Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Conjectural model of Trevithick's locomotive 'Catch-me-who-can'
1808
Reproduction in wood. No 127
1808
Reproduction in wood, Dr Joseph Black
1809
Copy of Chamberlen obstetric forceps
1813
Five wooden molecular model balls
circa 1810
Hedley's experimental model for testing adhesion.
1812
Stipple-engraved portrait of Benjamin Martin
1815
Slide rule for exchange of weights and measures
1815
East Indiaman Herefordshire
1815
Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894
1893-4
Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7
1863-7
Gold watch by John Gibson, Royal Exchange
1808
Automaton watch by Jean Robert Soret
1812
Silver one-minute tourbillon watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet, sold to the Princess de Valençay in 1812.
1812
Quarter-repeating gold watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet
circa 1808
Gold watch by Robert Roskell
1814
Silver Regency tripod mustard pot
1811-1812
Herschel, William, head and shoulders
1808
Piston and Rod, from Newcomen Pumping Engine 'Old Sarah'
1815
'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799
1775-1799 (original); 1900-1907 (model)
Silver vinaigrette with hinged lid
1809
Plaster cast of Matthew Boulton
1809
Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772
1772 (original); 1919 (model)
Silver ear trumpet hearing aid, London, England, 1814
1814
Sunderland ware jug decorated with pink lustre bands and splashes
1813
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
Chemical Lectures
circa 1810
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Model, press for cutting out coin blanks
circa 1808
Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement
1705-1737
Gold watch with spring detent escapement by Ellicott and Taylor
1815
Gold and enamel half-quarter repeater watch by Brockbanks
1812
Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB
1990-95
Telescope by Galileo (replica)
1610; 1923
Pendulum clock designed by Galileo in 1642 and made by his son in 1649, model.
1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)
Model of Gutenberg's Press, 1430
1960-1979
Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)
1668; 1924
'Puffing Billy' Locomotive with Tender and Rails
1813-1814
Silhouette of child
circa 1810
Silhouette of man
circa 1810
Walker's Railway Time Table, and Coach, Omnibus and Carriers' List
1883-01
Two keyed bugles used on London to York Royal mail coach
1809-1810
Lorina, Edith and Alice Liddel
1872-08
Ancient Egyptian flint saw, replica
circa 3000 BCE
Francois Peron, Naturaliste et Redacteur du
1810
Token, copper, 35mm diameter. Keighley penny
1812
Portrait engraving of William Nicholson, 1812
1812
Reversible axe on adze, green stone blade, North Papua (Astrolabe Bay)
2000 BCE
A section of Bradley Mine, near Bilston
1808