Image
Category
Collection
Maker
On Display
Object type
Place
Material
Date

Barnard Tompion clock

1708

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Edmund Culpeper

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

Compass plane

1717

Orrery made by John Rowley for the Earl of Orrery

1712-1713

Storage jar

1714

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

Forceps, spring-action, steel

1801-190

Lancet case

1718

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

Plaque showing dental and surgical operations, Europe, 1801-1900

1300-1700; 1801-1900

Pocket Watch in Triple Case by Quare, 1705-1720

1705-1720

Set of four sand-glasses

1720

Repeating Pocket Watch by Daniel Quare, 1705-1715

1705-1715

Egyptian weight, 12th Dynasty

circa 1800 BCE

Rushlight and candle holder, iron

circa 1720

Silver touchpiece probably issued by James III, the 'Old Pretender'

1715-1716

Slide-rule, 12-inch, boxwood

1713

Leather case for Slide-rule

1713

Watch with verge escapement

1710-1720

Verge repeater

1720

Replica of Islamic Astrolabe

1066; 1876

Two washers

15/7/27

Engraving, `Befeuchtet zu Leuchten'. An oil lamp. Nuremberg

1709

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

Shell used as Ink and Paint Well, Egypt, 3000 BCE

3000 BCE

Small Stone Age

8500-2000 BCE

Flint hand tool, side-scraper, made in the Stone Age.

8500-2000 BCE

Flint hand tool, side-scraper, made in the Stone Age.

8500-2000 BCE

Flint hand tool

8500-2000 BCE