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Rotative Steam Engine by Boulton and Watt, 1788

1788

Watch movement with spring detent escapement by John Arnold and Son

1787

Praeclarissimus Isaacus Newton Eques

1787

Chronometer watch in silver case by John Arnold and Son

hallmarked 1788

Deck watch by John Arnold and Son

1790

Verge watch in Staffordshire enamelled case by Ann Phillips

1790

Silver watch by Brockbanks

1790

Guilloché enamel watch displaying solar and sidereal time, by George Margetts

1790

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Set of magnetical apparatus in case, by Adams

1790

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

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

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

Richard Arkwright

1790

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

Mercury stick barometer by Baptist Ronchetti

circa 1790; circa 1790

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

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

2000 BCE

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

1787

John Whitehurst F.R.S.

1788

Bronze medal celebrating the Confederation of France under the new constitution

1790

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

1787

Silver medal commemorating 100th birthday of Cornelia Bierens

1790

Reeded silver medal commemorating E.C. Bourru

1787

Bronze medal to commemorate the formation of the National Assembly

1789

Silver medal or token

1789

Silver medal

1790

Bronze medal to commemorate Louis XVI and the National Assembly

1789

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

1787

Medal, silver, commemorating Edmond-Claude Bourru

1788

Circular silver medal

1787

Silver medal

1789

Medal, silver, obverse strike only

1676; 1840-1865

Circular gilt medal

1790

Medal, silvered, Hippocrates

1789

Print: etching

1787

Improved Withering Botanic microscope

1790