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Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775

1775

Portrait mezzotint print from engraving of Phelps Thomas and Bartlett John, 1778

1778

Watt's end measuring machine

1776

Pivoted-detent escapement watch by John Arnold

1776

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Spoon with folding handle

1778

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Arkwright's Water Frame

1775

Mezzotint portrait of John Bird

1776

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

1705-1737

Gold and enamel pair cased watch by Justin Vulliamy

1775

Chronometer movement by John Arnold

1775

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

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

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

Model of submersible 'Turtle'

1976; 1776

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)

Oil paintings

1774

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

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

Circular instrument dividing engine

1778

Folding coin scale for weighing guineas and half-guineas

1774

HMS Portland

1774

HMS Intrepid

1774

HMS Experiment

1775

HMS Portland

1774

HMS Experiment

1775

HMS Ambuscade

1775

HMS Royal George

1774

HMS Sphinx

1775

HMS Royal Oak

1774

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

Small silver medal

1775

Medal to commemorate the building of the School of Surgery in Paris

1774