Image
Category
Collection
Maker
On Display
Object type
Place
Material
Date

Napier's Bones

1690

Model of early manual fire engine, ca. 1680.

1680

Telescope by Christopher Cock

1673

Month-going longcase clock with a 1¼ seconds pendulum

1675-1685

Watch movement by Thomas Tompion with a later case and dial

1680

Silver watch with '6-hour dial' by William Bartram

1680

Longcase clock in a marquetry case by William Cattell

1675-1685

Watch movement with a quarter-repeating mechanism of early design by Thomas Tompion.

1680

Silver and tortoiseshell pair cased watch by Ignatius Huggeford

1675

Verge escapement watch movement by Ahasuerus Fromanteel

1685

Wandering hour watch by Sinclare, Dublin, c.1690

1690

Silver watch with sun and moon dial, by H Adamson.

1680-1690

30 hour longcase clock by Thomas Tompion

1672

Eight-day longcase clock by Edward East in a later marquetry case

1675-1685

Silver watch by Charles Gretton

1690

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Wooden Acupuncture Model

1681

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Pair cased watch by Anna Adamson

1685

Watch with a later case and dial by Edward East

1680

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

1671

Silver pair-cased watch by Benjamin Bell

1690

Watch, verge movement

1675

Table clock in ebony case by Joseph Knibb

1675-1685

Table clock in walnut case by Henry Jones

1675

Watch with 'six hour' dial by Francis Stamper

1680-1685

Early balance spring watch by Thomas Tompion

1675-1679

Nouvelle Description Anatomique

1678

[Drawings for Lister's 'Conchology']

circa 1690

Brass lantern clock by Edward Webb

1688

Pocket surgical instrument set in leather wallet

1701-1500

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

1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)

Gold amulet in the form of Duamutef, Egypt, 2000-100 BCE

2000-100 BCE

Roman stone water main

30

Replica of Roman equal-arm balance, from Pompeii, 79 AD

1-79 CE; before 1914

Model of an Egyptian boat in XII Dynasty Tomb

1991-1783 BCE

Spindle with Whorl, Stone Age

5000-500 BCE

Flint weight, Syrian Khoirine system

circa 1700-1600 BCE

Stone slab with seven holes for cosmetic ointments, Egypt, 1991-1786 BCE

1991-1786 BCE

Bronze medal to commemorate the convalescence of King Louis XIV

1686

Silver medal to commemorate A.J. Morand, dean of u

1676

Small silver with ribbed edge

1683

Copy of forceps made from an Egyptian sculpture, Kom-Ombos, Egypt, 1901-1936

1901-1936; 180 BCE

Casts of Chinese zodiac figures (Tang dynasty)

1871-1900 (copy); 618-907 CE (original)

Casts of Chinese zodiac figures (Tang dynasty)

1871-1900 (copy); 618-907 CE (original)

Casts of Chinese zodiac figures (Tang dynasty)

1871-1900 (copy); 618-907 CE (original)

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

1913; circa 900 CE

Circumferentor, Italian, 1686

1686

Surveying quadrant, 1674.

1674