Barnard Tompion clock
1708
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Edmund Culpeper
1720
Sector by Bion
1700-1720
Le Cabinet de M. Le Clerc
circa 1711
Demainbray's Newcomen engine model
1720
Graphometer with magnetic compass
1710-1720
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Compound microscope
1701-1723
Compass plane
1717
Print of Henry Beighton's Engraving of a Newcomen Engine
1717-1725
Compound microscope
1700
Mezzotint portrait of John Theophilus Desaguliers
1725
Orrery made by John Rowley for the Earl of Orrery
1712-1713
Dividing engine for making sextants and octants
Made late 1700s, modified 1800s
Albarello vase decorated with country villa scene
1725
Albarello vase decorated with scene of country villa
1725
Storage jar
1714
Hexagonal table clock by Johann Schmidtbaur
1700-1725
Watch movement with mock pendulum
1725
Gold repeating watch by William Webster
circa 1715
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
Statue of goddess Vishnu
1800- 500 BCE
Clay tobacco pipe
1700-1716
Forceps, spring-action, steel
1801-190
Lancet case
1718
Silver bleeding bowl
1704
Bleeding bowl
circa 1700
Clay tobacco pipe
1860-1715
Mummified bird, Egypt, 2000-100 BCE
2000-100 BCE
Mummy of a crocodile, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE
2000-1001 BCE
Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB
1990-95
5" brass octagonal table clock with glass sides
early 17th century onwards
Nocturnal boxwood and brass
1702
Plaque showing dental and surgical operations, Europe, 1801-1900
1300-1700; 1801-1900
Pocket Watch in Triple Case by Quare, 1705-1720
1705-1720
Universal pocket sundial
1701-1721
Set of four sand-glasses
1720
Repeating Pocket Watch by Daniel Quare, 1705-1715
1705-1715
Verge watch in inner and outer case
1700
Egyptian weight, 12th Dynasty
circa 1800 BCE
Rushlight and candle holder, iron
circa 1720
Silver touchpiece
1701-1715
Silver touchpiece probably issued by James III, the 'Old Pretender'
1715-1716
Bedpan
1701-180
Slide-rule, 12-inch, boxwood
1713