John Dee's crystal, Europe, 1582
1582
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB
1990-95
Compendium rule signed Humfrey Cole
1574
Avoirdupois weight (standard)
1588
Silver sundial by Hunfrey Cole
1568-1590
Exchequer standard yard of Queen Elizabeth I, 1588
1588
Electrotype replica of a 16th-century mariner’s astrolabe
1580-1588; 1930
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
Avoirdupois weight (standard)
1588
Copy of Roman artificial leg, London, England, 1905-1915
300 BCE; 1905-1915
Model of Gutenberg's Press, 1430
1960-1979
Copy of clay liver used for divination, original from Babylon, 2050-1750 BCE
2050-1750 BCE
Stjerneborg Observatory
1634 (print); 1581-1587 (observatory)
Pestle and mortar, Egypt, 1650-1575BCE
1650-1575 BCE
Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936
1936
Harvey, William
1578 - 1657
Mummy of a peregrine falcon, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE
2000-1001 BCE
Avoirdupois weight (standard)
1588
Model of Mud House
6000-5000BCE
Working model of Hero's Aeolipile
100-1 BCE; 1501-1600; 1914
Burial mask of Agamemnon, Greek, c. 1550 BCE
1600-1500 BCE (original); 1900-1914 (copy)
Small bronze bell shaped mortar
1590
Model of an Egyptian boat in XII Dynasty Tomb
1991-1783 BCE
Avoirdupois weight (standard)
1588
Avoirdupois weight (standard)
1588
Avoirdupois weight (standard)
1588
Avoirdupois weight (standard)
1588
Model of an Assyrian kelek or raft of inflated ox-hides, one of three models of Babylonian vessels of skin
700 BCE; 1931
Ancient Egyptian flint saw, replica
circa 3000 BCE
Flint hand tool, side-scraper, made in the Stone Age.
8500-2000 BCE
Clay tobacco pipe, London, England, 1580-1590
1580-1590
Replica of Islamic Astrolabe
1066; 1876
Elizabethan nested weights
1588
Planispheric astrolabe, 1572
1572
Rigged model of Flemish carvel construction Carrack
1910-1921
Model of a Phoenician bireme ship
1845-1964
Copy of model of a sheep's liver. Original Babylonian, c. 2050-1750 BC.
2050-1750 BCE
Oil jar, Egypt, 1580-1350BCE
2000-1350 BCE
Acheulian flint hand axe, c 10000-5000 BC.
10000-5001 BCE
Bronze hair curling tongs and trimmer, Egypt, 1575-1194 BCE
1575-1194 BCE
Replica of Roman steelyard, from Pompeii, 79 AD
1-79 CE; before 1914
Plano-convex brick, Ubaid, Iraq, c 2500 BC.
2500 BCE
Copy of forceps made from an Egyptian sculpture, Kom-Ombos, Egypt, 1901-1936
1901-1936; 180 BCE
Avoirdupois weight (standard)
1588
European astrolabe by Arsenius, 1566
1566; 1876
Rigged model of 'Santa Maria'
1920-1923; 1963
Gold medal commemorating the recovery of Queen Elizabeth I from smallpox, 1572
1572
Ointment spoon in form of a diving girl, Egypt, 1575-1308 BCE
1575-1308 BCE