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Category
Collection
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Object type
Maker
Place of origin
Archive
Date

Compound microscope

1700

Replica of Islamic Astrolabe

1066; 1876

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)

Thomas Tuttell

1695-1702

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

1697

Cupellation furnace

1696-1700

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 mock pendulum, by M. Martinot

1700

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Dividing engine for making sextants and octants

Made late 1700s, modified 1800s

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 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

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

Microscope by Marshall, c. 1700

1695-1705

Model of a Phoenician bireme ship

1845-1964

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)

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

Refracting terrestrial telescope

1700-1705

Tinder box with flint lock mechanism

circa 1700

Flint Knife and Scraper, Stone Age

8500-2000 BCE

Arithmetical instrument known as a Rotula

1699

Twelve German jetons, 16th century.

1501-1600; 1978

Two wooden printing blocks

1800-1600

Trade cards

1695-1705

Trade card: Thomas Tuttell

1698

Trade card: Thomas Tuttell

1698

Thomas Tuttell

1695-1702

Trade card: J. Harris

1702

Three mahogany samples, from spindle moulder machine

1791-3

Winding handle for spindle moulder

1791-3

Copy of a cippus showing Horus, Egypt, 1900-1933

1900-1933

Votive plaque with right ear in relief

400 BCE-100 CE; 1900-1936

Inscribed votive plaque with pair of arms in relief

100 BCE-100 CE; 1900-1936