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Napier's Bones

1690

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

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

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Thomas Tuttell

1695-1702

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

1990-95

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

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

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

Ancient Egyptian flint saw, replica

circa 3000 BCE
active 1720s, inventor, developed programmable looms using punched tape, French.

Falcon, Jean-Baptiste

1690

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

8500-2000 BCE
1690-1999, fire engine manufacturer, Greenwich, England

Merryweather and Sons Limited

1690

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
1693-1776, horologist and clock-maker, English

Harrison, John

1693 - 1776

Anson, George

1697 - 1762

Replica of Roman steelyard, from Pompeii, 79 AD

1-79 CE; before 1914

Plano-convex brick, Ubaid, Iraq, c 2500 BC.

2500 BCE

Set of Mathematical instruments by D. Lusuerg, c 1701.

1701

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
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)
1698-1843, naval dockyard, Plymouth, Devon, England

Plymouth Dockyard

1698 - 1843
1696-1755, mining engineer; colliery steward, English

Spedding, Carlisle

1696 - 1755

Table clock with pull quarter repeat by Thomas Tompion

1695-1700

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

3000-2500 BCE