Portrait mezzotint print from engraving of Phelps Thomas and Bartlett John, 1778
1778
Repeating clock-watch with dials on front and back by Gautrin, Paris
1780
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
Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement
1705-1737
Engraving of a demonstration to compare lightning conductor designs
1778-1780
'Dutch forgery' watch signed John Wilter
1780
Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772
1772 (original); 1919 (model)
Achromatic doublet lens with a focal length of 52 inches
1780
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
Regulator clock made by Vulliamy for King George III
1780
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)
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
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
Model of a Viking Ship of about A.D.900, excavated from Gokstad
1913; circa 900 CE
Excavated neolithic flint perhaps used for trephination
3000-1500
Alabaster mortar
2000-1350
Copy of clay liver used for divination, original from Babylon, 2050-1750 BCE
2050-1750 BCE
Mortar, stoneware, impressed "Wedgwood & Bentley" and "2"
1780
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
Small stone scarab pierced longitudinally with flat base engraved with design of standing harpist and seated figure
2000-1000
Length of red silk ribbon worn as a belt to promote general good health
1880-120
Clay tobacco pipe
1860-1715
Egyptian weight, 12th Dynasty
circa 1800 BCE
Verge repeating watch
1713-1750
Cylinder watch in pair case
1692-1730
Replica of Islamic Astrolabe
1066; 1876