'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799
1775-1799 (original); 1900-1907 (model)
Pendulum clock designed by Galileo in 1642 and made by his son in 1649, model.
1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)
Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)
1668; 1924
Conjectural model of Trevithick's locomotive 'Catch-me-who-can'
1808
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Telescope by Galileo (replica)
1610; 1923
Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772
1772 (original); 1919 (model)
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB
1990-95
Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement
1705-1737
Oval snuff box, England, 1807
1807
Brunel, Isambard Kingdom
1806 - 1859
Electrotype replica of a 16th-century mariner’s astrolabe
1580-1588; 1930
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
Copy of Roman artificial leg, London, England, 1905-1915
300 BCE; 1905-1915
Model of Gutenberg's Press, 1430
1960-1979
Copy of clay liver used for divination, original from Babylon, 2050-1750 BCE
2050-1750 BCE
Five wooden molecular model balls
circa 1810
Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7
1863-7
Chemical Lectures
circa 1810
Model, press for cutting out coin blanks
circa 1808
Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936
1936
Model of Henry Cavendish's Torsion Balance Gravitational Apparatus, 1798
1798 (original); 1977 (model)
Mummy of a peregrine falcon, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE
2000-1001 BCE
Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894
1893-4
Half-penny coin
1806
Ready reckoner for ship's cargoes
1807
Silver vinaigrette with hinged lid
1809
Glass display case containing various cosmetic devices from the 1700s, England, 1880-1930
1701-1800
Replica of Lightning Conductor by Benjamin Franklin, United States, 1730-1760
1730-1760 (original); 1931-1939 (replica)
Model of Mud House
6000-5000BCE
Working model of Hero's Aeolipile
100-1 BCE; 1501-1600; 1914
Burial mask of Agamemnon, Greek, c. 1550 BCE
1600-1500 BCE (original); 1900-1914 (copy)
Replica Bavarian reckoning cloth, German, 16th century.
1501-1600; 1972
Towne, Joseph
1806 - 1879
Jennings, George
1810 - 1882
Waterlow and Sons Limited
1810
Model of submersible 'Turtle'
1976; 1776
Model of an Egyptian boat in XII Dynasty Tomb
1991-1783 BCE
Half-penny coin
1806
Model of an Assyrian kelek or raft of inflated ox-hides, one of three models of Babylonian vessels of skin
700 BCE; 1931
First Public Demonstration of a Montgolfier Balloon, 4th June, 1783.
1783; 1914
Ancient Egyptian flint saw, replica
circa 3000 BCE
Snuff spoon
1810
Watt's Pumping Engine 'Old Bess', 1777
1777 (original); 1894 (model)
Flint hand tool, side-scraper, made in the Stone Age.
8500-2000 BCE
Model of a Printing Press, 1701-1800
1701-1800; 1982
Carpenter and Westley
1808 - 1914
Nasmyth, James
1808 - 1890
Armstrong, William George
1810 - 1900