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Category
Collection
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Object type
Place
Material
Date

wheel cutting machine

1668-1672 Probable

Telescope by Christopher Cock

1673

Silver and tortoiseshell pair cased watch by Ignatius Huggeford

1675

Silver watch with alarm by Jeremy Gregory

1670

Silver pair cased watch by Benjamin Wolverstone

1670

30 hour longcase clock by Thomas Tompion

1672

Seven almost identical unfinished watch movements

1670

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

CAROLVS II.

1667

ELIAS ALLEN

1666

Longcase clock by John Fromanteel, originally fitted with a cross-beat escapement

1665-1670

Pre-balance-spring era watch movement by Thomas Tompion c.1671

1671

Watch, verge movement

1675

Table clock in walnut case by Henry Jones

1675

Table clock in ebony case by Samuel Knibb

1665-1666

Pair cased watch by Daniel Carre

1670

Very large bronze mortar

1666

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

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

1990-95

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

1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

Hooke's compound microscope, copy, 1665-1675.

1665-1675

Islamic Astrolabe

1666-1667

Ancient Egyptian flint saw, replica

circa 3000 BCE

Reversible axe on adze, green stone blade, North Papua (Astrolabe Bay)

2000 BCE

Carpenter's bevel, dated 1671

1671

Bronze medal commemorating the Master Surgeons of Ivry and Paris

1674

Plaster model of tomb plaque

100 BCE-300 CE; 1890-1920

Alabaster mortar

2000-1350

Albarello, earthenware, tin-glazed

1701-180

Amulet showing Anubis

4000-30 BCE

Axe head shaped flint

10000-5000 BCE

Three flint knives and part of a trepanned skull, 10000-5000 BC.

10000-500 BCE

Harpenden pocket stadiometer sent out to Ludlow Boys' School as part of a series of nationwide measurements

1972-3

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

Statue of goddess Vishnu

1800- 500 BCE

Egyptian weight, 12th Dynasty

circa 1800 BCE

Bedpan

1701-180

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

Polished stone (Chert) weight from excavations at Mohenjodaro

circa 3000 BCE

Polished stone (Chert) weight from excavations at Mohenjodaro

circa 3000 BCE

Polished stone (Chert) weight from excavations at Mohenjodaro

circa 3000 BCE