'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799
1775-1799 (original); 1900-1907 (model)
Automaton watch by Jean Robert Soret
1812
Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894
1893-4
Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7
1863-7
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Reproduction in wood, Dr Joseph Black
1809
Silver one-minute tourbillon watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet, sold to the Princess de Valençay in 1812.
1812
Hedley's experimental model for testing adhesion.
1812
Five wooden molecular model balls
circa 1810
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772
1772 (original); 1919 (model)
Chemical Lectures
circa 1810
Plaster cast of Matthew Boulton
1809
Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement
1705-1737
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
Gold and enamel half-quarter repeater watch by Brockbanks
1812
Silver Regency tripod mustard pot
1811-1812
Silver vinaigrette with hinged lid
1809
Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)
1668; 1924
Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB
1990-95
Pendulum clock designed by Galileo in 1642 and made by his son in 1649, model.
1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)
Telescope by Galileo (replica)
1610; 1923
Copy of clay liver used for divination, original from Babylon, 2050-1750 BCE
2050-1750 BCE
Model of Gutenberg's Press, 1430
1960-1979
Model of an Assyrian kelek or raft of inflated ox-hides, one of three models of Babylonian vessels of skin
700 BCE; 1931
Model of Mud House
6000-5000BCE
Model of a Phoenician bireme ship
1845-1964
Burial mask of Agamemnon, Greek, c. 1550 BCE
1600-1500 BCE (original); 1900-1914 (copy)
Flymo Super Professional 47 rotary air cushion mower
1979-80
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
Roman Coin of Tiberius
30 CE
Five Francs coin of Napoleon I (France)
1811
Red granite drill core
2686-2613 BCE
China Making. Print (105mm x 187mm)
1812
Etching, The Triumph of Gas Lights
1810
Water-colour. Mr. Sadler's balloon ascent at Hackney
1811
Viewer microscope, with bead lens, in square body
1888-185
NEMA cryptography machine type T-D
1945-50
A view of the balloon of Mr. Sadler's ascending with Captain Paget
1811
Bronze handle, highly decorated, Romano-Egyptian
20-400
Replica of Roman steelyard, from Pompeii, 79 AD
1-79 CE; before 1914
Calf's Head Weight
1370-1350 BCE; 1931
Solid bronze phallic amulet in form of priapus with hind legs and tail of horse
30-200
Plaster replica of black Basalt Cubit Rod 531
1931; 250 BCE
Box of scales and weights
1810
Alabaster mortar
2000-1350