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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)

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

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

1705-1737

Table clock with pull quarter repeat by Andrew Dunlop

1740

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

Model of a Phoenician bireme ship

1845-1964

Rose engine lathe

circa 1740

Silver medal to commemorate Elias col de Vilars

1741

Copy of forceps made from an Egyptian sculpture, Kom-Ombos, Egypt, 1901-1936

1901-1936; 180 BCE

Pharmacy vase, Italy, 1740

1740

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)

Excavated neolithic flint perhaps used for trephination

3000-1500

Stone slab with seven holes for cosmetic ointments, Egypt, 1991-1786 BCE

1991-1786 BCE

Copy of Musschenbroek's Pyrometer (Dilatometer), 1700-1731.

1877 (copy); 1700-1731 (original)

Carpenter's sliding joint-rule by I Trafford

1772

Twelve German jetons, 16th century.

1501-1600; 1978

Two wooden printing blocks

1800-1600

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

1900-1933

Broken fragment of terracotta possibly lamp

30-300

Copy of a bloodletting measuring device, England, 1977

1977; 1204-1206

Plano-convex brick, Ubaid, Iraq, c 2500 BC.

2500 BCE

Forceps, spring-action, steel

1801-190

Steel tobacco box-cum-snuff rasp (?) or snuff rasp

1744

Ornamental Turning 'Rose-Engine' Lathe

1740

Automation Mechanism for 'Rose-Engine' Lathe

1740

Small Stone Age

8500-2000 BCE

Flint hand tool, side-scraper, made in the Stone Age.

8500-2000 BCE

Flint hand tool, side-scraper, made in the Stone Age.

8500-2000 BCE

Flint hand tool

8500-2000 BCE

Flint hand tool, core-type, Stone Age.

8500-2000 BCE

Flint hand tool

8500-2000 BCE

Flint hand tool

8500-2000 BCE

Flint hand tool, core-type, Stone Age.

8500-2000 BCE

Flint hand tool, flake type, Stone Age.

8500-2000 BCE

Small Stone Age

8500-2000 BCE

Iron Weight

1910-130

Deer Antler Piercer, Suffolk, England, Stone Age

8500-2000 BCE

Bronze flat Chisel-head (Celt), English, Bronze Age

2000-500 BCE

Bronze Chisel-head (Celt), English, Bronze Age

2000-500 BCE

Egyptian weight, 12th Dynasty

circa 1800 BCE

Two washers

15/7/27

Solar microscope (c.1740)

1740

Two washers

15/7/27

Engraving of Graving dock

1840-160