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"The description and use of the Sector, Cross-staff and other Instruments", 2nd edition by Edmund Gunter

1636

Gunter sector signed Elias Allen

1623

Replica of refracting telescope by Galileo, 1610

1610

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Dover Castle turret clock

1632-1640

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Gunter quadrant

1640

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Italian celestial globe, 1636

1636

Silver watch in the shape of a Tudor rose by William Clay

1640

Watch in an octagonal silver case by Robert Grebauval

1625

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

Tin glazed earthenware syrup jar

1638

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

1880-120

Clay tobacco pipe

1610-1640

Clay tobacco pipe

1620-1640

Clay tobacco pipe

1620-1640

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

1990-95

European astrolabe, 1631

1631

Replica of Islamic Astrolabe

1066; 1876

NEMA cryptography machine type T-D

1945-50

Excavated neolithic flint perhaps used for trephination

3000-1500

Copy of Sussex cast-iron fire back

1636

Set of brass coin weights

1626

Small bell shaped bronze mortar

1631

Bronze bell-shaped mortar with panels of vine design on rim

1630

Large bronze mortar

1619

Small bell shaped mortar

1627

copy of a gold cup.

3000-2000 BCE

Reversible axe on adze, green stone blade, North Papua (Astrolabe Bay)

2000 BCE

Circular copper coin

1619

Square silver(?) medal of unknown artist and prove

1618

Grano bronze coin

1620-1640

One diniere

1619

One cinquina

1619

One grano, bronze coin, associated with Grand Master of the Knights of Malta

1638

Medal to commemorate Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange

1616

Euclid

1613

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Watch with faceted oval rock crystal case and protective outer case by John Ramsay

1625

Ancient Egyptian flint saw, replica

circa 3000 BCE

Bronze medal to commemorate Cosino Medici

1610-1621

Trade token(?), bronze, with motto of "hardly born

1635

Red granite drill core

2686-2613 BCE

Tablet Sundial of ivory

1616

Bronze handle, highly decorated, Romano-Egyptian

20-400

Earthenware jug

2000-1350

Nest of Cologne bronze standard weights, 1616

1616