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Coalbrookdale by Night by Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg

1801

Marine chronometer by Brockbanks

1802

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

1775-1799 (original); 1900-1907 (model)

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

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

1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)

Scientific Researches! - New Discoveries in Pneumaticks! - or, an Experimental Lecture on the Powers of Air

1802

Marine chronometer by John Arnold

1802

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Souscription watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet

circa 1801

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Silver pill box engraved with a triangular pattern, Birmingham, England, 1801

1801

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

1705-1737

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

1801

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

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

1990-95

Replica of Lightning Conductor by Benjamin Franklin, United States, 1730-1760

1730-1760 (original); 1931-1939 (replica)

Model Boat from Cyclades, 2800 BC

2800 BCE

Dr. Witherings botanical microscope

1801

Ancient Egyptian flint saw, replica

circa 3000 BCE

Model of Henry Cavendish's Torsion Balance Gravitational Apparatus, 1798

1798 (original); 1977 (model)

Copy of clay liver used for divination, original from Babylon, 2050-1750 BCE

2050-1750 BCE

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

Copy of Roman artificial leg, London, England, 1905-1915

300 BCE; 1905-1915

Model of Gutenberg's Press, 1430

1960-1979

Model of a Phoenician bireme ship

1845-1964

Model of an Assyrian kelek or raft of inflated ox-hides, one of three models of Babylonian vessels of skin

700 BCE; 1931

Mummy of a peregrine falcon, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE

2000-1001 BCE

Walker's Railway Time Table, and Coach, Omnibus and Carriers' List

1883-01

Length of red silk ribbon worn as a belt to promote general good health

1880-120

Double-ended dental pelican

1851-1800

Portrait: engraving

1801

Two washers

15/7/27

Cloud study of a distant shower

1803

Two washers

15/7/27

Engraving of Graving dock

1840-160

Polished stone (Chert) weight from excavations at Mohenjodaro

circa 3000 BCE

Pottery vase found at Nihawnad, Persia

3000 BCE

Polished stone (Chert) weight from excavations at Mohenjodaro

circa 3000 BCE

Polished stone (Chert) weight from excavations at Mohenjodaro

circa 3000 BCE

Polished stone (Chert) weight from excavations at Mohenjodaro

circa 3000 BCE

Polished stone (Chert) weight from excavations at Mohenjodaro

circa 3000 BCE

Persian pottery measure

circa 3000 BCE

Persian pottery measure

circa 3000 BCE

Silk playbill for Newcastle Theatre Royal, 30 January 1856

1856-01

Iron Weight

1910-130

RGD Television

1965-195

One of two Sumerian solid cylindrical weights

circa 2000 BCE

2 circular plaster casts of the 2 halves of a Greek coin

700-100 BCE; 1930-1950