Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Arkwright's Water Frame
1775
Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement
1705-1737
Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772
1772 (original); 1919 (model)
Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775
1775
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
Octagonal wooden telescope with slot down one side and moveable eyepice
1772-1773
Oil paintings
1773
Oil paintings
1774
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
Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB
1990-95
Empty wooden case, varnished, inscribed H.L.1772
1772
Steelyard balance for weighing gold coins
1775
Replica of Islamic Astrolabe
1066; 1876
NEMA cryptography machine type T-D
1945-50
Compound microscope by Joseph Brum
1772
Mariner's compass
circa 1775
Polished steel equal-arm balance, 1772-1775
1772-1775
Excavated neolithic flint perhaps used for trephination
3000-1500
copy of a gold cup.
3000-2000 BCE
Reversible axe on adze, green stone blade, North Papua (Astrolabe Bay)
2000 BCE
Mr Thomas Mudge
1772
Silver medal to commemorate a storm off the Dutch coast
1775
Bronze medal commemorating the coronation of King Louis XVI in 1775
1775
Bronze medal of the herbarium of Milan and Pavia
1775
Brass medal
1775
Copper medal
1775
Copper medal
1772
Medal, brass, of Dean Jacques Louis Alleaume
1775
Silver medal of the Royal School of Surgery
1775
Medal, bronze, commemorating Jean Fernel
1774
Bronze medal ticket for entry into horticultural and medical gardens at Amsterdam
1772
Glass funnel from Nooth's apparatus
1775
Piastre coin of Carlos III (Spain)
1773
Guinea coin of George III
1773
Guinea coin of George III
1774
Guinea coin of George III
1775
Four Ducats coin of Maria Theresa of Hungary
1774
Two Ducats coin of Maria Theresa of Hungary
1773
Roman Coin of Tiberius
30 CE
Two Denari coin of Victor Amadeus II (King of Sardinia)
1774
Roman Coin of Tiberius
30 CE
Two Reales coin of Charles III (Spain)
1774
Piastre coin of Carlos III (Spain)
1772
Ancient Egyptian flint saw, replica
circa 3000 BCE
Copy of Musschenbroek's Pyrometer (Dilatometer), 1700-1731.
1877 (copy); 1700-1731 (original)