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Coalbrookdale by Night by Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg

1801

Stanhope square demonstrator, c.1805.

circa 1805

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Souscription watch, by Abraham-Louis Breguet

1805

'Souscription' watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet

1800

Quarter-repeating gold watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet

circa 1808

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Conjectural model of Trevithick's locomotive 'Catch-me-who-can'

1808

Ready reckoner for ship's cargoes

1807

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Gold watch by John Gibson, Royal Exchange

1808

Watch with four outer cases, made by Edward Prior for the Turkish export market

1800

Spring-detent escapement watch in a gold case by Reid & Co. London

1807

Spring-detent escapement watch with gold case by John Barwise

1800

Compass

1800

Under-painted horn pair cased watch by George Flote

1800

Gold watch by Recordon

1807

A skeleton clock designed to represent the terrestial globe by Henry Gratte

1800

A Royal watch by Samuel Houston

1807

Marine chronometer by John Arnold

1802

Marine chronometer by Brockbanks

1802

Half-penny coin

1806

Souscription watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet

circa 1801

Silver vinaigrette with hinged lid

1809

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Marine barometer by R.B. Bate

mid-1800s

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

1705-1737

Repeating watch movement by Vulliamy

1800

Watch with chaff-cutter escapement by John Grant

1804

Watch movement by John Grant

1800

Leaflet for a work entitled 'Cases of successful practice with Perkin's Patent Metallic Tractors'.

1801

Half-penny coin

1806

Pendulum clock designed by Galileo in 1642 and made by his son in 1649, model.

1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB

1990-95

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

Model of Gutenberg's Press, 1430

1960-1979

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

Maudslay 's Lord Chancellor bench micrometer

1805

Model of a Montgolfier Balloon, 1783

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

1783; 1914

Bronze medal, commemorates A. Sacco, artist Tadoli

1802

Bronze medal commemorating the new workhouse at Genoa

1806

Small bronze medal by Galle commemorating Xavier Bichat founder of Societe Medicale d' aemulation de Paris

1807

Small silver medal or token commemorating Dr. Jenner's discovery of smallpox vaccination and naming Dr. Bremer of Berlin

1803

Bronze medal to commemorate the Italian constitution under Napoleon Bonaparte

1804

Bronze medal

1801

Bronze medal struck in Italy in 1802

1802

Bronze medal commemorating public health under the first French Republic

1800

Bronze prize medal of the Imperial Academy

1808

Medal commemorating Franz Joseph Gall

1805