Grave marker, grave '221'
1860-1920
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Chronometer watch in silver case by John Arnold and Son
hallmarked 1788
Repeating watch with unusual escapement by Abraham-Louis Breguet
1795
Telescope by Galileo (replica)
1610; 1923
Deck watch by John Arnold and Son
1790
Spring-detent escapement watch with gold case by John Arnold and Son
1796
Spring detent watch by John Arnold, used by Ruth Bellville and family to distribute GMT c.1834-1940
1794
Deck-watch used by Capt. George Vancouver on board HMS Discovery 1791-5
1791
Lever escapement watch by Josiah Emery
1792
Lever escapement watch by John Grant
1795
Chronometer movement by John Arnold & Son
1795
Eight-day marine chronometer by John Arnold & Son
1795
Musical table clock by Thwaites for Barraud
1788
Silver watch by Brockbanks
1790
Silver watch with unusual Robin escapement
1792
Verge watch in Staffordshire enamelled case by Ann Phillips
1790
Marine timekeeper with constant force escapement by Josiah Emery
1792
Guilloché enamel watch displaying solar and sidereal time, by George Margetts
1790
Vacuum Gauge by Boulton and Watt
1794
Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772
1772 (original); 1919 (model)
Rotative Steam Engine by Boulton and Watt, 1788
1788
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
Theodolite used for the Principal Triangulation of Great Britain
1791
Richard Arkwright
1790
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Set of magnetical apparatus in case, by Adams
1790
Toothbrush set
1791-1792
The Rev Dr Priestley's House and Elaboratory
1792
Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement
1705-1737
Six Bramah lock drilling templates, on pine (wood) board
circa 1795
Watch with spring detent escapement by John Arnold and Son
1788
Half-quarter repeating gold watch by Mudge and Dutton
1791
Marine chronometer by John Arnold and Son
1795
Terrestrial globe by John and William Cary, London
1790-1794
Millwright's measuring tool
around 1790
Haystack Steam Boiler, with accessories
1791
Copy of forceps made from an Egyptian sculpture, Kom-Ombos, Egypt, 1901-1936
1901-1936; 180 BCE
Smeaton's Apparatus for Determining the Efficiency of Water Wheels
1988 (model); 1752 (original)
Model of Ggantija megalithic temple on the Maltese island of Gozo, 3000-2500 BC.
3000-2500 BCE
Plano-convex brick, Ubaid, Iraq, c 2500 BC.
2500 BCE
Half-Guinea 'Spade' coin of George III
1790
Rack lever escapement
1791
Viewing the Transit of Venus
1793
Diorama of Grimes Graves Flint Mine, 2000 BC
2000 BCE
Chelmsford halfpenny token
1794
Silver toothbrush set, Birmingham, England, 1793
1793
Verge watch with case
1648-1724
Leighton Buzzard halfpenny token
1794
Red granite drill core
2686-2613 BCE