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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

Pivoted-detent escapement watch by Larcum Kendall

1786

Watch movement with spring detent escapement by John Arnold and Son

1787

Musical table clock by Thwaites for Barraud

1788

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

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

1705-1737

Watch with spring detent escapement by John Arnold and Son

1788

Gold lever escapement watch by John Leroux

1785

Parts from a constant-force escapement by Thomas Mudge

1785

Marine chronometer movement by Brockbanks

1787

Mrs. Sage

1785

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

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

1990-95

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

Rotative Steam Engine by Boulton and Watt, 1788

1788

Model of Gutenberg's Press, 1430

1960-1979

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

Model of a Montgolfier Balloon, 1783

First Public Demonstration of a Montgolfier Balloon, 4th June, 1783.

1783; 1914

Circular silver medal

1786

Bronze medal to commemorate Louis XVI and the National Assembly

1789

Silver medal commemorating the founding of the Frisian Academy

1785

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

1787

Medal, silver, commemorating Edmond-Claude Bourru

1788

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

1786

Circular silver medal

1787

Silver medal

1789

Medal, silver, obverse strike only

1676; 1840-1865

Circular bronze medal

1786

Medal, silvered, Hippocrates

1789

Engraving, portrait, Pilatre de Rozier

1786

Print: etching

1787

Jean Pierre Blanchard

1785

Silver medal commemorating the Maison Philanthropique de Versailles

1786

Copy of Musschenbroek's Pyrometer (Dilatometer), 1700-1731.

1877 (copy); 1700-1731 (original)

Precision Balance, in mahogany and glass case

1788

Bronze Axehead from France, Bronze Age

2000-500 BCE

Bronze Spearhead without Shaft, European, Bronze Age

2000-500 BCE

Bronze Chisel-head, Britanny, France, Bronze Age

2000-500 BCE

Copper Axehead from Ancient Egypt, 1991-1786BC

1991-1786 BCE

Copper Axehead from Ancient Egypt, 1991-1786BC

1991-1786 BCE

Bronze Adze with Modern Wooden Handle, Bronze Age

2000-500 BCE

Twelve German jetons, 16th century.

1501-1600; 1978

Two wooden printing blocks

1800-1600

Gold Louis d'Or coin of Louis XVI (France)

1786

Half-Real coin of Charles III (Spain)

1785

Spade' coin Guinea of George III

1788

Spade' coin Guinea of George III

1789