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Watt's end measuring machine

1776

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

1776-1780

Wax male figure showing the muscles of the body

1776-1780

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

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

1780

Pendulum clock designed by Galileo in 1642 and made by his son in 1649, model.

1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)

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

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

1776-1780

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Engraving of a demonstration to compare lightning conductor designs

1778-1780

English wooden doll

circa 1780

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

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

'Dutch forgery' watch signed John Wilter

1780

Wax male anatomical figure

1776-1780

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

1776-1780

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB

1990-95

Replica of Lightning Conductor by Benjamin Franklin, United States, 1730-1760

1730-1760 (original); 1931-1939 (replica)

Model Boat from Cyclades, 2800 BC

2800 BCE

Ancient Egyptian flint saw, replica

circa 3000 BCE

Copy of clay liver used for divination, original from Babylon, 2050-1750 BCE

2050-1750 BCE

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

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

300 BCE; 1905-1915

Model of Gutenberg's Press, 1430

1960-1979

Model of a Phoenician bireme ship

1845-1964

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

700 BCE; 1931

Mummy of a peregrine falcon, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE

2000-1001 BCE

Length of red silk ribbon worn as a belt to promote general good health

1880-120

Verge watch in case with pendulum balance

1776

Egyptian weight, 12th Dynasty

circa 1800 BCE

Two washers

15/7/27

Two washers

15/7/27

Engraving of Graving dock

1840-160

Print, engraving. Plate 9 'Chirurgie'

1780

Print, engraving. Plate 10 'Chirurgie'

1780

Print, engraving. Plate 8 `Chirurgie'

1780

Print, engraving. Plate 11, 12 'Chirurgie'

1780

Print, engraving. Plate 13 'Chirurgie'

1780

Print, engraving. Contents list (in French) for 'Chirurgie'

1780

Print, engraving. Plate 7 'Chirurgie'

1780

Print, engraving. Plate 2 'Chirurgie'

1780

Print, engraving. Plate 21 'Chirurgie'

1780

Print, engraving. Plate 3. 'Chirurgie'

1780