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Quarter-repeating gold watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet

circa 1808

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Copy of Chamberlen obstetric forceps

1813

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

1808

Automaton watch by Jean Robert Soret

1812

Ready reckoner for ship's cargoes

1807

Stipple-engraved portrait of Benjamin Martin

1815

Slide rule for exchange of weights and measures

1815

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

Gold watch by Recordon

1807

Silver one-minute tourbillon watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet, sold to the Princess de Valençay in 1812.

1812

A Royal watch by Samuel Houston

1807

Gold watch by Robert Roskell

1814

Eight-day marine chronometer by Barrauds, London

1816

Five wooden molecular model balls

circa 1810

East Indiaman Herefordshire

1815

Cylinder electrical machine, 1810-1817

1810-1817

Original preparation of quinine by Pelletier and Caveton

1820

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

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

1705-1737

Gold watch with the owner's name in place of hour numbers, by William Hardy

1820

Gold watch with spring detent escapement by Ellicott and Taylor

1815

Gold and enamel half-quarter repeater watch by Brockbanks

1812

Silver vinaigrette with hinged lid

1809

'Puffing Billy' Locomotive with Tender and Rails

1813-1814

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

1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

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

1990-95

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

Wax anatomical model of a female showing internal organs, Florence, Italy, 1818

1818

Drawing of Singhi Dalan in Rajmahal, Jharkhand, India

1856-11

Tin can used for the early preservation of food

1812

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

Model of Gutenberg's Press, 1430

1960-1979

Phantasmagoria magic lantern c. 1820

circa 1820

Model of a Montgolfier Balloon, 1783

First Public Demonstration of a Montgolfier Balloon, 4th June, 1783.

1783; 1914

Medal, bronze, to commemorate Giovanni Battista Morgagni

1808

Circular silver alloy token

1817-1820

Bronze medal to commemorate G.B. Morgagni (1682-17

1808

Bronze medal

1819

Bronze medal to commemorate P. Moscati

1819

Medal: commemorating Zambeccari. Issued Italy

1812

Token, copper, 35mm diameter. Birmingham and South Wales Rose Copper Co penny

1812

Cornish penny token, 1811.

1811

Weybridge penny

1812

Joseph Wright

1807

One of nine prints of early 19th century carriages

1816