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Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Compendium rule signed Humfrey Cole

1574

Sector by Charles Whitwell

1600-11

Silver sundial by Hunfrey Cole

1568-1590

Small bronze bell shaped mortar

1590

Exchequer standard gallon measure of Queen Elizabeth I, 1601

1601

Exchequer standard quart measure of Queen Elizabeth I, 1601

1601

Avoirdupois weight (standard)

1588

Avoirdupois weight (standard)

1588

Avoirdupois weight (standard)

1588

Avoirdupois weight (standard)

1588

Replica of refracting telescope by Galileo, 1610

1610

Celestial globe by Willem Janszoon Blaeu

1603

Astrolabe by Ferdinand Arsenius

1607-1618

Horizontal sundial in bronze

1551

Altitude quadrant

1552

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Bronze bell shaped mortar with 2 bands of decoration

1592

Drawing instruments by Charles Whitwell

1593-1610

Table clock by Nicholas Vallin

1598-1603

Exchequer standard pint measure of Queen Elizabeth I, 1601

1601

Exchequer standard yard of Queen Elizabeth I, 1588

1588

Avoirdupois weight (standard)

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

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Armillary sphere by Girolamo Della Volpaia

1554

Terrestrial globe by Willem Janszoon Blaeu

1599

Horizontal sundial on base in bronze

1551

Drum clock, with detachable alarm, about 1600

circa 1600

Maiolica drug jar for wild celery water

1545-1555

Harpenden pocket stadiometer sent out to Ludlow Boys' School as part of a series of nationwide measurements

1972-3

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

2500 BCE

Length of red silk ribbon worn as a belt to promote general good health

1880-120

Earthenware dispensing pot

1550-1600

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

1990-95

Rectangular reclining sundial

1592

Replica of Islamic Astrolabe

1066; 1876

Earthenware dispensing pot or albarello

1600

Loadstone, mounted in brass

1558-1603

Viewer microscope, with bead lens, in square body

1888-185

NEMA cryptography machine type T-D

1945-50

Garden sundial, by Isaac Symmes, 1609

1609

Albarello vase

1550

Tin-glazed earthenware albarello

1577

Tin-glazed earthenware albarello

1578