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Marine Timekeeper known as 'H5' by John Harrison and Son 1770

1770

Mural arc made for King George III

1770

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

Mezzotint: Portrait of John Arnold

1770

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

Keys to the Clockmakers Company chest

1766

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Arkwright's prototype spinning machine, 1769.

1769

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

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

1990-95

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

1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

Clock used for transit of Venus observations, 1769

1768-1769

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

2050-1750 BCE

Model of Gutenberg's Press, 1430

1960-1979

Model of a Phoenician bireme ship

1845-1964

Burial mask of Agamemnon, Greek, c. 1550 BCE

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

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

700 BCE; 1931

Model of Mud House

6000-5000BCE

Flymo Super Professional 47 rotary air cushion mower

Flymo Super Professional 47 rotary air cushion mower

1979-80

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Goldsmith's drawplate, French, 1766

1766

Red granite drill core

2686-2613 BCE

Solar microscope (dated 1770) signed B.MARTIN INVT ET FECIT LONDINI NO 34

1770

Viewer microscope, with bead lens, in square body

1888-185

NEMA cryptography machine type T-D

1945-50

Production of plate glass

1765

Production of plate glass

1765

Figure-8 Microscope (c.1770)

1770

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

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

Bronze probe(?), twisted stem, Romano-Egyptian

20-500

Plaster replica of IBEX weight

1370-1350 BCE; 1931

Alabaster bottle

2000-1350