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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

Eight-day marine chronometer by Barrauds, London

1816

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

Cylinder electrical machine, 1810-1817

1810-1817

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

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

Model of a Montgolfier Balloon, 1783

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

1783; 1914

Bronze medal to commemorate Pierre Abailard Peter Abelard

1817

Medal, bronze, to commemorate Giovanni Battista Morgagni

1808

Paris Pharmaceutical Society Membership Medal, about 1830

circa 1830

Medal to commemorate Galileo Galilei

1818

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

1808

Gilt bronze medal

1817

Bronze medal

1817

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

One of nine prints of early 19th century carriages

1816

One of nine prints of early 19th century carriages

1816

One of nine prints of early 19th century carriages

1816

One of nine prints of early 19th century carriages. [town coach] / Published by R. Ackermann

1816

One of nine prints of early 19th century carriages

1816

One of nine prints of early 19th century carriages

1816

One of nine prints of early 19th century carriages. [landau carriage] / Published by R. Ackermann

1816