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Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement

1705-1737

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Grave marker, grave '221'

1860-1920

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Copy of Chamberlen obstetric forceps

1813

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Sunderland ware jug decorated with pink lustre bands and splashes

1813

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

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)

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

Copy of Roman artificial leg, London, England, 1905-1915

300 BCE; 1905-1915

Model of Gutenberg's Press, 1430

1960-1979

Copy of clay liver used for divination, original from Babylon, 2050-1750 BCE

2050-1750 BCE

Electrotype replica of a 16th-century mariner’s astrolabe

1580-1588; 1930

Working model of Hero's Aeolipile

100-1 BCE; 1501-1600; 1914

Rigged model of Flemish carvel construction Carrack

1910-1921

Mummy of a peregrine falcon, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE

2000-1001 BCE

Model of a Printing Press, 1701-1800

1701-1800; 1982

Model of an Assyrian kelek or raft of inflated ox-hides, one of three models of Babylonian vessels of skin

700 BCE; 1931

s' Gravesande Ring and Ball, 1894

1894 (apparatus); 1742 (date of experiment)

Mummified cat, ancient Egypt, 2000-100 BCE

2000-100 BCE

Rigged model of 'Santa Maria'

1920-1923; 1963

Table engine model

1807; 1815

Replica of Saxon 'Sinking Bowl' Water Clock, 1931

1931; 750-850 CE

Copy of forceps made from an Egyptian sculpture, Kom-Ombos, Egypt, 1901-1936

1901-1936; 180 BCE

Smeaton's Apparatus for Determining the Efficiency of Water Wheels

1988 (model); 1752 (original)

Model of Ggantija megalithic temple on the Maltese island of Gozo, 3000-2500 BC.

3000-2500 BCE

Copy of model of a sheep's liver. Original Babylonian, c. 2050-1750 BC.

2050-1750 BCE

Mummified bird, Egypt, 2000-100 BCE

2000-100 BCE

Plano-convex brick, Ubaid, Iraq, c 2500 BC.

2500 BCE

Copy of a bloodletting measuring device, England, 1977

1977; 1204-1206

The Talbotype applied to Hieroglyphics, London

1846-08

Oil jar, Egypt, 1580-1350BCE

2000-1350 BCE

Digital copy of Rastrick, John Urpeth: Common Place Book. [Shropshire] [1803?-1809].

digital copy 2015; original [1803?-1809].

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

1899/12

Wooden backstaff or Davis quadrant made by John Gilbert on Tower Hill

1730; 1967

Ackermann's Library for Works of Art

1813

Cast of a Saxon Sundial, original at Kirkdale Church, Yorkshire

1935-1958 (reproduction); 1055-1064 CE (original)

Gold amulet in the form of Duamutef, Egypt, 2000-100 BCE

2000-100 BCE

Diorama of Grimes Graves Flint Mine, 2000 BC

2000 BCE

Clay replica of a clay model of sheep's liver

2050-1750

Copy of a Parturition chair, London, England, 1912

1912; 1532

Sick syphon

1813

Reproduction of Joseph Priestley's oxygen apparatus

1774; 1923

Caution List of Convictions

1885-09