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Avoirdupois weight (standard)

1588

Avoirdupois weight (standard)

1588

Avoirdupois weight (standard)

1588

Avoirdupois weight (standard)

1588

Silver sundial by Hunfrey Cole

1568-1590

Sector by Charles Whitwell

1600-11

Compendium rule signed Humfrey Cole

1574

Drum shaped clock in a gilt-metal case, signed R.S. c.1600

1600

Drum shaped clock from the third quarter of the 16th Century

1550-1575

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Small bronze bell shaped mortar

1590

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Exchequer standard yard of Queen Elizabeth I, 1588

1588

Vitruvici de Architectura libri decem

1543

Avoirdupois weight (standard)

1588

Avoirdupois weight (standard)

1588

Avoirdupois weight (standard)

1588

Avoirdupois weight (standard)

1588

Avoirdupois weight (standard)

1588

Avoirdupois weight (standard)

1588

Terrestrial globe by Willem Janszoon Blaeu

1599

Altitude quadrant

1552

Horizontal sundial in bronze

1551

Armillary sphere by Girolamo Della Volpaia

1554

German striking watch by an unknown maker

1580

Universal equinoctial sundial, signed T.W.

1600

German striking watch by an unknown maker

1600

Watch with an early form of striking mechanism

1600

Early English verge watch by Michael Nouwen

1600

Late 16th century chamber clock by an unknown maker

1575-1599

Bronze bell shaped mortar with 2 bands of decoration

1592

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

John Dee's crystal, Europe, 1582

1582

Reconstruction of Galileo's Thermoscope, 1592-1600

1592-1600 (original)

Portable universal equinoctial sundial, in brass,

1588

Window, stained glass

1551-1600

Pocket surgical instrument set in leather wallet

1701-1500

Horizontal sundial on base in bronze

1551

Silver sundial by Humfrey Cole

1568-1590

Drum clock, with detachable alarm, about 1600

circa 1600

Gold amulet in the form of Duamutef, Egypt, 2000-100 BCE

2000-100 BCE

Elizabethan nested weights

1588

Roman stone water main

30

Replica of Roman equal-arm balance, from Pompeii, 79 AD

1-79 CE; before 1914

Model of an Egyptian boat in XII Dynasty Tomb

1991-1783 BCE

Spindle with Whorl, Stone Age

5000-500 BCE

Flint weight, Syrian Khoirine system

circa 1700-1600 BCE

Diorama of Grimes Graves Flint Mine, 2000 BC

2000 BCE

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

1991-1786 BCE

Touchpiece issued by Henry VIII, England, 1543-1547

1543-1547