Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement
1705-1737
Demainbray's compound microscope
1745
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
Wooden backstaff or Davis quadrant made by John Gilbert on Tower Hill
1730; 1967
Harpenden pocket stadiometer sent out to Ludlow Boys' School as part of a series of nationwide measurements
1972-3
Plano-convex brick, Ubaid, Iraq, c 2500 BC.
2500 BCE
Length of red silk ribbon worn as a belt to promote general good health
1880-120
5 lancets
1744
Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB
1990-95
Mahogany and brass reflecting quadrant
1748
Replica of Islamic Astrolabe
1066; 1876
Viewer microscope, with bead lens, in square body
1888-185
NEMA cryptography machine type T-D
1945-50
Universal double microscope (body) (c.1746)
1746
Excavated neolithic flint perhaps used for trephination
3000-1500
Simple aquatic microscope
1745
copy of a gold cup.
3000-2000 BCE
Reversible axe on adze, green stone blade, North Papua (Astrolabe Bay)
2000 BCE
Portrait. G.B. Beccaria. Professor of Physics
1748
Bronze medal celebrating Louis XV's return to health after an illness
1744
Small silver medal with reeded edge
1748
Medal, silver, commemorating Elias Col de Vilars
1744
Portrait. Sir Samuel Garth. Engraving 1748
1748
Roman Coin of Tiberius
30 CE
Roman Coin of Tiberius
30 CE
Microscope (dated 1744)
1744
Ancient Egyptian flint saw, replica
circa 3000 BCE
Gilded bronze medal by Antonio Selvi
1745
Perforated bronze medal by Antonio Selvi
1745
Copy of Musschenbroek's Pyrometer (Dilatometer), 1700-1731.
1877 (copy); 1700-1731 (original)
Red granite drill core
2686-2613 BCE
Bronze handle, highly decorated, Romano-Egyptian
20-400
Earthenware jug
2000-1350
Replica of Roman steelyard, from Pompeii, 79 AD
1-79 CE; before 1914
Earthenware oil jar
2000-1350
Earthenware oil jar
2000-1350
Earthenware oil jar
2000-1350
Alabaster kohl pot
2000-1350
Calf's Head Weight
1370-1350 BCE; 1931
Plaster replica of black Basalt Cubit Rod 531
1931; 250 BCE
Alabaster mortar
2000-1350
Bronze probe(?), twisted stem, Romano-Egyptian
20-500
Plaster replica of IBEX weight
1370-1350 BCE; 1931
Replica of Roman equal-arm balance, from Pompeii, 79 AD
1-79 CE; before 1914
Alabaster bottle
2000-1350
Earthenware oil jar
2000-1350
Earthenware jug
2000-1350
Olive ended probe, bronze, Romano-Egyptian
20-500