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Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

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

1808

Reproduction in wood. No 127

1808

Reproduction in wood, Dr Joseph Black

1809

Quarter-repeating gold watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet

circa 1808

Ready reckoner for ship's cargoes

1807

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

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Oval snuff box, England, 1807

1807

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Gold watch by John Gibson, Royal Exchange

1808

Herschel, William, head and shoulders

1808

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Model, press for cutting out coin blanks

circa 1808

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

1775-1799 (original); 1900-1907 (model)

Plaster cast of Matthew Boulton

1809

Silver vinaigrette with hinged lid

1809

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

1705-1737

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

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)

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

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

Watt's Pumping Engine 'Old Bess', 1777

1777 (original); 1894 (model)

Copy of Roman artificial leg, London, England, 1905-1915

300 BCE; 1905-1915

Model of Gutenberg's Press, 1430

1960-1979

Model of Mud House

6000-5000BCE

Fowler, William Henry

1807 - 1904

Observations taken at a small water mill at Hitchin

1809 Sept 14

Walker's Railway Time Table, and Coach, Omnibus and Carriers' List

1883-01

Photograph of Fern Leaf

1836-02

Lorina, Edith and Alice Liddel

1872-08

Two aquatints after Rowlandson and Pugin

1808

Reproduction of Joseph Priestley's oxygen apparatus

1774; 1923

View of the Admiralty Buildings, Whitehall

1808

Persian pottery measure

circa 3000 BCE

Persian pottery measure

circa 3000 BCE

Iron Weight

1910-130

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

'Your Carry', 1867

1867-04

W Holman Hunt in his Eastern dress

1864-05

Daisy

1864-04