'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799
1775-1799 (original); 1900-1907 (model)
Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)
1668; 1924
Telescope by Galileo (replica)
1610; 1923
Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894
1893-4
model locomotion no 1
1825
Pendulum clock designed by Galileo in 1642 and made by his son in 1649, model.
1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)
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)
Phrenological head of Francis Gall
1823
Bridge used to span the River Gaunless at West Auckland
1823-1825
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Phrenological head of unidentified individual
1824
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
Mail guard watch by George Littlewort
1825
Pair of turn pin spectacles
1823-1825
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB
1990-95
Replica of Lightning Conductor by Benjamin Franklin, United States, 1730-1760
1730-1760 (original); 1931-1939 (replica)
Model Boat from Cyclades, 2800 BC
2800 BCE
Ancient Egyptian flint saw, replica
circa 3000 BCE
Model of Henry Cavendish's Torsion Balance Gravitational Apparatus, 1798
1798 (original); 1977 (model)
Copy of clay liver used for divination, original from Babylon, 2050-1750 BCE
2050-1750 BCE
Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936
1936
Copy of Roman artificial leg, London, England, 1905-1915
300 BCE; 1905-1915
Hand loom for silk weaving with Jacquard machine
c.1825
Diapositives of photographs of sunspots taken by Elizabeth Beckley with the Kew Photoheliograph
1870-09
Model of Gutenberg's Press, 1430
1960-1979
Model of a Phoenician bireme ship
1845-1964
Model of an Assyrian kelek or raft of inflated ox-hides, one of three models of Babylonian vessels of skin
700 BCE; 1931
Imperial capacity measure, 1 gallon
1824
Combined folding opera glass telescope with hand magnifier and fob ring in silver
1825
Mummy of a peregrine falcon, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE
2000-1001 BCE
Description of a Railway on a New Principle
1823
Walker's Railway Time Table, and Coach, Omnibus and Carriers' List
1883-01
Lorina, Edith and Alice Liddel
1872-08
Observations on a General Iron Rail-way or Land Steam-Conveyance
1825
Length of red silk ribbon worn as a belt to promote general good health
1880-120
Lancet case, silver, made in Birmingham, 1823
1823
Double-ended dental pelican
1851-1800
Brass saccharometer by R.B. Bate
1915-1825
Uterine probe
1901-950
Panmetron, "universal scale" for measurement and calculation invented by James Jordan
1823
Gold cased watch by Brookhouse and Tunnicliffe
1823
Portrait. John Wallis. Engraving 1825
1825
Two washers
15/7/27
Silver lancet case, empty
1825
Two washers
15/7/27