Rotative Steam Engine by Boulton and Watt, 1788
1788
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
Richard Arkwright
1790
Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772
1772 (original); 1919 (model)
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
Pendulum clock designed by Galileo in 1642 and made by his son in 1649, model.
1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)
Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB
1990-95
Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)
1668; 1924
Model of submersible 'Turtle'
1976; 1776
Telescope by Galileo (replica)
1610; 1923
Copy of Roman artificial leg, London, England, 1905-1915
300 BCE; 1905-1915
Copy of Lodestone believed to have been used by Queen Anne
1929 (copy); 1702-1714 (original)
Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936
1936
Wooden backstaff or Davis quadrant made by John Gilbert on Tower Hill
1730; 1967
Iron Weight
1910-130
One of two Sumerian solid cylindrical weights
circa 2000 BCE
2 circular plaster casts of the 2 halves of a Greek coin
700-100 BCE; 1930-1950
Roman stone water main
30
Replica of Roman equal-arm balance, from Pompeii, 79 AD
1-79 CE; before 1914
View of the Boiling Spring in Iceland Called the Great Geyser
1789
Circular white metal medal
1789
Earthenware jug
2000-1350
Alabaster bottle
2000-1350
Earthenware jug
2000-1350
Alabaster bottle
2000-1350
Alabaster bottle
1850-1350
Flint knife blade
10,000-2,000 BCE
View of the Boiling Spring in Iceland Called the New Geyser
1789
A view of the mouth of a coal pit...
1788
Crab with contrate gear, in wooden frame
circa 1790
Pap boat
1789-1790
Model of a Viking Ship of about A.D.900, excavated from Gokstad
1913; circa 900 CE
Altazimuth theodolite, British, 1785-1795
1790
Standard Rutherford minimum thermometer
1790 (designed)
Excavated neolithic flint perhaps used for trephination
3000-1500
Silver vinaigrette
1790
Alabaster mortar
2000-1350
Copy of clay liver used for divination, original from Babylon, 2050-1750 BCE
2050-1750 BCE
Harpenden pocket stadiometer sent out to Ludlow Boys' School as part of a series of nationwide measurements
1972-3
Wheel cutting machine with milling cutter
1789
Plano-convex brick, Ubaid, Iraq, c 2500 BC.
2500 BCE