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

1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)

Dover Castle turret clock

1632-1640

Slide rule by Robert Bissaker

1654

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Gunter quadrant

1640

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

1990-95

1635-1703, natural philosopher, Isle of Wight, England, English

Hooke, Robert

1635 - 1703

Hand brand, for use on felons or deserters, England, 1642-1649

1642-1649

Electrotype replica of a 16th-century mariner’s astrolabe

1580-1588; 1930

Sector signed John Allen

1630-1642

Compendium by Elias Allen

1630-1653

Italian celestial globe, 1636

1636

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

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

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

1636

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

1632-1723, merchant; scientist and microscope maker, Dutch

Leeuwenhoek, Antoni van

1632 - 1723

Replica of Torricelli's first barometer, 1643.

1643

Mummy of a peregrine falcon, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE

2000-1001 BCE

Model of Mud House

6000-5000BCE

Astronomical 'Masterpiece' Clock by Johann Schneider

1625

Working model of Hero's Aeolipile

100-1 BCE; 1501-1600; 1914

1639-d.1713, horologist; clock-maker; barometer maker and scientific instrument maker, England, English

Tompion, Thomas

1639 - 1713

Islamic astrolabe, 1645-1655

1645-1655

Burial mask of Agamemnon, Greek, c. 1550 BCE

1600-1500 BCE (original); 1900-1914 (copy)

Replica Bavarian reckoning cloth, German, 16th century.

1501-1600; 1972

1642-1727, natural philosopher; mathematician, English

Newton, Sir Isaac

1642 - 1727

Model of an Egyptian boat in XII Dynasty Tomb

1991-1783 BCE

Masterpiece clock from Augsburg, Germany, 1625-1635

1625-1635

Boyle, Robert

1627 - 1691

Sovereign of the Seas

1637

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

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

1640

1641-1707, natural philosopher; monk of the Premonstratensian order, German

Zahn, Johann

1641 - 1707

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

8500-2000 BCE

1625-1695, natural philosopher; mathematical instrument maker; engineer; inventor; diplomat; English

Morland, Sir Samuel

1625 - 1695

Dutch celestial globe, 1625

1625

Replica of Islamic Astrolabe

1066; 1876

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