Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775
1775
Watt's end measuring machine
1776
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Spoon with folding handle
1778
Telescope by Galileo (replica)
1610; 1923
Portrait mezzotint print from engraving of Phelps Thomas and Bartlett John, 1778
1778
Pivoted-detent escapement watch by John Arnold
1776
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772
1772 (original); 1919 (model)
Octagonal wooden telescope with slot down one side and moveable eyepice
1772-1773
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
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
Arkwright's Water Frame
1775
Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB
1990-95
Copy of a bloodletting measuring device, England, 1977
1977; 1204-1206
Replica of Lightning Conductor by Benjamin Franklin, United States, 1730-1760
1730-1760 (original); 1931-1939 (replica)
Pendulum clock designed by Galileo in 1642 and made by his son in 1649, model.
1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)
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
Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)
1668; 1924
Carding machine by Richard Arkwright, 1775, believed to be from Cromford Mill, Derbyshire.
c.1775
Steelyard balance for weighing gold coins
1775
Six-fold linear measure, bone, Spanish, 1776
1776
Two washers
15/7/27
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
Persian pottery measure
circa 3000 BCE
Persian pottery measure
circa 3000 BCE
Flint Handaxe from Egypt, Neolithic
9000-2700 BCE
Trade token
1772
RGD Television
1965-195
One of two Sumerian solid cylindrical weights
circa 2000 BCE
Model of a Greek Trireme
1900-1943
Flint hand tool from Al-Fayyum in Egypt, Stone Age.
8500-2000 BCE
Flint hand tool from Al-Fayyum in Egypt, Stone Age.
8500-2000 BCE
Flint hand tool from Al-Fayyum in Egypt, Stone Age.
8500-2000 BCE
Flint hand tool from Al-Fayyum in Egypt, Stone Age.
8500-2000 BCE
Polished stone axe head, Stone Age.
8500-2000 BCE
Polished stone axe head, Stone Age.
8500-2000 BCE