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Napier's Bones

1690

Wooden Acupuncture Model

1681

Compound microscope

1700

Replica of Islamic Astrolabe

1066; 1876

Verge escapement watch movement by Ahasuerus Fromanteel

1685

Wandering hour watch by Sinclare, Dublin, c.1690

1690

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

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

1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)

Cupellation furnace

1696-1700

Telescope by John Yarwell.

1685-1695

Thomas Tuttell

1695-1702

Trade card for John Yarwell, optician, London, England, 1697

1697

Watch movement by Thomas Tompion

1692

Table clock with pull quarter repeat by Thomas Tompion

1695-1700

Gold pair-cased watch with outer case chased in a basket-weave pattern by Charles Gretton

1702

Watch with differential dial by John Ferrers

1690-1695

Silver watch by Charles Gretton

1690

Pair cased watch by Anna Adamson

1685

Watch with mock pendulum, by M. Martinot

1700

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Telescope by John Marshall

1685-1695

Dividing engine for making sextants and octants

Made late 1700s, modified 1800s

Pair cased watch by Christopher Egelton

1700

Square-shaped watch by Francis Raynsford

1700

Silver pair-cased watch by Benjamin Bell

1690

Table clock with quarter chiming by William Speakman

1690-1700

Table clock in tortoiseshell case by Fromanteel and Clarke

1695-1696

Silver watch with differential dial by John Bushman

1700

Watch movement by Daniel Quare

1700

Watch with mock pendulum by David Lestourgeon

1700

Watch with '15 minute' hand by Richard Street

1700

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

1990-95

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

Incomplete aerial telescope, 1686-1691

1686-1691

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

Model of a Phoenician bireme ship

1845-1964

Bronze medal to commemorate the convalescence of King Louis XIV

1686

Copy of forceps made from an Egyptian sculpture, Kom-Ombos, Egypt, 1901-1936

1901-1936; 180 BCE

Casts of Chinese zodiac figures (Tang dynasty)

1871-1900 (copy); 618-907 CE (original)

Casts of Chinese zodiac figures (Tang dynasty)

1871-1900 (copy); 618-907 CE (original)

Casts of Chinese zodiac figures (Tang dynasty)

1871-1900 (copy); 618-907 CE (original)

Pocket surgical instrument case

1690-1699

Circumferentor, Italian, 1686

1686

Votive plaque

1690

Votive plaque

1698

Excavated neolithic flint perhaps used for trephination

3000-1500

Black haematite Syrian weight, barrel shaped, from Gaza, Phoenician system

circa 1700-1600 BCE

Silver vinaigrette

1701-800

Barometer by Daniel Quare c1690

circa 1700

Stone slab with seven holes for cosmetic ointments, Egypt, 1991-1786 BCE

1991-1786 BCE