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Phrenological head

1821

Original preparation of quinine by Pelletier and Caveton

1820

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

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

1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923
1819-1868, dentist who used anaesthetic; physician, American

Morton, William Thomas Green

1819 - 1868

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE
1818-1865, physician, Hungarian

Semmelweis, Ignaz Philipp

1818 - 1865

'Dr Syntax and his wife making an experiment in pneumatics', print, London, England, 1820

1820

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

1990-95

Model, of Woolf's Water Tube Boiler, 1819

1819

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

1705-1737

Wax anatomical model of a female showing internal organs, Florence, Italy, 1818

1818

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

1580-1588; 1930

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

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

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7
1820-1910, reformer of Army medical services and of nursing, British; English

Nightingale, Florence

1820 - 1910

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

Model of Henry Cavendish's Torsion Balance Gravitational Apparatus, 1798

1798 (original); 1977 (model)
1818-1984, lock and safe manufacturer, England, British

Chubb and Son's Lock and Safe Company Limited

1818 - 1984

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

2000-1001 BCE
1818-1889, physicist, English, British

Joule, James Prescott

1818 - 1889

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Near Wellington, Shropshire

1821

Glass display case containing various cosmetic devices from the 1700s, England, 1880-1930

1701-1800
1819-1999, submarine engineers, manufacturer of diving and breathing apparatus, United Kingdom

Siebe Gorman and Company Limited

1819 - 1999

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

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

Model of Mud House

6000-5000BCE
1819-1867, inventor; sewing machine pioneer, American

Howe, Elias

1819 - 1867

Working model of Hero's Aeolipile

100-1 BCE; 1501-1600; 1914
1820-1962, periodical and magazine, London

John Bull Magazine

1820 - 1962

Drawing of Singhi Dalan in Rajmahal, Jharkhand, India

1856-11
1816-1968, manufacturer of pharmaceutical products, Edinburgh, Scotland

Duncan Flockhart and Company Limited

1816

Burial mask of Agamemnon, Greek, c. 1550 BCE

1600-1500 BCE (original); 1900-1914 (copy)

Richard Trevithick

1816

Replica Bavarian reckoning cloth, German, 16th century.

1501-1600; 1972

Model of submersible 'Turtle'

1976; 1776

Model of an Egyptian boat in XII Dynasty Tomb

1991-1783 BCE

Stained plaster phrenological bust

1821

Phantasmagoria magic lantern c. 1820

circa 1820

Mudd, James

1821 - 1906

Chinese planisphere with pamplet, 1819

1819

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 a Montgolfier Balloon, 1783

First Public Demonstration of a Montgolfier Balloon, 4th June, 1783.

1783; 1914