Model of early manual fire engine, ca. 1680.
1680
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Telescope by John Yarwell.
1685-1695
Telescope by Christopher Cock
1673
Brass-bound lodestone
1675-1700
Trade card for John Yarwell, optician, London, England, 1697
1697
Cupellation furnace
1696-1700
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Handheld reading lens and case
1680-1700
Telescope by John Marshall
1685-1695
Wooden Acupuncture Model
1681
Compound microscope
1700
Early balance spring watch by Thomas Tompion
1675-1679
Pocket watch by Thomas Tompion
1675-1700
Napier's Bones
1690
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
Dividing engine for making sextants and octants
Made late 1700s, modified 1800s
Verge escapement watch movement by Ahasuerus Fromanteel
1685
Brass lantern clock by Edward Webb
1688
Wandering hour watch by Sinclare, Dublin, c.1690
1690
Votive plaque
1690
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
Length of red silk ribbon worn as a belt to promote general good health
1880-120
Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB
1990-95
Finger ring, metal, with receptacle for relics
1680
Verge watch by Johannes van Ceulen of the Hague, 1690-1700.
1690-1700.
Replica of Islamic Astrolabe
1066; 1876
Votive plaque
1698
Tin-glazed earthenware syrup jar
1676
Viewer microscope, with bead lens, in square body
1888-185
NEMA cryptography machine type T-D
1945-50
Italian albarello vase
1700
Small brass (?) mortar, flared rim and foot, flat
1675-1700
Barometer by Daniel Quare c1690
circa 1700
Excavated neolithic flint perhaps used for trephination
3000-1500
Large bronze mortar
1700
Large bronze bell-shaped mortar
1678
Tall bronze mortar
1671-1700
Tall thin bronze mortar
1675
copy of a gold cup.
3000-2000 BCE
Large bell shaped mortar
1684
Small bell-shaped mortar
1677
Reversible axe on adze, green stone blade, North Papua (Astrolabe Bay)
2000 BCE
Carpenter's bevel, dated 1671
1671
Medal, silver, commemorating the restoration of the Athenium of Letters at Lyons
1700
Token of a small group of Dutch apothecaries
1700
Bronze medal by Ferdinand St. Urbain commemorating Marcello Malpighi
1693
Grano bronze coin
1693
Silver medal to commemorate architectural embellishments in Leyden J. Smultzing
1693