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'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Copy of Chamberlen obstetric forceps

1813

Automaton watch by Jean Robert Soret

1812

Stipple-engraved portrait of Benjamin Martin

1815

Slide rule for exchange of weights and measures

1815

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

Eight-day marine chronometer by Barrauds, London

1816

East Indiaman Herefordshire

1815

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Gold watch by Robert Roskell

1814

Five wooden molecular model balls

circa 1810

Cylinder electrical machine, 1810-1817

1810-1817

Hedley's experimental model for testing adhesion.

1812

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Sunderland ware jug decorated with pink lustre bands and splashes

1813

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Piston and Rod, from Newcomen Pumping Engine 'Old Sarah'

1815

Silver Regency tripod mustard pot

1811-1812

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

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 ear trumpet hearing aid, London, England, 1814

1814

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

Model of a Montgolfier Balloon, 1783

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

One of nine prints of early 19th century carriages

1816

One of nine prints of early 19th century carriages

1816

One of nine prints of early 19th century carriages

1816

One of nine prints of early 19th century carriages. [town coach] / Published by R. Ackermann

1816

One of nine prints of early 19th century carriages

1816

One of nine prints of early 19th century carriages

1816

One of nine prints of early 19th century carriages. [landau carriage] / Published by R. Ackermann

1816

Colonial threepence coin of George III

1816

Franc or Italian Lira coin of Napoleon I

1810

Quarter-franc coin of Napoleon I (Italian)

1812

Sovereign coin of George III

1817

Twenty Francs coin of Napoleon I (France)

1812

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Half-Franc coin of Napoleon I (France)

1813

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Franc coin of Napoleon I (France)

1813