Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Joseph Priestley LLD FRS
1782
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)
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Jonathan Hull's 'A Description and Draught of a Newly-Invented Machine'
1850-1899
Model of Ggantija megalithic temple on the Maltese island of Gozo, 3000-2500 BC.
3000-2500 BCE
Ancient Egyptian flint saw, replica
circa 3000 BCE
Reversible axe on adze, green stone blade, North Papua (Astrolabe Bay)
2000 BCE
Portrait. J.R. Perronet. Engraving 1782
1782
Silver medal
1782
Medal, silver, commemorating Etienne Pourfois du Petit
1782
Medal, silver, obverse strike only
1676; 1840-1865
Medal, silver, commemorating Joseph Philip Dean 1780-1782
1782
Copy of Musschenbroek's Pyrometer (Dilatometer), 1700-1731.
1877 (copy); 1700-1731 (original)
Bronze Axehead from France, Bronze Age
2000-500 BCE
Bronze Spearhead without Shaft, European, Bronze Age
2000-500 BCE
Flint Knife and Scraper, Stone Age
8500-2000 BCE
Bronze Chisel-head, Britanny, France, Bronze Age
2000-500 BCE
Copper Axehead from Ancient Egypt, 1991-1786BC
1991-1786 BCE
Copper Axehead from Ancient Egypt, 1991-1786BC
1991-1786 BCE
Bronze Adze with Modern Wooden Handle, Bronze Age
2000-500 BCE
Twelve German jetons, 16th century.
1501-1600; 1978
Two wooden printing blocks
1800-1600
Roman Coin of Tiberius
30 CE
Roman Coin of Tiberius
30 CE
Red granite drill core
2686-2613 BCE
Telescope by Galileo (replica)
1610; 1923
Cast of a Saxon Sundial, original at Kirkdale Church, Yorkshire
1935-1958 (reproduction); 1055-1064 CE (original)
Viewer microscope, with bead lens, in square body
1888-185
NEMA cryptography machine type T-D
1945-50
Three mahogany samples, from spindle moulder machine
1791-3
Winding handle for spindle moulder
1791-3
Pendulum clock designed by Galileo in 1642 and made by his son in 1649, model.
1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)
'Military Surgical Instruments', published Vienna, Austria, 1782
1782
Universal microscope with case and lid
1782
Gold amulet in the form of Duamutef, Egypt, 2000-100 BCE
2000-100 BCE
Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936
1936
Wooden backstaff or Davis quadrant made by John Gilbert on Tower Hill
1730; 1967
Black's portable chemical furnace
1782
Diorama of Grimes Graves Flint Mine, 2000 BC
2000 BCE
Stone slab with seven holes for cosmetic ointments, Egypt, 1991-1786 BCE
1991-1786 BCE
Copy of forceps made from an Egyptian sculpture, Kom-Ombos, Egypt, 1901-1936
1901-1936; 180 BCE
Excavated neolithic flint perhaps used for trephination
3000-1500
Casts of Chinese zodiac figures (Tang dynasty)
1871-1900 (copy); 618-907 CE (original)
Casts of Chinese zodiac figures (Tang dynasty)
1871-1900 (copy); 618-907 CE (original)
Casts of Chinese zodiac figures (Tang dynasty)
1871-1900 (copy); 618-907 CE (original)
Copy of a cippus showing Horus, Egypt, 1900-1933
1900-1933
Votive plaque with right ear in relief
400 BCE-100 CE; 1900-1936