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Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775

1775

Watt's end measuring machine

1776

Repeating clock-watch with dials on front and back by Gautrin, Paris

1780

Wax male figure showing the veins and some organs of the body, Florence, Italy, 1776-1780

1776-1780

Wax male figure showing the arteries of the body, Florence, Italy, 1776-1780

1776-1780

Wax male figure showing the muscles of the body

1776-1780

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

1778

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

English wooden doll

circa 1780

Engraving of a demonstration to compare lightning conductor designs

1778-1780

Wax male anatomical figure

1776-1780

Wax male figure showing the muscles and bones of the body, Florence, Italy, 1776-1780

1776-1780

Arkwright's Water Frame

1775

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Achromatic doublet lens with a focal length of 52 inches

1780

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

'Dutch forgery' watch signed John Wilter

1780

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

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

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

700 BCE; 1931

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 Mud House

6000-5000BCE

Flymo Super Professional 47 rotary air cushion mower

Flymo Super Professional 47 rotary air cushion mower

1979-80

Quarter-Real coin of Charles III (Spain)

1778

Guinea coin of George III

1779

Guinea coin of George III

1776

Guinea coin of George III

1775

Guinea coin of George III

1777

Guinea coin of George III

1777

Petit-Ecu of Three Livres coin of Louis XVI (France)

1780

Guinea coin of George III

1777

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Onza de Oro or Eight Scudos coin of Carlos III (Spain)

1778

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Red granite drill core

2686-2613 BCE

The blacksmith and knifegrinder, with ... Wortley's pavilion etc. in Hyde Park

1780

Engraving : La Melancholie

1780

Viewer microscope, with bead lens, in square body

1888-185