Image
Category
Collection
Maker
On Display
Object type
Place
Material
Date

Napier's Bones

1690

Watch movement by Thomas Tompion

1692

Wandering hour watch by Sinclare, Dublin, c.1690

1690

Watch with differential dial by John Ferrers

1690-1695

Silver watch by Charles Gretton

1690

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Silver pair-cased watch by Benjamin Bell

1690

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

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

1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

Copy of clay liver used for divination, original from Babylon, 2050-1750 BCE

2050-1750 BCE

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

1990-95

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

300 BCE; 1905-1915

Model of a Phoenician bireme ship

1845-1964

[Drawings for Lister's 'Conchology']

circa 1690

Pocket surgical instrument set in leather wallet

1701-1500

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

2000-100 BCE

Ancient Egyptian flint saw, replica

circa 3000 BCE

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

2000 BCE

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

Bronze medal by Ferdinand de Saint-Urbain

1693

White medal

1694

Medal, silver, obverse strike only

1676; 1840-1865

Bronze medal commemorating Marcello Malpigni

1693

Blackened pewter(?) medal by I. Visnara inscribed

1693

Equinoctial sun dial, c. 1694.

1694

Bronze Axehead from France, Bronze Age

2000-500 BCE

Bronze Spearhead without Shaft, European, Bronze Age

2000-500 BCE

Bronze Chisel-head, Britanny, France, Bronze Age

2000-500 BCE

Copper Axehead from Ancient Egypt, 1991-1786BC

1991-1786 BCE

Copper Axehead from Ancient Egypt, 1991-1786BC

1991-1786 BCE

Bronze Adze with Modern Wooden Handle, Bronze Age

2000-500 BCE

Twelve German jetons, 16th century.

1501-1600; 1978

Two wooden printing blocks

1800-1600

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

Black haematite weight, Syrian

circa 1700-1600 BCE

Black haematite weight, Syrian

circa 1700-1600 BCE

Black haematite Syrian weight, barrel shaped, from Gaza, Phoenician system

circa 1700-1600 BCE