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Quarter-repeating gold watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet

circa 1808

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

Automaton watch by Jean Robert Soret

1812

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

1812

Gold watch by Robert Roskell

1814

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Copy of Chamberlen obstetric forceps

1813

Five wooden molecular model balls

circa 1810

East Indiaman Herefordshire

1815

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

1808

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

1705-1737

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

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

'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

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

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

Paris Pharmaceutical Society Membership Medal, about 1830

circa 1830

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

1808

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

Zwanziger coin of Francis I (Austria)

1809

Franc or Italian Lira coin of Napoleon I

1810

Quarter-franc coin of Napoleon I (Italian)

1812

Twenty Francs coin of Napoleon I (France)

1812

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Half-Franc coin of Napoleon I (France)

1813

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Franc coin of Napoleon I (France)

1813

Five Francs coin of Napoleon I (France)

1811

Red granite drill core

2686-2613 BCE

Synoptic scale of "Chemical Equivalents"

1814

Fire at the Albion Mills, Blackfriars Bridge on 3 March 1791

1808

Dry voltaic pile, 13 inches long

1815

Dry voltaic pile, 11.5 inches long

1815