Napier's Bones
1690
Thomas Tuttell
1695-1702
Barnard Tompion clock
1708
Cupellation furnace
1696-1700
Trade card for John Yarwell, optician, London, England, 1697
1697
Watch movement by Thomas Tompion
1692
Wandering hour watch by Sinclare, Dublin, c.1690
1690
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
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
Dividing engine for making sextants and octants
Made late 1700s, modified 1800s
Silver pair-cased watch by Benjamin Bell
1690
Striking and repeating watch movement by Thomas Tompion and Edward Bangor.
1701-1708
Table clock with quarter chiming by William Speakman
1690-1700
Table clock in tortoiseshell case by Fromanteel and Clarke
1695-1696
Pair cased watch by Christopher Egelton
1700
Silver watch with differential dial by John Bushman
1700
Watch movement by Daniel Quare
1700
Square-shaped watch by Francis Raynsford
1700
Watch with mock pendulum, by M. Martinot
1700
Watch with mock pendulum by David Lestourgeon
1700
Watch with '15 minute' hand by Richard Street
1700
Compound microscope
1700
Barometer by Daniel Quare c1690
circa 1700
Mathematical and Philosophical Works
1708
[Drawings for Lister's 'Conchology']
circa 1690
Pocket surgical instrument set in leather wallet
1701-1500
Pendulum clock designed by Galileo in 1642 and made by his son in 1649, model.
1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)
Gold amulet in the form of Duamutef, Egypt, 2000-100 BCE
2000-100 BCE
Roman stone water main
30
Replica of Roman equal-arm balance, from Pompeii, 79 AD
1-79 CE; before 1914
Steel urethrotome
1801-1700
Model of an Egyptian boat in XII Dynasty Tomb
1991-1783 BCE
Spindle with Whorl, Stone Age
5000-500 BCE
Flint weight, Syrian Khoirine system
circa 1700-1600 BCE
Stone slab with seven holes for cosmetic ointments, Egypt, 1991-1786 BCE
1991-1786 BCE
Copy of forceps made from an Egyptian sculpture, Kom-Ombos, Egypt, 1901-1936
1901-1936; 180 BCE
Pharmacy storage jar for Blessed Thistle Water, Italy, 1702
1702
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
Model of a Viking Ship of about A.D.900, excavated from Gokstad
1913; circa 900 CE
Replica of Roman steelyard, from Pompeii, 79 AD
1-79 CE; before 1914
Earthenware oil jar
2000-1350
Earthenware oil jar
2000-1350