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Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Set of magnetical apparatus in case, by Adams

1790

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement

1705-1737

Richard Arkwright

1790

Theodolite used for the Principal Triangulation of Great Britain

1791

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

The Rev Dr Priestley's House and Elaboratory

1792

Toothbrush set

1791-1792

Physionotrace of Madam Roland

1793

Iron Weight

1910-130

RGD Television

1965-195

Casts of Chinese zodiac figures (Tang dynasty)

1871-1900 (copy); 618-907 CE (original)

Casts of Chinese zodiac figures (Tang dynasty)

1871-1900 (copy); 618-907 CE (original)

Casts of Chinese zodiac figures (Tang dynasty)

1871-1900 (copy); 618-907 CE (original)

Silver gilt pap boat

1790

Plaque showing dental and surgical operations, Europe, 1801-1900

1300-1700; 1801-1900

Roman stone water main

30

Silver watch with unusual Robin escapement

1792

Extending spectacles and case

1790-1793

Gold amulet in the form of Duamutef, Egypt, 2000-100 BCE

2000-100 BCE

Crossing for Edge Rails, 1793.

1793

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

Stella Projection Television Receiver, Type ST1481

1950-159

Bronze medal to commemorate Marat, France, 1793

1793

Gilt halfpenny token commemorating Sir Isaac Newton

1793

Coalbrookdale halfpenny token, 1792.

1792

Carmarthen halfpenny token

1791

Token, copper, 28mm diameter. Wilkinson halfpenny

1791

Halfpenny token

1793

Birmingham halfpenny token, 1793

1793

Leeds halfpenny token

1793

Norwich halfpenny for haberdasher, 1793

1793

Leek halfpenny token for silk, 1793

1793

Manchester halfpenny token

1793

Emsworth halfpenny token for grocer and tea dealer, 1793

1793

Token. Copper; 29mm diameter

1790

Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle

1791

Aquatint - sepia toned

1792

Aquatint - sepia toned

1792

Coalbrookdale halfpenny token

1793

Coalbrookdale halfpenny token

1793

Copper coin minted by the French Revolutionary Government

1792

Middlesex halfpenny token, 1791.

1791

Gilt bronze medal to commemorate revolutionary France

1792

Improved Withering Botanic microscope

1790

Copy of Musschenbroek's Pyrometer (Dilatometer), 1700-1731.

1877 (copy); 1700-1731 (original)

Standard Rutherford minimum thermometer

1790 (designed)

Altazimuth theodolite, British, 1785-1795

1790