'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799
1775-1799 (original); 1900-1907 (model)
Conjectural model of Trevithick's locomotive 'Catch-me-who-can'
1808
Weights and measures
1805
Oval snuff box, England, 1807
1807
Reproduction in wood. No 127
1808
Reproduction in wood, Dr Joseph Black
1809
Stanhope square demonstrator, c.1805.
circa 1805
Ready reckoner for ship's cargoes
1807
Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894
1893-4
Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7
1863-7
Gold watch by John Gibson, Royal Exchange
1808
Spring-detent escapement watch in a gold case by Reid & Co. London
1807
Souscription watch, by Abraham-Louis Breguet
1805
Automaton watch by Jean Robert Soret
1812
Gold watch by Recordon
1807
Silver one-minute tourbillon watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet, sold to the Princess de Valençay in 1812.
1812
Quarter-repeating gold watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet
circa 1808
A Royal watch by Samuel Houston
1807
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Copy of Chamberlen obstetric forceps
1813
Hedley's experimental model for testing adhesion.
1812
Five wooden molecular model balls
circa 1810
Half-penny coin
1806
Maudslay 's Lord Chancellor bench micrometer
1805
Plaster cast of Matthew Boulton
1809
Silver Regency tripod mustard pot
1811-1812
Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772
1772 (original); 1919 (model)
Chemical Lectures
circa 1810
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Model, press for cutting out coin blanks
circa 1808
Herschel, William, head and shoulders
1808
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
Gold and enamel half-quarter repeater watch by Brockbanks
1812
Watch with chaff-cutter escapement by John Grant
1804
Silver vinaigrette with hinged lid
1809
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
Half-penny coin
1806
Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)
1668; 1924
Pendulum clock designed by Galileo in 1642 and made by his son in 1649, model.
1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)
Medal commemorating Franz Joseph Gall
1805
Token, copper, 34mm diameter. Sheffield workhouse penny
1813
Copy of clay liver used for divination, original from Babylon, 2050-1750 BCE
2050-1750 BCE
Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB
1990-95
Cloud study by Luke Howard
1803-1811
Scarificator with 13 lancets, French, early 19th Century
1813
Telescope by Galileo (replica)
1610; 1923
Model of an Assyrian kelek or raft of inflated ox-hides, one of three models of Babylonian vessels of skin
700 BCE; 1931
Model of Mud House
6000-5000BCE