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Rotative Steam Engine by Boulton and Watt, 1788

1788

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

Praeclarissimus Isaacus Newton Eques

1787

Watch movement with spring detent escapement by John Arnold and Son

1787

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Chronometer watch in silver case by John Arnold and Son

hallmarked 1788

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Watch with spring detent escapement by John Arnold and Son

1788

Marine chronometer movement by Brockbanks

1787

Engraving Carte de la Rade e Cherbourg levée en l'année 1787

1787

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement

1705-1737

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

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)

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

1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)

Model of Gutenberg's Press, 1430

1960-1979

Medal commemorating Carl Wilhelm Scheele

1789

Watt's Pumping Engine 'Old Bess', 1777

1777 (original); 1894 (model)

Model of Mud House

6000-5000BCE

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

300 BCE; 1905-1915

View of the Boiling Spring in Iceland Called the Great Geyser

1789

Reproduction of Joseph Priestley's oxygen apparatus

1774; 1923

Token issued by John Wilkinson, 18th century Ironmaster

1788

Token issued by John Wilkinson

1787

Persian pottery measure

circa 3000 BCE

Persian pottery measure

circa 3000 BCE

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

A view of the black-lead mine in Cumberland

1787

A view of the black-lead mine in Cumberland

1787

Ancient Egyptian flint saw, replica

circa 3000 BCE

John Whitehurst F.R.S.

1788

Medal, silver, commemorating some operation for the King by Johann Chr. Ant. Theden

1787

Bronze medal to commemorate the formation of the National Assembly

1789

Bronze medal to commemorate Louis XVI and the National Assembly

1789

Gold pendant

1789

Print: etching

1787

Copy of Musschenbroek's Pyrometer (Dilatometer), 1700-1731.

1877 (copy); 1700-1731 (original)

Precision Balance, in mahogany and glass case

1788

Spade' coin Guinea of George III

1788

Spade' coin Guinea of George III

1789

Spade' coin Guinea of George III

1788

Spade' coin Guinea of George III

1789

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE