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Portrait mezzotint print from engraving of Phelps Thomas and Bartlett John, 1778

1778

Repeating clock-watch with dials on front and back by Gautrin, Paris

1780

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Spoon with folding handle

1778

English wooden doll

circa 1780

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Achromatic doublet lens with a focal length of 52 inches

1780

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

1705-1737

Engraving of a demonstration to compare lightning conductor designs

1778-1780

'Dutch forgery' watch signed John Wilter

1780

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

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

1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

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

Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB

1990-95

Copy of Roman artificial leg, London, England, 1905-1915

300 BCE; 1905-1915

Model of a Phoenician bireme ship

1845-1964

Jonathan Hull's 'A Description and Draught of a Newly-Invented Machine'

1850-1899

Reproduction of Joseph Priestley's oxygen apparatus

1774; 1923

Apothecary's balance

1778-1780

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

2000-100 BCE

Regulator clock made by Vulliamy for King George III

1780

Wooden backstaff or Davis quadrant made by John Gilbert on Tower Hill

1730; 1967

Circular instrument dividing engine

1778

Model of Ggantija megalithic temple on the Maltese island of Gozo, 3000-2500 BC.

3000-2500 BCE

Ancient Egyptian flint saw, replica

circa 3000 BCE

Reversible axe on adze, green stone blade, North Papua (Astrolabe Bay)

2000 BCE

Silver medal commemorating Jean Charles Desessartz

1778

Bronze prize medal awarded by university founded by M. Le Marechal de Mailly

1778

Copper medal

1781

Circular silver medal

1778

White metal token of the "Maison Philanthropique de Paris"

1781

Medal, silver, obverse strike only

1676; 1840-1865

Medal, bronze, commemorating Thomas le Vacher de la Feutrie

1780

Copper medal

1780

Medal, silver, octagonal

1779

Small bronze medal designed by T. Holloway commemorating Peter Clare and London Society of Surgeons

1779

Mrs. Everitt and her son - The gigantic infant

1780

Copper medal commemorating Thomas Le Vacher de la Feutrie as dean of Paris medical school 1779 to 1780

1780

Portrait. J.Buxton. Mezzotint 1781

1781

Six's maximum and minimum thermometer

1780

Six's maximum and minimum thermometer

1780

Six's maximum and minimum thermometer

1780

Six's maximum and minimum thermometer

1780

Six's maximum and minimum thermometer

1780

Six's maximum and minimum thermometer

1780

Six's maximum and minimum thermometer

1780