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Replica of Islamic Astrolabe

1066; 1876

Automaton watch by Jean Robert Soret

1812

Gold watch by Robert Roskell

1814

Cylinder electrical machine, 1810-1817

1810-1817

Stipple-engraved portrait of Benjamin Martin

1815

Slide rule for exchange of weights and measures

1815

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

Pendulum clock designed by Galileo in 1642 and made by his son in 1649, model.

1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Copy of Chamberlen obstetric forceps

1813

Five wooden molecular model balls

circa 1810

East Indiaman Herefordshire

1815

'Puffing Billy' Locomotive with Tender and Rails

1813-1814

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

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB

1990-95

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

The Collier

1813

Drawing of Singhi Dalan in Rajmahal, Jharkhand, India

1856-11

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

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

Model of a Phoenician bireme ship

1845-1964

Medal, gilt bronze

1813

Bronze life saving medal

1811

Bronze medal

1810

Box of scales and weights

1810

print; carriage design;

1816

Polished stone (Chert) weight from excavations at Mohenjodaro

circa 3000 BCE

Pottery vase found at Nihawnad, Persia

3000 BCE

Polished stone (Chert) weight from excavations at Mohenjodaro

circa 3000 BCE

Polished stone (Chert) weight from excavations at Mohenjodaro

circa 3000 BCE

Polished stone (Chert) weight from excavations at Mohenjodaro

circa 3000 BCE

Polished stone (Chert) weight from excavations at Mohenjodaro

circa 3000 BCE

Persian pottery measure

circa 3000 BCE

Persian pottery measure

circa 3000 BCE

One of two Sumerian solid cylindrical weights

circa 2000 BCE

Stella Projection Television Receiver, Type ST1481

1950-159

Roman stone water main

30

Replica of Roman equal-arm balance, from Pompeii, 79 AD

1-79 CE; before 1914

Four Barrell Piston Pump by Braithwaite

1817

Great Western Railway "Cornishman" Express Train, hauled by 4-4-2 No. 3046 "Lord of the Isles"

1899/12

Great Western Railway "Cornishman" Express Train, hauled by 4-4-2 No. 3046 "Lord of the Isles".

1899/12

Replica of Roman steelyard, from Pompeii, 79 AD

1-79 CE; before 1914

Calf's Head Weight

1370-1350 BCE; 1931

Plaster replica of black Basalt Cubit Rod 531

1931; 250 BCE