Marine Timekeeper known as 'H5' by John Harrison and Son 1770
1770
Mural arc made for King George III
1770
Section of lightning conductor from St Paul’s cathedral
1769
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Mezzotint: Portrait of John Arnold
1770
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement
1705-1737
Arkwright's prototype spinning machine, 1769.
1769
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
Pendulum clock designed by Galileo in 1642 and made by his son in 1649, model.
1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)
Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB
1990-95
Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)
1668; 1924
Telescope by Galileo (replica)
1610; 1923
Copy of Roman artificial leg, London, England, 1905-1915
300 BCE; 1905-1915
Copy of Lodestone believed to have been used by Queen Anne
1929 (copy); 1702-1714 (original)
Oil paintings
1769
Transit telescope
1770
Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936
1936
Wooden backstaff or Davis quadrant made by John Gilbert on Tower Hill
1730; 1967
Iron Weight
1910-130
One of two Sumerian solid cylindrical weights
circa 2000 BCE
2 circular plaster casts of the 2 halves of a Greek coin
700-100 BCE; 1930-1950
Roman stone water main
30
Milby Cut bridge girder, 1769
1769
Replica of Roman equal-arm balance, from Pompeii, 79 AD
1-79 CE; before 1914
Earthenware jug
2000-1350
Alabaster bottle
2000-1350
Earthenware jug
2000-1350
Alabaster bottle
2000-1350
Alabaster bottle
1850-1350
Flint knife blade
10,000-2,000 BCE
Model of a Viking Ship of about A.D.900, excavated from Gokstad
1913; circa 900 CE
Excavated neolithic flint perhaps used for trephination
3000-1500
Mezzotint engraved portrait of Brindley by Dunkarton after Parsons
1770
Alabaster mortar
2000-1350
Copy of clay liver used for divination, original from Babylon, 2050-1750 BCE
2050-1750 BCE
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
Clay tobacco pipe
1860-1715
Egyptian weight, 12th Dynasty
circa 1800 BCE
Verge repeating watch
1713-1750
Cylinder watch in pair case
1692-1730
Replica of Islamic Astrolabe
1066; 1876
Two washers
15/7/27
Portrait, Sir George Savile Bart.
1770
Two washers
15/7/27
Engraving of Graving dock
1840-160
Polished stone (Chert) weight from excavations at Mohenjodaro
circa 3000 BCE