Phrenological head
1821
Original preparation of quinine by Pelletier and Caveton
1820
'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799
1775-1799 (original); 1900-1907 (model)
Pendulum clock designed by Galileo in 1642 and made by his son in 1649, model.
1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)
Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)
1668; 1924
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Telescope by Galileo (replica)
1610; 1923
Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772
1772 (original); 1919 (model)
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
Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB
1990-95
Model, of Woolf's Water Tube Boiler, 1819
1819
Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement
1705-1737
Wax anatomical model of a female showing internal organs, Florence, Italy, 1818
1818
Electrotype replica of a 16th-century mariner’s astrolabe
1580-1588; 1930
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
Copy of Roman artificial leg, London, England, 1905-1915
300 BCE; 1905-1915
Model of Gutenberg's Press, 1430
1960-1979
Copy of clay liver used for divination, original from Babylon, 2050-1750 BCE
2050-1750 BCE
Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7
1863-7
Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936
1936
Model of Henry Cavendish's Torsion Balance Gravitational Apparatus, 1798
1798 (original); 1977 (model)
Mummy of a peregrine falcon, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE
2000-1001 BCE
Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894
1893-4
Near Wellington, Shropshire
1821
Glass display case containing various cosmetic devices from the 1700s, England, 1880-1930
1701-1800
Replica of Lightning Conductor by Benjamin Franklin, United States, 1730-1760
1730-1760 (original); 1931-1939 (replica)
Model of Mud House
6000-5000BCE
Working model of Hero's Aeolipile
100-1 BCE; 1501-1600; 1914
Drawing of Singhi Dalan in Rajmahal, Jharkhand, India
1856-11
Burial mask of Agamemnon, Greek, c. 1550 BCE
1600-1500 BCE (original); 1900-1914 (copy)
Richard Trevithick
1816
Replica Bavarian reckoning cloth, German, 16th century.
1501-1600; 1972
Model of submersible 'Turtle'
1976; 1776
Model of an Egyptian boat in XII Dynasty Tomb
1991-1783 BCE
Stained plaster phrenological bust
1821
Phantasmagoria magic lantern c. 1820
circa 1820
Chinese planisphere with pamplet, 1819
1819
Model of an Assyrian kelek or raft of inflated ox-hides, one of three models of Babylonian vessels of skin
700 BCE; 1931
First Public Demonstration of a Montgolfier Balloon, 4th June, 1783.
1783; 1914
Ancient Egyptian flint saw, replica
circa 3000 BCE
Rose engine lathe used to manufacture compound printing plates, built by Bryan Donkin, London, 1821.
1821
Watt's Pumping Engine 'Old Bess', 1777
1777 (original); 1894 (model)
Flint hand tool, side-scraper, made in the Stone Age.
8500-2000 BCE
Plaster phrenological bust, London, England, 1821
1821
Model of a Printing Press, 1701-1800
1701-1800; 1982
Four-Barrel Piston Pump
1817
Replica of Islamic Astrolabe
1066; 1876
door knocker from the Great Hall of Lewis's Department Store
1870-1800
Rigged model of Flemish carvel construction Carrack
1910-1921