Replica of Islamic Astrolabe
1066; 1876
Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894
1893-4
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Pendulum clock designed by Galileo in 1642 and made by his son in 1649, model.
1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)
Stipple-engraved portrait of Benjamin Martin
1815
Slide rule for exchange of weights and measures
1815
Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7
1863-7
Watch with Prest's keyless winding by John Roger Arnold
1821
Gold watch by Robert Roskell
1814
Eight-day marine chronometer by Barrauds, London
1816
East Indiaman Herefordshire
1815
Original preparation of quinine by Pelletier and Caveton
1820
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
Seal, Stockton & Darlington Railway
1821
Steam locomotive used at Hetton Colliery
1822
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
Deck-watch used by Capt. William Parry during his attempt to reach the North Pole, 1827
1823
Gold watch with spring detent escapement by Ellicott and Taylor
1815
Phrenological head
1821
Stained plaster phrenological bust
1821
Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB
1990-95
Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)
1668; 1924
Drawing of Singhi Dalan in Rajmahal, Jharkhand, India
1856-11
Replica of Lightning Conductor by Benjamin Franklin, United States, 1730-1760
1730-1760 (original); 1931-1939 (replica)
Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936
1936
Model of a Phoenician bireme ship
1845-1964
Portrait of Constance Garstin in Darjeeling, India
1861-08
Silver medal of the Compagnie d'Assurance Mutuelle Contre L'Incendie
1820
Commemorative medal of salvation from Pestilence of Barcelona in 1821
1822
Medal to commemorate Dante
1819
Bronze medal commemorating Carl de Geer
1823
Bronze medal
1815
Medal, gilded bronze
1814-1815
Circular silver medal with silk ribbon
1815
Copy of forceps made from an Egyptian sculpture, Kom-Ombos, Egypt, 1901-1936
1901-1936; 180 BCE
Casts of Chinese zodiac figures (Tang dynasty)
1871-1900 (copy); 618-907 CE (original)
Casts of Chinese zodiac figures (Tang dynasty)
1871-1900 (copy); 618-907 CE (original)
Casts of Chinese zodiac figures (Tang dynasty)
1871-1900 (copy); 618-907 CE (original)
Wood tobacco pipe
1860-1820
Model of Henry Cavendish's Torsion Balance Gravitational Apparatus, 1798
1798 (original); 1977 (model)
Double-mirror heliotrope (Spiegelkreutz-heliotrop) for geodetic work
1822
Marine barometer by Newman, 1824.
1824
Daniell hygrometer
1822
Water Sampler, Ex Arctic Expedition, 1818
1818
Excavated neolithic flint perhaps used for trephination
3000-1500
Bronze one inch standard
Pre-1824
Spectacles
1823
Glass Vial
circa 1820
Laboratory Flask
circa 1820