"The description and use of the Sector, Cross-staff and other Instruments", 2nd edition by Edmund Gunter
1636
Silver 'Puritan' watch by Edward East
1640
Rock crystal and silver watch in the form of a tulip, by Sermand c.1640
1640
Silver watch in the shape of a Tudor rose by William Clay
1640
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Italian celestial globe, 1636
1636
Gunter quadrant
1640
Oval shaped watch by Sampson Shelton
1640
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
Pendulum clock designed by Galileo in 1642 and made by his son in 1649, model.
1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)
Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB
1990-95
Telescope by Galileo (replica)
1610; 1923
Stjerneborg Observatory
1634 (print); 1581-1587 (observatory)
Copy of Roman artificial leg, London, England, 1905-1915
300 BCE; 1905-1915
Bell shaped mortar with protruding rim
1647
Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936
1936
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
Flint weight, Syrian Khoirine system
circa 1700-1600 BCE
Earthenware jug
2000-1350
Alabaster bottle
2000-1350
Earthenware jug
2000-1350
Alabaster bottle
2000-1350
Alabaster bottle
1850-1350
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
Excavated neolithic flint perhaps used for trephination
3000-1500
Black haematite Syrian weight, barrel shaped, from Gaza, Phoenician system
circa 1700-1600 BCE
Silver vinaigrette
1701-800
Alabaster mortar
2000-1350
Copy of clay liver used for divination, original from Babylon, 2050-1750 BCE
2050-1750 BCE
Albarello, earthenware, tin-glazed
1701-180
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
Tin glazed earthenware syrup jar
1638
Length of red silk ribbon worn as a belt to promote general good health
1880-120
Earthenware slab
1642
Egyptian weight, 12th Dynasty
circa 1800 BCE
Replica of Islamic Astrolabe
1066; 1876
Two washers
15/7/27
Two washers
15/7/27
Engraving of Graving dock
1840-160
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