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Camera Obscura, sliding box construction with hinged ground glass screen cover, c.1800.

Camera Obscura

circa 1800

Set square, made and used by Henry Maudslay, c. 1800

Set square

1800

Watch, verge movement

Watch, verge movement

1800

Watch, verge movement

Watch, verge movement

1800

Watch, verge movement

Watch, verge movement

1800

Watch, verge movement

Watch, verge movement

1800

Watch with cylinder movement

Watch

1800

Watch with cylinder movement

Watch

1800

Clock, longcase, gravity regulator

Longcase clock

1800

Watch movement with fric rest

Watch movement

1800

Excavated bronze age skull showing 4 healed trephinings, from Jericho, 2200-2000BC

Bronze Age skull from Jericho, Palestine

2200-2000 BCE

Model of Douglas D.C,-3 aircraft, scale 1:24.

Douglas DC-3 'Dakota', late 1930s.

1939-45

Model of English Electric "Lightning" aircraft, scale 1:24.

English Electric Lightning, 1949-1960.

1949-60

Flymo Super Professional 47 rotary air cushion mower

Flymo Super Professional 47 rotary air cushion mower

1979-80

Rigged model of 16-gun schooner, 1800 (Prisoner-of-War model).

Rigged model of 16-gun schooner

circa 1800

Bubble-tube level, by Fraser and Son, c. 1800

Bubble-tube level, 1795-1805

1800

Original screw-cutting lathe, made by Henry Maudslay, end of 18th century

Henry Maudslay's original screw-cutting lathe, c.1800

circa 1800

Button, South Eastern & Chatham Railway, brass, laurel wreath with crown and SE&CR over, 1901-23. Dimensions: 1" dia.

Brass button, South Eastern & Chatham Railway

1901-23

Button, South Eastern & Chatham Railway, brass. Laurel wreath with crown surmounted by SE&CR, back marked 'Superb Quality'. Dimensions: 17mm dia.

Button, South Eastern & Chatham Railway

1901-23

Watch, verge movement

Watch, verge movement

1800

Watch, verge movement

Watch, verge movement

1800

Watch, verge movement

Watch, verge movement

1800

Sundial and compass

Sundial and compass

1800

Watch movement with duplex escapement

Watch movement

1800

Watch, pedometer

Watch, pedometer

1800

Watch with detent

Watch

1800

Watch with cylinder movement

Watch

1800

Watch, verge movement

Watch, verge movement

1801

Clock, longcase movement

Longcase clock movement

1801

Watch with fric rest movement

Watch

1800

Watch, verge movement

Watch, verge movement

1800

Watch alarm

Watch alarm

1800

Model of a Montgolfier Balloon, 1783

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

1783; 1914

Model of English Electric "Canberra" Jet bomber, scale 1:24.

The English Electric Canberra jet bomber, 1950.

1950-59

Small mouldmade brick from courtyard around barn at Turnours Hall, Chigwell, chrome yellow colour, uneven shape c1800, 6" x 2 .5" x 1.5" approx.

Small mouldmade brick from courtyard around barn at Turnours Hall

1800

Button shank machine, patented 1794 (patent no. 2010) by Ralph Heaton, Birmingham.

Button shank machine, 1794 patent

circa 1800

Model of a double acting beam type condensing engine with conical drop valves worked by an eccentric.

Model of a double acting beam type condensing engine

circa 1800

Faience Eye of Horus amulet, right eye, Egyptian, 4000 BCE-30 BCE

Eye of Horus amulet

4000-30 BCE

Stone amulet, heart, Egyptian, 4000-30BC

Heart-shaped stone amulet, Egyptian

4000-30 BCE

Rigged model, Scale 1:36, of an English Well Smack (after Chapman's Architecture Novalis Mercatoria, 1768), by Major Raban Williams, Ringmore, Devon, England, March 1937. These vessels were used by the fishing fleet of Shetland to bring fish to market as fresh as possible. Therefore they needed to be fast and were built for speed.

Rigged model of an English Well Smack

1936-37

Jasper amulet, thet, Egyptian, 4000-30BC

Thet (or tyet) amulet, Ancient Egyptian, 4000-30 BC.

4000-30 BCE

English delftware syrup jar, decorated in blue and white with the winged angel pattern, labelled V: AEGYPTIA: (Egyptian ointment), used for ulcers especially in the mouth, 1675-1685

English delftware syrup jar

1975-1685

Faience amulet, Anubis, Egyptian, 4000-30BC

Faience amulet, Anubis, Egyptian, 4000-30BC

4000-30 BCE

Lapis lazuli amulet of Thoth, Egyptian, 4000-30BC

Amulet representing the god Thoth

4000-30 BCE

Battery of Leyden jars

Battery of Leyden jars

1800

Model of lead-rolling mill worked by four horses, based on descriptions des Arts et Metiers and Encylopedie Methodique, scale 1:16

Model of lead-rolling mill worked by four horses

1988, model; 1701-1800, original

Working model of Watt's parallel motion

Watt's Parallel Motion, 1784

1784 (original); 1986 (model)

A fibreglass cast of the 15th corbel in St. Martin's Church, Salisbury, showing spectacles of the earliest known style worn in Europe, made Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, 1960.

Replica of Corbel with Spectacles, 15th Century

1401-1500 (original); 1960 (model)

Drawing of apparatus described by Hero AD 50

Drawing of apparatus described by Hero

1897; 50 CE

Plaster replica of a Roman dedication slab, with a relief depicting Aesculapius and Salus (Hygieia), dedicated by a Doctor in the Roman Army in Britain, original probably 180-220, English(?) , cast 1879-1920

Plaster replica of a Roman dedication slab

180-220 CE