Image
Category
Collection
Maker
On Display
Object type
Place
Material
Date

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

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

1808

Reproduction in wood. No 127

1808

Reproduction in wood, Dr Joseph Black

1809

Oval snuff box, England, 1807

1807

Half-penny coin

1806

Weights and measures

1805

Five wooden molecular model balls

circa 1810

Stanhope square demonstrator, c.1805.

circa 1805

Hedley's experimental model for testing adhesion.

1812

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

Silver Regency tripod mustard pot

1811-1812

Herschel, William, head and shoulders

1808

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Silver vinaigrette with hinged lid

1809

Plaster cast of Matthew Boulton

1809

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Half-penny coin

1806

Chemical Lectures

circa 1810

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Model, press for cutting out coin blanks

circa 1808

Maudslay 's Lord Chancellor bench micrometer

1805

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

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

1990-95

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)

Model of Gutenberg's Press, 1430

1960-1979

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

Silhouette of child

circa 1810

Silhouette of man

circa 1810

Regulating Throttle Cocks

1804

Trevithick's High Pressure Steam Engine and Boiler, c. 1806

1805-1806

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

1883-01

Two keyed bugles used on London to York Royal mail coach

1809-1810

Lorina, Edith and Alice Liddel

1872-08

Surrey Iron Railway

1806