Coalbrookdale by Night by Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg
1801
'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799
1775-1799 (original); 1900-1907 (model)
Machine-Screw thread making tool, by Henry Maudslay
circa 1800
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
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Telescope by Galileo (replica)
1610; 1923
Pocket globe in case by Dudley Adams
1799-1802
Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772
1772 (original); 1919 (model)
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB
1990-95
Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement
1705-1737
Stipple-engraved portrait of Margaret Bryan and two children
1797
Divers Projets
1798
Electrotype replica of a 16th-century mariner’s astrolabe
1580-1588; 1930
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
Copy of Roman artificial leg, London, England, 1905-1915
300 BCE; 1905-1915
Model of Gutenberg's Press, 1430
1960-1979
Copy of clay liver used for divination, original from Babylon, 2050-1750 BCE
2050-1750 BCE
Small screw-cutting device or fusee engine for clock-maker's use
circa 1800
Silver pill box, Birmingham, England, 1797
1797
Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936
1936
Model of Henry Cavendish's Torsion Balance Gravitational Apparatus, 1798
1798 (original); 1977 (model)
Mummy of a peregrine falcon, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE
2000-1001 BCE
Glass display case containing various cosmetic devices from the 1700s, England, 1880-1930
1701-1800
Replica of Lightning Conductor by Benjamin Franklin, United States, 1730-1760
1730-1760 (original); 1931-1939 (replica)
Model of Mud House
6000-5000BCE
Working model of Hero's Aeolipile
100-1 BCE; 1501-1600; 1914
Burial mask of Agamemnon, Greek, c. 1550 BCE
1600-1500 BCE (original); 1900-1914 (copy)
shadow ball
1800s
Watch and compass by Benjamin Webb
1799
Replica Bavarian reckoning cloth, German, 16th century.
1501-1600; 1972
Half-penny coin
1799
Transverse folding spectacles
1796-1798
The Patent Gymnasticon
1798
Model of submersible 'Turtle'
1976; 1776
Model of an Egyptian boat in XII Dynasty Tomb
1991-1783 BCE
Silver pill box engraved with a triangular pattern, Birmingham, England, 1801
1801
Portrait of an East Indiaman sailing from Madras by Robert Dodd
1797
Marine chronometer by John Arnold
1802
Model of an Assyrian kelek or raft of inflated ox-hides, one of three models of Babylonian vessels of skin
700 BCE; 1931
First Public Demonstration of a Montgolfier Balloon, 4th June, 1783.
1783; 1914
Ancient Egyptian flint saw, replica
circa 3000 BCE
Watt's Pumping Engine 'Old Bess', 1777
1777 (original); 1894 (model)
Dr. Witherings botanical microscope
1801
Flint hand tool, side-scraper, made in the Stone Age.
8500-2000 BCE
Model of a Printing Press, 1701-1800
1701-1800; 1982
Replica of Islamic Astrolabe
1066; 1876
Marine chronometer by Brockbanks
1802
door knocker from the Great Hall of Lewis's Department Store
1870-1800