Rotative Steam Engine by Boulton and Watt, 1788
1788
Theodolite used for the Principal Triangulation of Great Britain
1791
'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799
1775-1799 (original); 1900-1907 (model)
Machine-Screw thread making tool, by Henry Maudslay
circa 1800
Pendulum clock designed by Galileo in 1642 and made by his son in 1649, model.
1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)
Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)
1668; 1924
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Telescope by Galileo (replica)
1610; 1923
Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772
1772 (original); 1919 (model)
Vacuum Gauge by Boulton and Watt
1794
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Babbage, Charles
1791 - 1871
Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB
1990-95
Phipps, James
1788 - 1853
Chronometer watch in silver case by John Arnold and Son
hallmarked 1788
Richard Arkwright
1790
Chadwick, Sir Edwin
1800 - 1890
Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement
1705-1737
Stipple-engraved portrait of Margaret Bryan and two children
1797
Divers Projets
1798
Two Guillotine blades and plinth
1790-1794
Set of magnetical apparatus in case, by Adams
1790
Toothbrush set
1791-1792
Electrotype replica of a 16th-century mariner’s astrolabe
1580-1588; 1930
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
Six Bramah lock drilling templates, on pine (wood) board
circa 1795
Copy of Roman artificial leg, London, England, 1905-1915
300 BCE; 1905-1915
Model of Gutenberg's Press, 1430
1960-1979
Copy of clay liver used for divination, original from Babylon, 2050-1750 BCE
2050-1750 BCE
A and F Pears Limited
1789
Small screw-cutting device or fusee engine for clock-maker's use
circa 1800
Silver pill box, Birmingham, England, 1797
1797
Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936
1936
Jennens and Company Limited
1800
Orrery planetary model
1789-1795
Atkins, Anna
1799 - 1871
Model of Henry Cavendish's Torsion Balance Gravitational Apparatus, 1798
1798 (original); 1977 (model)
Babbage, Charles
1791 - 1871
Newcomen Atmospheric Engine
1791
Mummy of a peregrine falcon, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE
2000-1001 BCE
Glass display case containing various cosmetic devices from the 1700s, England, 1880-1930
1701-1800
Replica of Lightning Conductor by Benjamin Franklin, United States, 1730-1760
1730-1760 (original); 1931-1939 (replica)
Model of Mud House
6000-5000BCE
Working model of Hero's Aeolipile
100-1 BCE; 1501-1600; 1914
Burial mask of Agamemnon, Greek, c. 1550 BCE
1600-1500 BCE (original); 1900-1914 (copy)
Letter from George Washington to his dentist, United States, 1795
1795
shadow ball
1800s
Watch and compass by Benjamin Webb
1799
Replica Bavarian reckoning cloth, German, 16th century.
1501-1600; 1972
Barry, James
1795 - 1865