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Deck-watch used by Capt. George Vancouver on board HMS Discovery 1791-5

1791

Lever escapement watch by Josiah Emery

1792

Marine timekeeper with constant force escapement by Josiah Emery

1792

Silver watch with unusual Robin escapement

1792

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

The Rev Dr Priestley's House and Elaboratory

1792

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Toothbrush set

1791-1792

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

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

1705-1737

Theodolite used for the Principal Triangulation of Great Britain

1791

Half-quarter repeating gold watch by Mudge and Dutton

1791

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

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

Model of submersible 'Turtle'

1976; 1776

Copy of Lodestone believed to have been used by Queen Anne

1929 (copy); 1702-1714 (original)

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

300 BCE; 1905-1915

Irish Linen Industry

1791

Reproduction of Joseph Priestley's oxygen apparatus

1774; 1923

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

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

1730; 1967

Ancient Egyptian flint saw, replica

circa 3000 BCE

Coalbrookdale Halfpenny Token

1792

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

2000 BCE

Bronze trade token

1792

Trade token

1791

Copper engraving

1792

Bronze trade token

1791

Bronze revolutionary coin or token

1792

Bronze money token

1791

Circular bronze trade token

1791

Bronze trade token

1792

Bronze medal to commemorate the storming of the Tuileries Palace

1792

Metal trade token struck by the revolutionary government at Paris

1792

Coalbrookdale halfpenny token, 1792.

1792

Carmarthen halfpenny token

1791

Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle

1791

Aquatint - sepia toned

1792

Aquatint - sepia toned

1792

Copper coin minted by the French Revolutionary Government

1792

Middlesex halfpenny token, 1791.

1791

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

1877 (copy); 1700-1731 (original)

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Spade' coin Guinea of George III

1791

Spade' coin Guinea of George III

1791

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Petit-Ecu of Three Livres coin of Louis XVI (France)

1791