Napier's Bones
1690
Wooden Acupuncture Model
1681
Early balance spring watch by Thomas Tompion
1675-1679
Pendulum clock designed by Galileo in 1642 and made by his son in 1649, model.
1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)
Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)
1668; 1924
Model of early manual fire engine, ca. 1680.
1680
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Compound microscope
1700
Dividing engine for making sextants and octants
Made late 1700s, modified 1800s
Telescope by Galileo (replica)
1610; 1923
Pocket watch by Thomas Tompion
1675-1700
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Brass-bound lodestone
1675-1700
Telescope by John Marshall
1685-1695
Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB
1990-95
Telescope by John Yarwell.
1685-1695
Trade card for John Yarwell, optician, London, England, 1697
1697
Electrotype replica of a 16th-century mariner’s astrolabe
1580-1588; 1930
Cupellation furnace
1696-1700
Handheld reading lens and case
1680-1700
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
Cylindrical form of Napier's bones
circa 1700
Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936
1936
John Yarwell
1683
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
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
Model of an Assyrian kelek or raft of inflated ox-hides, one of three models of Babylonian vessels of skin
700 BCE; 1931
Tenmon Bun’ya no zu (map showing divisions of the heavens and regions they govern)
1677
Table clock in ebony case by Joseph Knibb
1675-1685
Ancient Egyptian flint saw, replica
circa 3000 BCE
Incomplete aerial telescope, 1686-1691
1686-1691
Wooden Cross-staff.
1687
Ward, Joshua
1684 - 1761
Falcon, Jean-Baptiste
1690
Flint hand tool, side-scraper, made in the Stone Age.
8500-2000 BCE
Surveying quadrant, 1674.
1674
Merryweather and Sons Limited
1690
Replica of Islamic Astrolabe
1066; 1876
Eight-day longcase clock by Edward East in a later marquetry case
1675-1685
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