Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Praeclarissimus Isaacus Newton Eques
1787
Chronometer watch in silver case by John Arnold and Son
hallmarked 1788
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Rotative Steam Engine by Boulton and Watt, 1788
1788
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
Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772
1772 (original); 1919 (model)
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
Wooden backstaff or Davis quadrant made by John Gilbert on Tower Hill
1730; 1967
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
Length of red silk ribbon worn as a belt to promote general good health
1880-120
Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB
1990-95
Replica of Islamic Astrolabe
1066; 1876
Viewer microscope, with bead lens, in square body
1888-185
NEMA cryptography machine type T-D
1945-50
Excavated neolithic flint perhaps used for trephination
3000-1500
copy of a gold cup.
3000-2000 BCE
A view of the black-lead mine in Cumberland
1787
Reversible axe on adze, green stone blade, North Papua (Astrolabe Bay)
2000 BCE
John Whitehurst F.R.S.
1788
Circular white metal medal
1789
Bronze medal to commemorate Louis XVI and the National Assembly
1789
Yellow metal (copper ?) medal, Deans medal of Pari
1787
Medal, silver, commemorating Edmond-Claude Bourru
1788
Silver medal
1789
Medal, silvered, Hippocrates
1789
Print: etching
1787
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
Token - JOHN WILKINSON IRON MASTER
1788
Roman Coin of Tiberius
30 CE
Joseph Priestley
1788
Ancient Egyptian flint saw, replica
circa 3000 BCE
Copy of Musschenbroek's Pyrometer (Dilatometer), 1700-1731.
1877 (copy); 1700-1731 (original)
Red granite drill core
2686-2613 BCE
Bronze handle, highly decorated, Romano-Egyptian
20-400
Earthenware jug
2000-1350
Replica of Roman steelyard, from Pompeii, 79 AD
1-79 CE; before 1914
Earthenware oil jar
2000-1350
Earthenware oil jar
2000-1350
Earthenware oil jar
2000-1350
Alabaster kohl pot
2000-1350
Calf's Head Weight
1370-1350 BCE; 1931
Plaster replica of black Basalt Cubit Rod 531
1931; 250 BCE