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Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

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

1705-1737

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

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

1990-95

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

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

300 BCE; 1905-1915

Burial mask of Agamemnon, Greek, c. 1550 BCE

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

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

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

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

Model of submersible 'Turtle'

1976; 1776

Rigged model of Flemish carvel construction Carrack

1910-1921

Flint hand tool, side-scraper, made in the Stone Age.

8500-2000 BCE

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

2000-1001 BCE

Model of an Egyptian boat in XII Dynasty Tomb

1991-1783 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

Ancient Egyptian flint saw, replica

circa 3000 BCE

Poncelet's Water Wheel, 1824

1824 (original); 1891 (model)

s' Gravesande Ring and Ball, 1894

1894 (apparatus); 1742 (date of experiment)

Acheulian flint hand axe, c 10000-5000 BC.

10000-5001 BCE

Mummified cat, ancient Egypt, 2000-100 BCE

2000-100 BCE

Rigged model of 'Santa Maria'

1920-1923; 1963

Flint hand tool, flake type, Stone Age.

8500-2000 BCE

Replica Bavarian reckoning cloth, German, 16th century.

1501-1600; 1972

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

Model Boat from Cyclades, 2800 BC

2800 BCE

Scale Model of Koenig and Bauer Cylinder Printing Press, 1975-1978

1975-1978

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

Replica of Roman steelyard, from Pompeii, 79 AD

1-79 CE; before 1914

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

Copy of Lodestone believed to have been used by Queen Anne

1929 (copy); 1702-1714 (original)

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

2500 BCE

Copy of a bloodletting measuring device, England, 1977

1977; 1204-1206

Model of ancient Egyptian funerary boat with two oars

1915

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].