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Gold lever escapement watch by John Leroux

1785

Watch movement with spring detent escapement by John Arnold and Son

1787

Praeclarissimus Isaacus Newton Eques

1787

Pivoted-detent escapement watch by Larcum Kendall

1786

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Medal, Blanchard's balloon ascent, Nuremberg, Germany, 1787

1785

Medal commemorating balloon flight of Blanchard at Frankfurt

1785

Model of William Murdock's Oscillating Engine, 1785.

1785

Mr Lunardi's New Balloon

1785

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

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

1705-1737

Parts from a constant-force escapement by Thomas Mudge

1785

Marine chronometer movement by Brockbanks

1787

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Engraving Carte de la Rade e Cherbourg levée en l'année 1787

1787

Mrs. Sage

1785

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

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

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

2000-100 BCE

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

1730; 1967

Ancient Egyptian flint saw, replica

circa 3000 BCE

Friar Bacon

1786

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

2000 BCE

Silver medal

1786

The body of a Young Man Taken Out Of The Water Apparently Dead In The Sight Of The Distressed Parents

1787

Mr. Arnold & his Balloon

1785

Silver medal commemorating centenary of founding of Berlin College of Medicine under Margrave

1785

Medal, silver, commemorating some operation for the King by Johann Chr. Ant. Theden

1787

Reeded silver medal commemorating E.C. Bourru

1787

Circular silver medal

1786

Silver medal commemorating the founding of the Frisian Academy

1785

Yellow metal (copper ?) medal, Deans medal of Pari

1787

Medal, silver, possibly advertising trade token for Maison Philanthropique de Versailles

1786

Circular silver medal

1787

Medal, silver, obverse strike only

1676; 1840-1865

Medal commemorating Carl Wilhelm Scheele

1786

Circular bronze medal

1786

Engraving, portrait, Pilatre de Rozier

1786

Print: etching

1787

Jean Pierre Blanchard

1785

Silver medal commemorating the Maison Philanthropique de Versailles

1786

Bronze Axehead from France, Bronze Age

2000-500 BCE

Bronze Spearhead without Shaft, European, Bronze Age

2000-500 BCE