Rotative Steam Engine by Boulton and Watt, 1788
1788
Chronometer watch in silver case by John Arnold and Son
hallmarked 1788
Deck watch by John Arnold and Son
1790
Verge watch in Staffordshire enamelled case by Ann Phillips
1790
Silver watch by Brockbanks
1790
Guilloché enamel watch displaying solar and sidereal time, by George Margetts
1790
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Set of magnetical apparatus in case, by Adams
1790
Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772
1772 (original); 1919 (model)
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
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
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
Richard Arkwright
1790
Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)
1668; 1924
Pendulum clock designed by Galileo in 1642 and made by his son in 1649, model.
1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)
Copy of clay liver used for divination, original from Babylon, 2050-1750 BCE
2050-1750 BCE
Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB
1990-95
Telescope by Galileo (replica)
1610; 1923
Model of an Assyrian kelek or raft of inflated ox-hides, one of three models of Babylonian vessels of skin
700 BCE; 1931
Model of Mud House
6000-5000BCE
Model of Gutenberg's Press, 1430
1960-1979
Model of a Phoenician bireme ship
1845-1964
Burial mask of Agamemnon, Greek, c. 1550 BCE
1600-1500 BCE (original); 1900-1914 (copy)
Flymo Super Professional 47 rotary air cushion mower
1979-80
Jonathan Hull's 'A Description and Draught of a Newly-Invented Machine'
1850-1899
View of the Boiling Spring in Iceland Called the Great Geyser
1789
Reproduction of Joseph Priestley's oxygen apparatus
1774; 1923
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
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
John Whitehurst F.R.S.
1788
Bronze medal celebrating the Confederation of France under the new constitution
1790
Silver medal commemorating 100th birthday of Cornelia Bierens
1790
Silver medal commemorating the recovery of King George III from his mental illness in 1788
1789
Bronze medal to commemorate the formation of the National Assembly
1789
Silver medal or token
1789
Silver medal
1790
Circular white metal medal
1789
Bronze medal to commemorate Louis XVI and the National Assembly
1789
Medal, silver, commemorating Edmond-Claude Bourru
1788
Silver medal
1789
Medal, silver, obverse strike only
1676; 1840-1865
Circular gilt medal
1790
Silver medal
1789
Gold pendant
1789
Medal, silvered, Hippocrates
1789