Section of lightning conductor from St Paul’s cathedral
1769
Gold repoussé watch depicting the Choice of Hercules, by John Ellicott
1767
Musical table clock by Thwaites for Barraud
1767
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Magnetic toy by George Adams
1765
Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement
1705-1737
Arkwright's prototype spinning machine, 1769.
1769
Keys to the Clockmakers Company chest
1766
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
Pendulum clock designed by Galileo in 1642 and made by his son in 1649, model.
1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)
Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB
1990-95
John Harrison, oil painting
1767
Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)
1668; 1924
Telescope by Galileo (replica)
1610; 1923
Copy of Roman artificial leg, London, England, 1905-1915
300 BCE; 1905-1915
Copy of Lodestone believed to have been used by Queen Anne
1929 (copy); 1702-1714 (original)
Book, by Benjamin Martin. A Plain and Familiar Introduction to the Newtonian Experimental Philosophy
1765
Oil paintings
1769
Clock used for transit of Venus observations, 1769
1768-1769
Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936
1936
Wooden backstaff or Davis quadrant made by John Gilbert on Tower Hill
1730; 1967
Iron Weight
1910-130
One of two Sumerian solid cylindrical weights
circa 2000 BCE
2 circular plaster casts of the 2 halves of a Greek coin
700-100 BCE; 1930-1950
Roman stone water main
30
Milby Cut bridge girder, 1769
1769
Replica of Roman equal-arm balance, from Pompeii, 79 AD
1-79 CE; before 1914
Reflecting telescope with trolly stand, 1767-1768
1767-1768
Earthenware jug
2000-1350
Alabaster bottle
2000-1350
Earthenware jug
2000-1350
Alabaster bottle
2000-1350
Alabaster bottle
1850-1350
Flint knife blade
10,000-2,000 BCE
Model of a Viking Ship of about A.D.900, excavated from Gokstad
1913; circa 900 CE
Excavated neolithic flint perhaps used for trephination
3000-1500
Alabaster mortar
2000-1350
Copy of clay liver used for divination, original from Babylon, 2050-1750 BCE
2050-1750 BCE
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
Small stone scarab pierced longitudinally with flat base engraved with design of standing harpist and seated figure
2000-1000
Length of red silk ribbon worn as a belt to promote general good health
1880-120
Shaving bowl
1767
Clay tobacco pipe
1860-1715
Egyptian weight, 12th Dynasty
circa 1800 BCE
John Harrison
1768
Verge repeating watch
1713-1750
Stop-watch movementwith cylinder escapement
1766
Cylinder watch in pair case
1692-1730