Half-penny coin
1806
'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799
1775-1799 (original); 1900-1907 (model)
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
Machine-Screw thread making tool, by Henry Maudslay
circa 1800
Piston and Rod, from Newcomen Pumping Engine 'Old Sarah'
1815
Plaster cast of Matthew Boulton
1809
Marine barometer by R.B. Bate
mid-1800s
Sunderland ware jug decorated with pink lustre bands and splashes
1813
Boring machine, Yard No. 642
1804-1807
Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement
1705-1737
Repeating watch movement by Vulliamy
1800
Gold watch with spring detent escapement by Ellicott and Taylor
1815
Gold and enamel half-quarter repeater watch by Brockbanks
1812
Watch with chaff-cutter escapement by John Grant
1804
Watch movement by John Grant
1800
Souscription watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet
circa 1801
Silver vinaigrette with hinged lid
1809
Leaflet for a work entitled 'Cases of successful practice with Perkin's Patent Metallic Tractors'.
1801
Silver ear trumpet hearing aid, London, England, 1814
1814
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
Trevithick's High Pressure Steam Engine and Boiler, c. 1806
1805-1806
Telescope by Galileo (replica)
1610; 1923
Tin can used for the early preservation of food
1812
Model of submersible 'Turtle'
1976; 1776
Surgical instrument set, London, England, 1810-1812
1810-1812
Model of Henry Maudslay's table engine, 1807
1807
Glass display case containing various cosmetic devices from the 1700s, England, 1880-1930
1701-1800
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
Silhouette of child
circa 1810
Silhouette of man
circa 1810
Revised Classification of Merchandise Traffic and Revised Schedule of Maximum Rates and Charges Applicable thereto, proposed to be charged by the Eastern and Midlands Railway Company
1889-02
Aquatint print of design of cast iron bridge by Thomas Telford, 1801
1801
Observations taken at a small water mill at Hitchin
1809 Sept 14
The Costume of Yorkshire
1814
The Costume of Great Britain
1805
Two aquatints after Rowlandson and Pugin
1808
Reproduction of Joseph Priestley's oxygen apparatus
1774; 1923
Set of apothecaries' scales
1800-1817
Apothecary's balance with steel beam and hallmarked and silver pans
1805-1810
Iron Works, Colebrook Dale
1805
Richard Trevithick
1816
Differential Screw Micrometer and case
1801-1811
Astronomical Rotula produced by Thomas Jones 1817
1817
Chronometer with case and accessories
circa 1800
Wollaston slide rule of chemical equivalents, 1814.
1814
Walker's Railway Time Table, and Coach, Omnibus and Carriers' List
1883-01
George Bidder, the Mental Calculator
1817