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Barnard Tompion clock

1708

Orrery made by John Rowley for the Earl of Orrery

1712-1713

Verge escapement watch movement by Thomas Tompion and George Graham

1711

Edmund Culpeper

1720

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

1702

Gold pair-cased watch with gold champleve dial, by Daniel Quare

1710

Gold repeating watch by William Webster

circa 1715

Gold pair-cased repeating watch by William Tomlinson

circa 1710

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Compass plane

1717

Demainbray's Newcomen engine model

1720

Striking and repeating watch movement by Thomas Tompion and Edward Bangor.

1701-1708

Verge watch by Daniel Quare, in a polychrome enamel case signed 'Les Frères Huaud'

1712

Silver repeating watch by Daniel Quare

1708-1710

Gold repoussé pair cased watch by Windmills

1720

Storage jar

1714

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

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

1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)

Copy of clay liver used for divination, original from Babylon, 2050-1750 BCE

2050-1750 BCE

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

1990-95

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

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 Gutenberg's Press, 1430

1960-1979

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

Flymo Super Professional 47 rotary air cushion mower

1979-80

Mathematical and Philosophical Works

1708

Barney's Print of the Steam Engine at Dudley Castle

1719

Silver apothecary's balance

1702-1714

Pocket surgical instrument set in leather wallet

1701-1500

Gold amulet in the form of Duamutef, Egypt, 2000-100 BCE

2000-100 BCE

Gold touchpiece

1702-1714

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

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

3000-2500 BCE

Sun lead fire mark, no.23055, 1720

1720

Ancient Egyptian flint saw, replica

circa 3000 BCE

Mezzotint print of oil painting, portrait of Isaac Newton, 1712

1712

Reversible axe on adze, green stone blade, North Papua (Astrolabe Bay)

2000 BCE

Engraving, The Revnd: William Whiston M.A.

1720

Tin medal

1704

Portrait. Nicholas Saunderson. Mezzotint. 1719

1719

Circular bronze medal

1706

Medal, silver, of the merchant grocers and apothecaries of France

1710

Bronze(?) medal, commemorates A. Doute(?), Dean of

1718

Bronze medal commemorating the Royal Academy of Science

1716

Bronze Louis XV medal commemorating the revival or re-creation of the Academy in 1719

1719

Medal, gilt metal

1714