Section of lightning conductor from St Paul’s cathedral
1769
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Mural arc made for King George III
1770
Mezzotint: Portrait of John Arnold
1770
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Wood moulding plane, dated 1771
1771
Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772
1772 (original); 1919 (model)
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
Arkwright's prototype spinning machine, 1769.
1769
Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement
1705-1737
Magnetic toy by George Adams
1765
Oil paintings
1769
Transit telescope
1770
Mezzotint engraved portrait of Brindley by Dunkarton after Parsons
1770
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
Shaving bowl
1767
Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB
1990-95
Empty wooden case, varnished, inscribed H.L.1772
1772
Stop-watch movementwith cylinder escapement
1766
Old vertical cylinder frictional electrical machine
1765-1769
Replica of Islamic Astrolabe
1066; 1876
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
Compound microscope by Joseph Brum
1772
Figure-8 Microscope (c.1770)
1770
Excavated neolithic flint perhaps used for trephination
3000-1500
Coade Stone fragment
1769
copy of a gold cup.
3000-2000 BCE
Iron Weight
1910-130
Reversible axe on adze, green stone blade, North Papua (Astrolabe Bay)
2000 BCE
Mr Thomas Mudge
1772
Silver medal
1771
Silver medal
1771
Copper medal to commemorate I.G.G. Orlov
1771
Silver medal to commemorate the recovery of the Empress Maria Theresa
1767
Copper medal
1772
Silver medal commemorating the recovery from illness of Maria Theresa
1767
Medal, silver, commemorating Pierre Bercher
1766-1768
Bronze medal
1766
Silver medal to commemorate Pierre Bercher
1767
Bronze medal ticket for entry into horticultural and medical gardens at Amsterdam
1772
Doctor Cullen
1772
Roman Coin of Tiberius
30 CE
Roman Coin of Tiberius
30 CE
Piastre coin of Carlos III (Spain)
1772
Optical cabinet made by B. Martin about 1771
1771