Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera
1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)
Model Draw Door Weir, 1872
1872 (original); 1909 (model)
Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835
1934
Novelty model
1955; 1830
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Model of the "Planet" Locomotive
1830 (original); 1967 (model)
Replica of Liverpool & Manchester Railway 1st Class carriage 'Traveller'
1930 (replica); 1834 (original)
Model of the periodic system of de Chancourtois
1925; 1862
Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement
1705-1737
Glass-stoppered bottle containing uranium
1801-1892 (prepared); 1946 (element replaced)
Replica of Morse's second model of telegraphy apparatus, 1934
1934
Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772
1772 (original); 1919 (model)
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 submersible 'Turtle'
1976; 1776
Telescope by Galileo (replica)
1610; 1923
Mousetrap Camera
1834-1836
Copy of Lodestone believed to have been used by Queen Anne
1929 (copy); 1702-1714 (original)
Forth Bridge Railway Co. rivet from Forth Bridge
1888; 1984
Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936
1936
Wooden backstaff or Davis quadrant made by John Gilbert on Tower Hill
1730; 1967
Aneurin Bevan opens West Glamorgan County Hospital
18 Janury 1948
Iron Weight
1910-130
One of two Sumerian solid cylindrical weights
circa 2000 BCE
2 circular plaster casts of the 2 halves of a Greek coin
700-100 BCE; 1930-1950
Roman stone water main
30
Replica of Roman equal-arm balance, from Pompeii, 79 AD
1-79 CE; before 1914
Earthenware jug
2000-1350
Alabaster bottle
2000-1350
Earthenware jug
2000-1350
Alabaster bottle
2000-1350
Flint knife blade
10,000-2,000 BCE
Model of a Viking Ship of about A.D.900, excavated from Gokstad
1913; circa 900 CE
Model of Henry Cavendish's Torsion Balance Gravitational Apparatus, 1798
1798 (original); 1977 (model)
Traveller's pocket instrument
1951-1900
Glass-stoppered bottle containing vanadium
1801-1892 (prepared); 1926 (element replaced)
Glass-stoppered bottle containing bromine
1801-1892 (prepared); 1926 (element replaced)
Excavated neolithic flint perhaps used for trephination
3000-1500
Alabaster mortar
2000-1350
Copy of clay liver used for divination, original from Babylon, 2050-1750 BCE
2050-1750 BCE
Small stub-stemmed meerschaum tobacco pipe
1950-1900
Harpenden pocket stadiometer sent out to Ludlow Boys' School as part of a series of nationwide measurements
1972-3
Plano-convex brick, Ubaid, Iraq, c 2500 BC.
2500 BCE
Small stone scarab pierced longitudinally with flat base engraved with design of standing harpist and seated figure
2000-1000
Post-nasal curette
1971-1900
Brass saccharometer by R.B. Bate
1915-1825
Cylinder watch in case
1801-1825
Verge repeating watch
1713-1750