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Orrery made by John Rowley for the Earl of Orrery

1712-1713

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

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Print of Henry Beighton's Engraving of a Newcomen Engine

1717-1725

Demainbray's Newcomen engine model

1720

Edmund Culpeper

1720

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

1990-95

Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement

1705-1737

Rose engine lathe

circa 1740

Le Cabinet de M. Le Clerc

circa 1711

Electrotype replica of a 16th-century mariner’s astrolabe

1580-1588; 1930

Graphometer with magnetic compass

1710-1720

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

George II's Grand Orrery

1733

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

2050-1750 BCE

Model wagon, horse-drawn quarry truck

1730

Longcase clock by James and John Harrison

1728

Case for Culpeper microscope

1720-1730

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

Mummy of a peregrine falcon, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE

2000-1001 BCE

Compass plane

1717

Albarello vase decorated with scene of country villa

1725

Longcase clock movement by John and James Harrison

1726-1728

Model of Mud House

6000-5000BCE

1736-1819, mechanical engineer; scientist, Scottish; British

Watt, James

1736 - 1819

Working model of Hero's Aeolipile

100-1 BCE; 1501-1600; 1914

Whole model rigged 20 gun ship

1719-1733

Burial mask of Agamemnon, Greek, c. 1550 BCE

1600-1500 BCE (original); 1900-1914 (copy)

1717-c.1955, button maker, Birmingham

Hammond Turner and Sons Limited

1717 - 1955

Islamic horary quadrant, 1727-1728

1727-1728

Model of Doge of Venice's State Barge, "Bucentaur"

1727-1728

Replica Bavarian reckoning cloth, German, 16th century.

1501-1600; 1972

Whole rigged model of an English 50 gun ship

1722-1740

Table clock with pull quarter repeat by George Tyler

1715-1725

Ornamental Turning 'Rose-Engine' Lathe

1740

Model of an Egyptian boat in XII Dynasty Tomb

1991-1783 BCE

Albarello vase decorated with country villa scene

1725

Mezzotint portrait of John Theophilus Desaguliers

1725

1718-1807, physician; clergyman, English

Willis, Francis

1718 - 1807

active 1749-1806, sundial maker; optical, mathematical, philosophical inst. maker & natural philosopher, British

Nairne, Edward

1726 - 1806

1711-1778, philosopher and scientist, Italian

Bassi, Laura Maria Caterina

1711 - 1778

Model of an Assyrian kelek or raft of inflated ox-hides, one of three models of Babylonian vessels of skin

700 BCE; 1931

Acupuncture training model, China, 1725-1730

1725-1730

1716-1794, naval surgeon; physician, Scottish; British

Lind, James

1716 - 1794

Ancient Egyptian flint saw, replica

circa 3000 BCE