'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799
1775-1799 (original); 1900-1907 (model)
Conjectural model of Trevithick's locomotive 'Catch-me-who-can'
1808
Souscription watch, by Abraham-Louis Breguet
1805
Quarter-repeating gold watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet
circa 1808
Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894
1893-4
Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7
1863-7
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Reproduction in wood. No 127
1808
Reproduction in wood, Dr Joseph Black
1809
Stanhope square demonstrator, c.1805.
circa 1805
Ready reckoner for ship's cargoes
1807
Gold watch by John Gibson, Royal Exchange
1808
Spring-detent escapement watch in a gold case by Reid & Co. London
1807
Gold watch by Recordon
1807
A Royal watch by Samuel Houston
1807
Five wooden molecular model balls
circa 1810
Half-penny coin
1806
Weights and measures
1805
Oval snuff box, England, 1807
1807
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Herschel, William, head and shoulders
1808
Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772
1772 (original); 1919 (model)
Chemical Lectures
circa 1810
Model, press for cutting out coin blanks
circa 1808
Maudslay 's Lord Chancellor bench micrometer
1805
Plaster cast of Matthew Boulton
1809
Boring machine, Yard No. 642
1804-1807
Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement
1705-1737
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
Watch with chaff-cutter escapement by John Grant
1804
Half-penny coin
1806
Silver vinaigrette with hinged lid
1809
Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)
1668; 1924
Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB
1990-95
Pendulum clock designed by Galileo in 1642 and made by his son in 1649, model.
1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)
Medal commemorating Franz Joseph Gall
1805
Telescope by Galileo (replica)
1610; 1923
Copy of clay liver used for divination, original from Babylon, 2050-1750 BCE
2050-1750 BCE
Model of Gutenberg's Press, 1430
1960-1979
Model of an Assyrian kelek or raft of inflated ox-hides, one of three models of Babylonian vessels of skin
700 BCE; 1931
Model of Mud House
6000-5000BCE
Model of a Phoenician bireme ship
1845-1964
Burial mask of Agamemnon, Greek, c. 1550 BCE
1600-1500 BCE (original); 1900-1914 (copy)
Flymo Super Professional 47 rotary air cushion mower
1979-80
Zwanziger coin of Francis I (Austria)
1809
Franc or Italian Lira coin of Napoleon I
1810
Seven-Shilling coin of George III
1804
Forty Francs coin of Napoleon I (France)
1806
Half-Guinea coin of George III
1803
Roman Coin of Tiberius
30 CE