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Replica of Islamic Astrolabe

1066; 1876

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Souscription watch, by Abraham-Louis Breguet

1805

Automaton watch by Jean Robert Soret

1812

Quarter-repeating gold watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet

circa 1808

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Copy of Chamberlen obstetric forceps

1813

Conjectural model of Trevithick's locomotive 'Catch-me-who-can'

1808

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

1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)

Stanhope square demonstrator, c.1805.

circa 1805

Ready reckoner for ship's cargoes

1807

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

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

Silver one-minute tourbillon watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet, sold to the Princess de Valençay in 1812.

1812

A Royal watch by Samuel Houston

1807

Five wooden molecular model balls

circa 1810

Half-penny coin

1806

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

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

1705-1737

Gold and enamel half-quarter repeater watch by Brockbanks

1812

Watch with chaff-cutter escapement by John Grant

1804

Silver vinaigrette with hinged lid

1809

Half-penny coin

1806

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

1990-95

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

Drawing of Singhi Dalan in Rajmahal, Jharkhand, India

1856-11

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

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

The Collier

1813

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

Model of a Phoenician bireme ship

1845-1964

Maudslay 's Lord Chancellor bench micrometer

1805

Portrait of Constance Garstin in Darjeeling, India

1861-08

Gilt bronze medal

1805

Medal, gilt bronze

1813

Bronze life saving medal

1811

Bronze medal

1810

Copy of forceps made from an Egyptian sculpture, Kom-Ombos, Egypt, 1901-1936

1901-1936; 180 BCE

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)

Model of Henry Cavendish's Torsion Balance Gravitational Apparatus, 1798

1798 (original); 1977 (model)

Early Chemical Match Box (c.1810) by S. JONES' PATENT LIGHTHOUSE NO 201 STRAND

1810

Excavated neolithic flint perhaps used for trephination

3000-1500

Silver vinaigrette

1805

Stone slab with seven holes for cosmetic ointments, Egypt, 1991-1786 BCE

1991-1786 BCE

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

1877 (copy); 1700-1731 (original)

Rapier and sheath, by Wheeler and Robinson

1810

Davy's large electrolysis trough, 1810, replica

1810