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Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

Eight-day marine chronometer by Barrauds, London

1816

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

'Dr Syntax and his wife making an experiment in pneumatics', print, London, England, 1820

1820

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Model, of Woolf's Water Tube Boiler, 1819

1819

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

1775-1799 (original); 1900-1907 (model)

Original preparation of quinine by Pelletier and Caveton

1820

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

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

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

1990-95

Copy of a bloodletting measuring device, England, 1977

1977; 1204-1206

Copy of clay liver used for divination, original from Babylon, 2050-1750 BCE

2050-1750 BCE

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

Replica of Lightning Conductor by Benjamin Franklin, United States, 1730-1760

1730-1760 (original); 1931-1939 (replica)

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

Panoramic lantern slide

1820

Chinese planisphere with pamplet, 1819

1819

Two washers

15/7/27

Two washers

15/7/27

Engraving of Graving dock

1840-160

print; carriage design;

1816

Polished stone (Chert) weight from excavations at Mohenjodaro

circa 3000 BCE

Pottery vase found at Nihawnad, Persia

3000 BCE

Polished stone (Chert) weight from excavations at Mohenjodaro

circa 3000 BCE

Polished stone (Chert) weight from excavations at Mohenjodaro

circa 3000 BCE

Polished stone (Chert) weight from excavations at Mohenjodaro

circa 3000 BCE

Polished stone (Chert) weight from excavations at Mohenjodaro

circa 3000 BCE

Medal commemorating Roger Bacon (1214-1294)

1818

Persian pottery measure

circa 3000 BCE

Persian pottery measure

circa 3000 BCE

hammer head. C.1820

1820

One of two Sumerian solid cylindrical weights

circa 2000 BCE

2 circular plaster casts of the 2 halves of a Greek coin

700-100 BCE; 1930-1950

Gentleman’s Hobby Horse, c. 1818

1818

Replica of Roman equal-arm balance, from Pompeii, 79 AD

1-79 CE; before 1914

silver plated bronze religious medallion

1816-1817

May - Study No 167

1870-10

Four Barrell Piston Pump by Braithwaite

1817

Panel with crest from stage coach, c. 1820

circa 1820

Great Western Railway "Cornishman" Express Train, hauled by 4-4-2 No. 3046 "Lord of the Isles"

1899/12

Great Western Railway "Cornishman" Express Train, hauled by 4-4-2 No. 3046 "Lord of the Isles".

1899/12

Drawing showing gas light apparatus at the Royal Mint Gasworks

1817

Ancient Egyptian flint saw, replica

circa 3000 BCE

Reversible axe on adze, green stone blade, North Papua (Astrolabe Bay)

2000 BCE