'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799
1775-1799 (original); 1900-1907 (model)
Conjectural model of Trevithick's locomotive 'Catch-me-who-can'
1808
Reproduction in wood. No 127
1808
Reproduction in wood, Dr Joseph Black
1809
Stipple-engraved portrait of Benjamin Martin
1815
Slide rule for exchange of weights and measures
1815
Cylinder electrical machine, 1810-1817
1810-1817
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
Eight-day marine chronometer by Barrauds, London
1816
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Copy of Chamberlen obstetric forceps
1813
Hedley's experimental model for testing adhesion.
1812
Five wooden molecular model balls
circa 1810
East Indiaman Herefordshire
1815
Piston and Rod, from Newcomen Pumping Engine 'Old Sarah'
1815
Plaster cast of Matthew Boulton
1809
Silver Regency tripod mustard pot
1811-1812
Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772
1772 (original); 1919 (model)
Chemical Lectures
circa 1810
Silver ear trumpet hearing aid, London, England, 1814
1814
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Model, press for cutting out coin blanks
circa 1808
Herschel, William, head and shoulders
1808
Sunderland ware jug decorated with pink lustre bands and splashes
1813
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
Silver vinaigrette with hinged lid
1809
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
'Puffing Billy' Locomotive with Tender and Rails
1813-1814
Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)
1668; 1924
Pendulum clock designed by Galileo in 1642 and made by his son in 1649, model.
1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)
Wax anatomical model of a female showing internal organs, Florence, Italy, 1818
1818
Token, copper, 34mm diameter. Sheffield workhouse penny
1813
Copy of clay liver used for divination, original from Babylon, 2050-1750 BCE
2050-1750 BCE
Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB
1990-95
Scarificator with 13 lancets, French, early 19th Century
1813
Telescope by Galileo (replica)
1610; 1923
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 Gutenberg's Press, 1430
1960-1979
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