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Combined graphometer and plummet clinometer, 1663.

1663

Pulley from long-case clock by Fromanteel

1660-1665

Clock weight from long-case clock by Fromanteel

1660-1665

Gear wheel from long-case clock by Fromanteel

1660-1665

Escape wheel from long-case clock by Fromanteel

1660-1665

Spiral slide-rule

1663

Silver astronomical watch by Nathaniel Barrow

1660

Pendulum clock by Pieter Visbach

1660

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Gear wheel from long-case clock by Fromanteel

1660-1665

Horary quadrant by Henry Sutton

1658

Horary quadrant by Henry Sutton

1658

Silver watch by Thomas Taylor

1658

Silver clock-watch by Henricus Mott

1660

Egg-shaped watch by James Nellson

1660

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

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

300 BCE; 1905-1915

English horary quadrant, 1658

1658

English horary quadrant and leather case

1658

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

Small bronze bell shaped mortar

1655

Model of a Viking Ship of about A.D.900, excavated from Gokstad

1913; circa 900 CE

Apothecary's scale

1655

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

Length of red silk ribbon worn as a belt to promote general good health

1880-120

Earthenware dispensing pot

1660