Image
Category
Collection
Maker
On Display
Object type
Place
Material
Date

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

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Phrenological head of Francis Gall

1823

Phrenological head of unidentified individual

1824

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Handbill, Theatre Royal, Covent Garden

1824

Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement

1705-1737

Deck-watch used by Capt. William Parry during his attempt to reach the North Pole, 1827

1823

Pendulum clock designed by Galileo in 1642 and made by his son in 1649, model.

1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)

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

1990-95

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

Model of submersible 'Turtle'

1976; 1776

Glass display case containing various cosmetic devices from the 1700s, England, 1880-1930

1701-1800

Copy of Lodestone believed to have been used by Queen Anne

1929 (copy); 1702-1714 (original)

Copy of Roman artificial leg, London, England, 1905-1915

300 BCE; 1905-1915

Description of a Railway on a New Principle

1823

Revised Classification of Merchandise Traffic and Revised Schedule of Maximum Rates and Charges Applicable thereto, proposed to be charged by the Eastern and Midlands Railway Company

1889-02

Reproduction of Joseph Priestley's oxygen apparatus

1774; 1923

Walker's Railway Time Table, and Coach, Omnibus and Carriers' List

1883-01

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

Slide rule for calculation of treadwheel labour

1823

Wooden backstaff or Davis quadrant made by John Gilbert on Tower Hill

1730; 1967

Photograph of Fern Leaf

1836-02

Lorina, Edith and Alice Liddel

1872-08

William Hyde Wollaston

1824

Ancient Egyptian flint saw, replica

circa 3000 BCE

Augustin Jean Fresnel (Physicien)

1824

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

2000 BCE

Captain Franklin RN FRS

1824

Engraving. Plan

1824

The Geological lecture room, Oxford

1823

Coloured aquatint: The cast iron bridge over the River Severn. Engraved by M Dubourg. Published by J Taylor

1823

Portrait. Charles Hutton. Engraving 1824

1824

Medal, bronze, commemorating the salvation from plague and pestilence in Barcelona

1823

Bronze medal commemorating the building of the hospital at Krankenhof between 1813 and 1823

1823

Circular bronze medal

1824

Bronze medal commemorating life and work of Charles Bonnet

1823

Silver(?) medal, commemorates the founding of a ve

1823

Bronze medal commemorating public health measures taken by the Prefects Chabrol and Delavau

1824

Paris Pharmaceutical Society Membership Medal, about 1830

circa 1830

Bronze medal to commemorate the founding of the Institution pour les Jeunes Orphelins

1823

Circular gold medal in purple leather covered case

1823

Circular medal in purple leather covered case

1823

Circular silver medal in purple leather covered case

1823

Medal commemorating William Harvey

1823