Napier's Bones
1690
Wandering hour watch by Sinclare, Dublin, c.1690
1690
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Trade card for John Yarwell, optician, London, England, 1697
1697
Watch movement by Thomas Tompion
1692
Watch with differential dial by John Ferrers
1690-1695
Silver watch by Charles Gretton
1690
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
Silver pair-cased watch by Benjamin Bell
1690
Table clock in tortoiseshell case by Fromanteel and Clarke
1695-1696
Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)
1668; 1924
Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB
1990-95
Pendulum clock designed by Galileo in 1642 and made by his son in 1649, model.
1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)
Telescope by Galileo (replica)
1610; 1923
Copy of clay liver used for divination, original from Babylon, 2050-1750 BCE
2050-1750 BCE
Model of Gutenberg's Press, 1430
1960-1979
Model of an Assyrian kelek or raft of inflated ox-hides, one of three models of Babylonian vessels of skin
700 BCE; 1931
Model of Mud House
6000-5000BCE
Model of a Phoenician bireme ship
1845-1964
Burial mask of Agamemnon, Greek, c. 1550 BCE
1600-1500 BCE (original); 1900-1914 (copy)
Flymo Super Professional 47 rotary air cushion mower
1979-80
Three Kreutzer coin of Salzburg (Austria)
1691
Roman Coin of Tiberius
30 CE
Five Guinea coin of William and Mary
1691
Roman Coin of Tiberius
30 CE
Red granite drill core
2686-2613 BCE
Engraving "Der Serffensieder" (soapboiler)
1698
Viewer microscope, with bead lens, in square body
1888-185
NEMA cryptography machine type T-D
1945-50
Bronze handle, highly decorated, Romano-Egyptian
20-400
Replica of Roman steelyard, from Pompeii, 79 AD
1-79 CE; before 1914
Calf's Head Weight
1370-1350 BCE; 1931
Solid bronze phallic amulet in form of priapus with hind legs and tail of horse
30-200
Plaster replica of black Basalt Cubit Rod 531
1931; 250 BCE
Alabaster mortar
2000-1350
Bronze probe(?), twisted stem, Romano-Egyptian
20-500
Plaster replica of IBEX weight
1370-1350 BCE; 1931
Olive ended probe, bronze, Romano-Egyptian
20-500
Strigil hanger, bronze, Roman, from Luxor
20-400
Print, etching of Night scene in European city
1940-1050
Black stone container or palette
2000-1000
Small black slate palette with short handle and base carved in form of flat fish
3500-1000
Alabaster mortar
2000-1350
Harpenden pocket stadiometer sent out to Ludlow Boys' School as part of a series of nationwide measurements
1972-3
Small stone scarab pierced longitudinally with flat base engraved with design of standing harpist and seated figure
2000-1000
Length of red silk ribbon worn as a belt to promote general good health
1880-120
Pocket surgical instrument case
1690-1699
Portable sundial and perpetual calendar
1693
Egyptian weight, 12th Dynasty
circa 1800 BCE