'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799
1775-1799 (original); 1900-1907 (model)
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Automaton watch by Jean Robert Soret
1812
Reproduction in wood, Dr Joseph Black
1809
Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894
1893-4
Silver one-minute tourbillon watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet, sold to the Princess de Valençay in 1812.
1812
Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7
1863-7
Five wooden molecular model balls
circa 1810
Hedley's experimental model for testing adhesion.
1812
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772
1772 (original); 1919 (model)
Plaster cast of Matthew Boulton
1809
Silver Regency tripod mustard pot
1811-1812
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Silver vinaigrette with hinged lid
1809
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
Chemical Lectures
circa 1810
Pendulum clock designed by Galileo in 1642 and made by his son in 1649, model.
1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)
Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936
1936
Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB
1990-95
First Public Demonstration of a Montgolfier Balloon, 4th June, 1783.
1783; 1914
Medal: commemorating Zambeccari. Issued Italy
1812
Token, copper, 35mm diameter. Birmingham and South Wales Rose Copper Co penny
1812
Cornish penny token, 1811.
1811
Weybridge penny
1812
Zwanziger coin of Francis I (Austria)
1809
Franc or Italian Lira coin of Napoleon I
1810
Quarter-franc coin of Napoleon I (Italian)
1812
Twenty Francs coin of Napoleon I (France)
1812
Roman Coin of Tiberius
30 CE
Roman Coin of Tiberius
30 CE
Five Francs coin of Napoleon I (France)
1811
Red granite drill core
2686-2613 BCE
Water-colour. Mr. Sadler's balloon ascent at Hackney
1811
NEMA cryptography machine type T-D
1945-50
Simple microscope in turned rosewood case (c.1810)
1810
Solid bronze phallic amulet in form of priapus with hind legs and tail of horse
30-200
Alabaster mortar
2000-1350
Bronze probe(?), twisted stem, Romano-Egyptian
20-500
Musical cryptographic device
1812
Olive ended probe, bronze, Romano-Egyptian
20-500
Black stone container or palette
2000-1000
Small black slate palette with short handle and base carved in form of flat fish
3500-1000
Plaster model of tomb plaque
100 BCE-300 CE; 1890-1920
Alabaster mortar
2000-1350
Harpenden pocket stadiometer sent out to Ludlow Boys' School as part of a series of nationwide measurements
1972-3
Small stone scarab pierced longitudinally with flat base engraved with design of standing harpist and seated figure
2000-1000
Observations taken at a small water mill at Hitchin
1809 Sept 14
Ancient Egyptian flint saw, replica
circa 3000 BCE