'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799
1775-1799 (original); 1900-1907 (model)
Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)
1668; 1924
Telescope by Galileo (replica)
1610; 1923
Conjectural model of Trevithick's locomotive 'Catch-me-who-can'
1808
Reproduction in wood. No 127
1808
Reproduction in wood, Dr Joseph Black
1809
Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894
1893-4
Quarter-repeating gold watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet
circa 1808
Oval snuff box, England, 1807
1807
Pendulum clock designed by Galileo in 1642 and made by his son in 1649, model.
1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)
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
Spring-detent escapement watch in a gold case by Reid & Co. London
1807
Gold watch by Recordon
1807
A Royal watch by Samuel Houston
1807
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772
1772 (original); 1919 (model)
Model, press for cutting out coin blanks
circa 1808
Plaster cast of Matthew Boulton
1809
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Herschel, William, head and shoulders
1808
Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement
1705-1737
Silver vinaigrette with hinged lid
1809
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
A Peep At The Gas Lights In Pall Mall
1807
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
‘Pass-room, Bridewell’, print, London, England, 1808
1808
Copy of Roman artificial leg, London, England, 1905-1915
300 BCE; 1905-1915
Diapositives of photographs of sunspots taken by Elizabeth Beckley with the Kew Photoheliograph
1870-09
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
Lorina, Edith and Alice Liddel
1872-08
Length of red silk ribbon worn as a belt to promote general good health
1880-120
Double-ended dental pelican
1851-1800
Two washers
15/7/27
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