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Expedition Crane

1764

Mezzotint portrait of Benjamin Franklin

1762

George III's weighted cylinder

1762

Unweighted cylinder in frame

1762

King George III's friction machine

1762

George III's apparatus for oblique and compound collision

1762

model carriage chassis with two axles, 1762

1762

George III's cycloidal pendulum

1762

George III's tidal demonstration model

1762

King George III's central forces machine

1762

George III's pendulum

1762

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

George III's inclined plane and Horse-way

1762

George III's compound engine

1762

George III's model crriage body

1762

Silver microscope by George Adams, c. 1761.

1763

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

A Description of an Apparatus for explaining the Principles of Mechanicks

1762

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

1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)

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

2000-100 BCE

Theorbo, a stringed musical instrument

1762

Roman stone water main

30

Replica of Roman equal-arm balance, from Pompeii, 79 AD

1-79 CE; before 1914

Steel urethrotome

1801-1700

Model of an Egyptian boat in XII Dynasty Tomb

1991-1783 BCE

Spindle with Whorl, Stone Age

5000-500 BCE

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

1991-1786 BCE

Two inclined cylinders for centre of gravity demonstrations

1762

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)

Demonstration apparatus for screw action

1762

Fixed weights for experiments with the balance

1762

Model of a Viking Ship of about A.D.900, excavated from Gokstad

1913; circa 900 CE

Replica of Lightning Conductor by Benjamin Franklin, United States, 1730-1760

1730-1760 (original); 1931-1939 (replica)

Model experimental cart

1762

Brass plate for projectile experiment

1762

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

Earthenware dish

2000-1350

Alabaster kohl pot

2000-1350

Calf's Head Weight

1370-1350 BCE; 1931

Solid bronze phallic amulet in form of priapus with hind legs and tail of horse

30-200

Plaster replica of black Basalt Cubit Rod 531

1931; 250 BCE

Alabaster mortar

2000-1350