Theodolite used for the Principal Triangulation of Great Britain
1791
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
Richard Arkwright
1790
Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement
1705-1737
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
Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936
1936
Orrery planetary model
1789-1795
Babbage, Charles
1791 - 1871
Newcomen Atmospheric Engine
1791
Mummy of a peregrine falcon, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE
2000-1001 BCE
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
Replica Bavarian reckoning cloth, German, 16th century.
1501-1600; 1972
Barry, James
1795 - 1865
Seal die, Ashby De La Zouch Canal Company
1794
Model of submersible 'Turtle'
1976; 1776
Model of an Egyptian boat in XII Dynasty Tomb
1991-1783 BCE
The Rev Dr Priestley's House and Elaboratory
1792
Repeating watch with unusual escapement by Abraham-Louis Breguet
1795
Model of an Assyrian kelek or raft of inflated ox-hides, one of three models of Babylonian vessels of skin
700 BCE; 1931
First Public Demonstration of a Montgolfier Balloon, 4th June, 1783.
1783; 1914
Savory and Moore Limited
1794 - 1992
Ancient Egyptian flint saw, replica
circa 3000 BCE
Watt's Pumping Engine 'Old Bess', 1777
1777 (original); 1894 (model)
Roberts, Richard
1789 - 1864
Flint hand tool, side-scraper, made in the Stone Age.
8500-2000 BCE
Haystack Steam Boiler, with accessories
1791
Coalbrookdale Halfpenny Token
1792
Collycroft worsted textile mill, 1790
1790
Wilkinson halfpenny token, 1790.
1790