Rotative Steam Engine by Boulton and Watt, 1788
1788
Praeclarissimus Isaacus Newton Eques
1787
Chronometer watch in silver case by John Arnold and Son
hallmarked 1788
Watch movement with spring detent escapement by John Arnold and Son
1787
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Engraving Carte de la Rade e Cherbourg levée en l'année 1787
1787
Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement
1705-1737
Watch with spring detent escapement by John Arnold and Son
1788
Marine chronometer movement by Brockbanks
1787
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)
Phipps, James
1788 - 1853
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
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
Roman stone water main
30
'A Letter to Lord Viscount Howe....', Printed from Logotypes, 1787
1787
Replica of Roman equal-arm balance, from Pompeii, 79 AD
1-79 CE; before 1914
View of the Boiling Spring in Iceland Called the Great Geyser
1789
Circular white metal medal
1789
Earthenware jug
2000-1350
Model of double-hulled muscular powered paddle and sailing ship
1787
Alabaster bottle
2000-1350
Earthenware jug
2000-1350
Alabaster bottle
2000-1350
Alabaster bottle
1850-1350
Flint knife blade
10,000-2,000 BCE
View of the Boiling Spring in Iceland Called the New Geyser
1789
A view of the black-lead mine in Cumberland
1787
A view of the mouth of a coal pit...
1788
A view of the black-lead mine in Cumberland
1787
Silver medal commemorating surgeon
1787
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
Harpenden pocket stadiometer sent out to Ludlow Boys' School as part of a series of nationwide measurements
1972-3
Wheel cutting machine with milling cutter
1789
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