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Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Wood moulding plane, dated 1771

1771

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement

1705-1737

Gold watch by Raymont

1772

Marine chronometer by John Arnold

1771

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

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

Copy of Lodestone believed to have been used by Queen Anne

1929 (copy); 1702-1714 (original)

Copy of Roman artificial leg, London, England, 1905-1915

300 BCE; 1905-1915

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

Wooden backstaff or Davis quadrant made by John Gilbert on Tower Hill

1730; 1967

Trade token

1772

Iron Weight

1910-130

RGD Television

1965-195

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

Stella Projection Television Receiver, Type ST1481

1950-159

Roman stone water main

30

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

1-79 CE; before 1914

Jonathan Hull's 'A Description and Draught of a Newly-Invented Machine'

1850-1899

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

2000-100 BCE

Ship's distance recorder, Foxton's patent perpetual log and drip tray

1770-1810

Model of Ggantija megalithic temple on the Maltese island of Gozo, 3000-2500 BC.

3000-2500 BCE

Medal, silver, obverse strike only

1676; 1840-1865

Bronze Axehead from France, Bronze Age

2000-500 BCE

Bronze Spearhead without Shaft, European, Bronze Age

2000-500 BCE

Flint Knife and Scraper, Stone Age

8500-2000 BCE

Bronze Chisel-head, Britanny, France, Bronze Age

2000-500 BCE

Copper Axehead from Ancient Egypt, 1991-1786BC

1991-1786 BCE

Copper Axehead from Ancient Egypt, 1991-1786BC

1991-1786 BCE

Bronze Adze with Modern Wooden Handle, Bronze Age

2000-500 BCE

Twelve German jetons, 16th century.

1501-1600; 1978

Two wooden printing blocks

1800-1600

Cast of a Saxon Sundial, original at Kirkdale Church, Yorkshire

1935-1958 (reproduction); 1055-1064 CE (original)

Copy of a cippus showing Horus, Egypt, 1900-1933

1900-1933

Earthenware jug

2000-1350

Copy of an Egyptian bas-relief, Europe, 1801-1930

1801-1930

Alabaster bottle

2000-1350

Earthenware jug

2000-1350

Alabaster bottle

2000-1350

Alabaster bottle

1850-1350

Flint knife blade

10,000-2,000 BCE

Amulet showing Anubis

4000-30 BCE

Axe head shaped flint

10000-5000 BCE

Copy of a bloodletting measuring device, England, 1977

1977; 1204-1206