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Dover Castle turret clock

1632-1640

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

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

1580-1588; 1930

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

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

2000-1001 BCE

Model of Mud House

6000-5000BCE

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

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

Model of an Egyptian boat in XII Dynasty Tomb

1991-1783 BCE

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

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

8500-2000 BCE

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

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

European astrolabe by Arsenius, 1566

1566; 1876

Rigged model of 'Santa Maria'

1920-1923; 1963

Mummified cat, ancient Egypt, 2000-100 BCE

2000-100 BCE
1655-current, button and metal badge manufacturer, London

Firmin and Sons Limited

1638
Copy, in silver and gold, of a 10th century Saxon pocket sundial, unsigned, 1939-1950. Original found in the Cloister Garth of Canterbury Cathedral in 1939, with gnomon and chain for suspension. The gnomon is inserted into the hole that corresponds to the appropriate month, then suspended by the chain.

Replica of a 10th Century Saxon Pocket Sundial, 1939-1950

1939-1950 (replica); 901-1000 CE (original)

Silver 'Puritan' watch by Edward East

1640

Model of Ggantija megalithic temple on the Maltese island of Gozo, 3000-2500 BC.

3000-2500 BCE

Mummified bird, Egypt, 2000-100 BCE

2000-100 BCE

Replica of Saxon 'Sinking Bowl' Water Clock, 1931

1931; 750-850 CE

Model Boat from Cyclades, 2800 BC

2800 BCE

Model of ancient Egyptian funerary boat with two oars

1915