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Replica of Islamic Astrolabe

1066; 1876

Silver watch with unusual Robin escapement

1792

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Pendulum clock designed by Galileo in 1642 and made by his son in 1649, model.

1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)

Deck-watch used by Capt. George Vancouver on board HMS Discovery 1791-5

1791

Deck watch by John Arnold and Son

1790

Lever escapement watch by Josiah Emery

1792

Verge watch in Staffordshire enamelled case by Ann Phillips

1790

Silver watch by Brockbanks

1790

Marine timekeeper with constant force escapement by Josiah Emery

1792

Guilloché enamel watch displaying solar and sidereal time, by George Margetts

1790

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Richard Arkwright

1790

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

1705-1737

Theodolite used for the Principal Triangulation of Great Britain

1791

Half-quarter repeating gold watch by Mudge and Dutton

1791

Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB

1990-95

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

Replica of Lightning Conductor by Benjamin Franklin, United States, 1730-1760

1730-1760 (original); 1931-1939 (replica)

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

Model of a Phoenician bireme ship

1845-1964

Italian albarello vase

1791

Excavated neolithic flint perhaps used for trephination

3000-1500

Egyptian weight, 12th Dynasty

circa 1800 BCE

Plaster copy of a plaque bearing the portrait of John Hunter

1793

Two washers

15/7/27

Mezzotint, `The Lamplighter'

1790

Two washers

15/7/27

Engraving of Graving dock

1840-160

Polished stone (Chert) weight from excavations at Mohenjodaro

circa 3000 BCE

Pottery vase found at Nihawnad, Persia

3000 BCE

Polished stone (Chert) weight from excavations at Mohenjodaro

circa 3000 BCE

Polished stone (Chert) weight from excavations at Mohenjodaro

circa 3000 BCE

Polished stone (Chert) weight from excavations at Mohenjodaro

circa 3000 BCE

Polished stone (Chert) weight from excavations at Mohenjodaro

circa 3000 BCE

Middlesex halfpenny

1793

Persian pottery measure

circa 3000 BCE

Persian pottery measure

circa 3000 BCE

RGD Television

1965-195

One of two Sumerian solid cylindrical weights

circa 2000 BCE

2 circular plaster casts of the 2 halves of a Greek coin

700-100 BCE; 1930-1950

Stella Projection Television Receiver, Type ST1481

1950-159

Roman stone water main

30

Replica of Roman equal-arm balance, from Pompeii, 79 AD

1-79 CE; before 1914

Gilt bronze medal to commemorate revolutionary France

1792

Silver medal to commemorate N.J.G. Leiden Frost

1793

Silver medal to commemorate the execution of Louis XVI

1793

Silver medal to commemorate Philippe Joseph

1793

Manuscript instructions and receipt for Ramsden solar microscope, 1793

1793

Bronze handle, highly decorated, Romano-Egyptian

20-400