to commemorate Elias col de Vilars

1741

Copy of forceps made from an Egyptian sculpture, Kom-Ombos, Egypt, 1901-1936

1901-1936; 180 BCE

Pharmacy vase, Italy, 1740

1740

Casts of Chinese zodiac figures (Tang dynasty)

1871-1900 (copy); 618-907 CE (original)

Casts of Chinese zodiac figures (Tang dynasty)

1871-1900 (copy); 618-907 CE (original)

Casts of Chinese zodiac figures (Tang dynasty)

1871-1900 (copy); 618-907 CE (original)

Level by Benjamin Cole

1750

Excavated neolithic flint perhaps used for trephination

3000-1500

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

1991-1786 BCE

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

1877 (copy); 1700-1731 (original)

Carpenter's sliding joint-rule by I Trafford

1772

Twelve German jetons, 16th century.

1501-1600; 1978

Two wooden printing blocks

1800-1600

Copy of a cippus showing Horus, Egypt, 1900-1933

1900-1933

English tin-glazed earthenware pharmacy jar

1750

Apothecaires' balance, with weights, in fish-skin covered case, 1750

1750

Broken fragment of terracotta possibly lamp

30-300

Copy of a bloodletting measuring device, England, 1977

1977; 1204-1206

Plano-convex brick, Ubaid, Iraq, c 2500 BC.

2500 BCE

Forceps, spring-action, steel

1801-190

Steel tobacco box-cum-snuff rasp (?) or snuff rasp

1744

Mahogany and brass reflecting quadrant

1748

Half-quater repeater with horizontal escapement

1750

Ornamental Turning 'Rose-Engine' Lathe

1740

Automation Mechanism for 'Rose-Engine' Lathe

1740

Small Stone Age

8500-2000 BCE

Flint hand tool, side-scraper, made in the Stone Age.

8500-2000 BCE

Flint hand tool, side-scraper, made in the Stone Age.

8500-2000 BCE

Flint hand tool

8500-2000 BCE