Image
Category
Collection
Maker
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Object type
Place
Material
Date

Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775

1775

Pivoted-detent escapement watch by John Arnold

1776

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Watt's end measuring machine

1776

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Arkwright's Water Frame

1775

Mezzotint portrait of John Bird

1776

Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement

1705-1737

Gold watch by Raymont

1772

Gold and enamel pair cased watch by Justin Vulliamy

1775

Chronometer movement by John Arnold

1775

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Octagonal wooden telescope with slot down one side and moveable eyepice

1772-1773

Oil paintings

1773

Oil paintings

1774

Reproduction of Joseph Priestley's oxygen apparatus

1774; 1923

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

1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)

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

2000-100 BCE

Roman stone water main

30

Replica of Roman equal-arm balance, from Pompeii, 79 AD

1-79 CE; before 1914

Steel urethrotome

1801-1700

Surface Condenser and Air Pump, England, 1775

1775

Remains of a Cornish pumping engine, 'Old Bess', built by James Watt, 1777.

1777

Model of an Egyptian boat in XII Dynasty Tomb

1991-1783 BCE

Spindle with Whorl, Stone Age

5000-500 BCE

Stone slab with seven holes for cosmetic ointments, Egypt, 1991-1786 BCE

1991-1786 BCE

Small silver medal

1775

Medal to commemorate the building of the School of Surgery in Paris

1774

Small silver medal

1775

Copy of forceps made from an Egyptian sculpture, Kom-Ombos, Egypt, 1901-1936

1901-1936; 180 BCE

Casts of Chinese zodiac figures (Tang dynasty)

1871-1900 (copy); 618-907 CE (original)

Casts of Chinese zodiac figures (Tang dynasty)

1871-1900 (copy); 618-907 CE (original)

Casts of Chinese zodiac figures (Tang dynasty)

1871-1900 (copy); 618-907 CE (original)

Calculating machine invented by Charles Stanhope in 1777, with mahogany case

1777

Model of a Viking Ship of about A.D.900, excavated from Gokstad

1913; circa 900 CE

Replica of Lightning Conductor by Benjamin Franklin, United States, 1730-1760

1730-1760 (original); 1931-1939 (replica)

Replica of Roman steelyard, from Pompeii, 79 AD

1-79 CE; before 1914

Earthenware oil jar

2000-1350

Earthenware oil jar

2000-1350

Earthenware oil jar

2000-1350

Earthenware dish

2000-1350

Alabaster kohl pot

2000-1350

Calf's Head Weight

1370-1350 BCE; 1931

Solid bronze phallic amulet in form of priapus with hind legs and tail of horse

30-200

Plaster replica of black Basalt Cubit Rod 531

1931; 250 BCE

Polished steel equal-arm balance, 1772-1775

1772-1775

Alabaster mortar

2000-1350

English coin-weights and scales by John William Herbertz

1775

Copy of an Egyptian bas-relief, Europe, 1801-1930

1801-1930