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
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Seal die, Ashby De La Zouch Canal Company
1794
Stipple-engraved portrait of Margaret Bryan and two children
1797
Deck-watch used by Capt. George Vancouver on board HMS Discovery 1791-5
1791
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
Lever escapement watch by Josiah Emery
1792
Lever escapement watch by John Grant
1795
Repeating watch with unusual escapement by Abraham-Louis Breguet
1795
Verge watch in Staffordshire enamelled case by Ann Phillips
1790
Chronometer movement by John Arnold & Son
1795
Eight-day marine chronometer by John Arnold & Son
1795
Silver watch by Brockbanks
1790
Silver watch with unusual Robin escapement
1792
Marine timekeeper with constant force escapement by Josiah Emery
1792
Guilloché enamel watch displaying solar and sidereal time, by George Margetts
1790
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Straight spectacles
1796-1797
Vacuum Gauge by Boulton and Watt
1794
Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772
1772 (original); 1919 (model)
Moon globe by John Russell;England;1797
1797
Half-quarter repeating gold watch by Mudge and Dutton
1791
Terrestrial globe by John and William Cary, London
1790-1794
Marine chronometer by John Arnold and Son
1795
Clock-watch by Daniel De St Leu
1797
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
Richard Arkwright
1790
Silver pill box, Birmingham, England, 1797
1797
Six Bramah lock drilling templates, on pine (wood) board
circa 1795
Set of magnetical apparatus in case, by Adams
1790
Toothbrush set
1791-1792
The Rev Dr Priestley's House and Elaboratory
1792
Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936
1936
Telescope by Galileo (replica)
1610; 1923
Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)
1668; 1924
Copy of clay liver used for divination, original from Babylon, 2050-1750 BCE
2050-1750 BCE
Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB
1990-95
Letter from George Washington to his dentist, United States, 1795
1795
Replica of Lightning Conductor by Benjamin Franklin, United States, 1730-1760
1730-1760 (original); 1931-1939 (replica)
Electrotype replica of a 16th-century mariner’s astrolabe
1580-1588; 1930
Mummy of a peregrine falcon, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE
2000-1001 BCE
Ethereal Match or Philosophic Taper
1790
Newcomen Atmospheric Engine
1791
Lucernal Microscope (c.1795) by W&S JONES 60 HOLBORN LONDON
1795
Copy of a cippus showing Horus, Egypt, 1900-1933
1900-1933
Model of submersible 'Turtle'
1976; 1776
Votive plaque with right ear in relief
400 BCE-100 CE; 1900-1936