'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
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
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
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
Replica Bavarian reckoning cloth, German, 16th century.
1501-1600; 1972
Model of submersible 'Turtle'
1976; 1776
Model of an Egyptian boat in XII Dynasty Tomb
1991-1783 BCE
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)
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
door knocker from the Great Hall of Lewis's Department Store
1870-1800
Rigged model of Flemish carvel construction Carrack
1910-1921
Model of a Phoenician bireme ship
1845-1964
Copy of model of a sheep's liver. Original Babylonian, c. 2050-1750 BC.
2050-1750 BCE
Oil jar, Egypt, 1580-1350BCE
2000-1350 BCE
Acheulian flint hand axe, c 10000-5000 BC.
10000-5001 BCE
Replica of Roman steelyard, from Pompeii, 79 AD
1-79 CE; before 1914
Plano-convex brick, Ubaid, Iraq, c 2500 BC.
2500 BCE
Copy of forceps made from an Egyptian sculpture, Kom-Ombos, Egypt, 1901-1936
1901-1936; 180 BCE
Copy of Lodestone believed to have been used by Queen Anne
1929 (copy); 1702-1714 (original)
European astrolabe by Arsenius, 1566
1566; 1876
Rigged model of 'Santa Maria'
1920-1923; 1963
Mummified cat, ancient Egypt, 2000-100 BCE
2000-100 BCE
Marine barometer by R.B. Bate
mid-1800s
Replica of a 10th Century Saxon Pocket Sundial, 1939-1950
1939-1950 (replica); 901-1000 CE (original)