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Napier's Bones

Mathematics

1690

Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775

Textiles Machinery

1775

Marine Timekeeper known as 'H5' by John Harrison and Son 1770

Clockmakers

1770

Arkwright's Water Frame

Textile Industry

1775

Islamic astrolabe

Astronomy

1666-1667

Print of Henry Beighton's Engraving of a Newcomen Engine

Motive Power

1717-1725

Arkwright's prototype spinning machine, 1769.

Textiles Machinery

1769

Camera Obscura

King George III

1701-1752

Small orrery by Benjamin Martin

Astronomy

1738-1777

Robert Hooke type microscope

Microscopes

1671-1700

Isaac Newton’s reflecting telescope (replica)

Astronomy

1668; 1924

Orrery made for the Earl of Orrery

Astronomy

1712-1713

Early balance spring watch by Thomas Tompion

Time Measurement

1675-1679

Refracting telescope with achromatic lens, made by the Dollond family

Optics

1760-1775

Watt's end measuring machine

Industrial Metrology

1776

Pocket watch by Thomas Tompion

Time Measurement

1675-1700

Wooden acupuncture model

Asian Medicine

1681

Cupellation furnace

Metallurgy

1696-1700

Clock movement for Shelton regulator clock

Time Measurement

1768-1769

Slide rule by Robert Bissaker

Mathematics

1654

Pill tile, England, 1671-1730

Pharmacy-ware

1671-1730

Ornamental turning 'rose-engine' lathe

Hand and Machine Tools

1740

Culpeper microscope

Microscopy (Wellcome)

1738

Barograph clock by Alexander Cumming

Time Measurement

1766

Demainbray's Newcomen engine model

King George III

1720

Hindley's pyrometer

King George III

1752

Amulet and charm to protect against plague

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1690-1710

Silver microscope by George Adams, c. 1761.

Microscopes

1763

Dividing engine for making sextants and octants

Industrial Metrology

Made late 1700s, modified 1800s

Longcase clock signed James Harrison, brother of John Harrison

Clockmakers

1728

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

Motive Power

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Whole model, full rigged, of ship of the line, H.M.S. 'Prince'

Water Transport

1670

George III's philosophical table

King George III

1761-1762

Demainbray's speaking trumpet

King George III

1700-1752

Spring clock in ebony case by Samuel Knibb

Clockmakers

1665-1666

Sextant by Jesse Ramsden

Astronomy

c. 1772

Wax male anatomical figure

Anatomy & Pathology

1750-1774

Gunter quadrant

Astronomy

1650-1725

Model of a 28 gun frigate

Water Transport

1770-1780

Section of lightning conductor from St Paul’s cathedral

Geophysics

1769

Gold pair-cased watch with gold champleve dial, by Daniel Quare

Clockmakers

1710

wheel cutting machine

Hand and Machine Tools

1668-1672 Probable

Horary quadrant by Henry Sutton

Astronomy

1658

Dental key

Dentistry

1725-1780

Maiolica albarello

Medical Ceramic-ware

1660-1760

George III's cycloidal pendulum

King George III

1762

Magnetic compass and sundial by Henry Sutton

Navigation

1650-1665

Cylindrical form of Napier's bones

Mathematics

c. 1700

Celestial globe by George Adams

King George III

1766

Seven almost identical unfinished watch movements

Clockmakers

1670