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Demainbray's optical model

King George III

1752

Square signed "J.Ramsden, 1757"

Mathematics

1757

George III's weighted cylinder

King George III

1762

George III's pendulum

King George III

1762

Barrel and Device from George III's guinea and feather' apparatus

King George III

1761

George III's cycloidal pendulum

King George III

1762

George III's compound engine

King George III

1762

Demainbray's Irish low-backed cart model

King George III

1735-1754.

Terrestrial globe by John Senex

Astronomy

1738

Long mahogany strip brass pin gauge with eight pins

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1758-1769

Flute foot-joint end

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1758-1769

Short mahogany strip brass pin gauge with eight pins

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1758-1769

Wooden tuning key for a stringed instrument

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1758-1769

Barber's shaving bowl, Netherlands, 1701-1750

Public Health & Hygiene

1701-1750

Orrery made for the Earl of Orrery

Astronomy

1712-1713

Arkwright's prototype spinning machine, 1769.

Textiles Machinery

1769

Storage jar

Medical Ceramic-ware

1714

Model of Hooke's universal joint

King George III

1760

Section of lightning conductor from St Paul’s cathedral

Geophysics

1769

Spring clock with pull quarter-repeat by Thomas Tompion

Clockmakers

1700

George III's double-barrelled air pump

King George III

1761

George III's philosophical table

King George III

1761-1762

Demainbray's turquoise disc

King George III

1745-1755

Demainbray's syphon

King George III

1701-1752

Cylindrical condensing chamber

King George III

1761

King George III's archimedean screw

King George III

1762

Demainbray's four wheeled wagon model

King George III

1751

George III's Magdeburg hemispheres

King George III

1761

Model to demonstrate the path of a projectile

King George III

1740-1753

King George III's central forces machine

King George III

1762

Camera obscura

King George III

1701-1752

Terrestrial Globe by George Adams

King George III

1766

Compound microscope

Microscopy (Wellcome)

1701-1723

Male urinal, Netherlands, 1740-1760

Public Health & Hygiene

1740-1760

Drug jar for cinchona bark

Medical Ceramic-ware

1701-1730

Head joint from flute

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1758-1769

Gold and leather pair-cased quarter-repeater cylinder watch by George Graham

Clockmakers

1745

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

Clockmakers

1710

Culpeper microscope

Microscopy (Wellcome)

1738

Barograph clock by Alexander Cumming

Time Measurement

1766

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

Clockmakers

1770

1¼” steel firmer chisel in octagonal wood handle

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1758-1769

Ogee moulding plane

Hand and Machine Tools

1704-1728

George III's clockwork bell

King George III

1761

George III's inclined plane and Horse-way

King George III

1762

Model diving bell

King George III

before 1753

Surveyor's Level by Joseph Jackson

King George III

1735-60

Celestial globe by George Adams

King George III

1766

Barometer printing plate, inscribed " I.Watt Glasgow"

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1756-1757

Model 'Maximum machine', before 1753.

King George III

1740-1753