Detail from the frontispiece of 'The Surveyor', 1616.

Damatu hand-drum, Tibet, 18th or 19th century.

Bowl made of human skull, Tibetan, 18th or 19th century.

Bowl made of human skull, Tibetan, 18th or 19th century.

Buddhist prayer wheel made from a human skull, Tibetan, 18th-19th century.

Armdroid robotic arm, 1981.

Armdroid robotic arm, 1981.

Armdroid robotic arm, 1981.

Lead mining, Northumberland, c 1805-1820.

Lusuerg butterfield dial, 1701.

Splint sets, 1900-1930.

Chronological pictures of English history, c 1866.