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Culpeper microscope

Microscopy (Wellcome)

1738

Orrery made by John Rowley for the Earl of Orrery

Astronomy

1712-1713

Print of Henry Beighton's Engraving of a Newcomen Engine

Motive Power

1717-1725

Orrery by Thomas Wright

King George III

1735-1745

Silver microscope by George Adams, c. 1761.

Microscopes

1763

Demainbray's Newcomen engine model

King George III

1720

Harrison's eight-day wooden clock movement, 1715.

Time Measurement

1715

Longcase clock signed James Harrison, brother of John Harrison

Clockmakers

1728

Ornamental turning 'rose-engine' lathe

Hand and Machine Tools

1740

Early Culpeper microscope

Microscopes

1720-1730

King George III's archimedean screw

King George III

1762

Majolica pharmacy jar

Medical Ceramic-ware

1730-1750

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

King George III

1761

Hindley's pyrometer and three expansion tubes made by Henry Hindley

King George III

1752

George III's pendulum

King George III

1762

George III's double-barrelled air pump

King George III

1761

George III's Magdeburg hemispheres

King George III

1761

Demainbray's four wheeled wagon model

King George III

1751

George III's inclined plane and Horse-way

King George III

1762

Demainbray's scioptric ball

King George III

1745-1755

Demainbray's hydrostatic paradox vessels

King George III

1735-1752

William Roy’s standard scale, 1742

Weighing & Measuring

1742

George III's weighted cylinder

King George III

1762

Square signed "J.Ramsden, 1757"

Mathematics

1757

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

Clockmakers

1745

Model diving bell with 12 sinking weights

King George III

before 1753

Barometer printing plate, inscribed " I.Watt Glasgow"

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1756-1757

Demainbray's optical model

King George III

1752

George III's model crriage body

King George III

1762

George III's glass sphere

King George III

1761

King George III's friction machine

King George III

1762

George III's compound engine

King George III

1762

George III's cycloidal pendulum

King George III

1762

Unweighted cylinder in frame

King George III

1762

Demainbray's Irish low-backed cart model

King George III

1735-1754.

Storage jar

Medical Ceramic-ware

1714

Verge watch by Daniel Quare, in a polychrome enamel case signed 'Les Frères Huaud'

Clockmakers

1712

Model of Hooke's universal joint

King George III

1760

English glass celestial globe, 1739

Astronomy

1739

Cylindrical condensing chamber

King George III

1761

Demainbray's turquoise disc

King George III

1745-1755

King George III's central forces machine

King George III

1762

George III's philosophical table

King George III

1761-1762

Male urinal, Netherlands, 1740-1760

Public Health & Hygiene

1740-1760

Model to demonstrate the path of a projectile

King George III

1740-1753

Whole model rigged 20 gun ship

Water Transport

1719-1733

Gold and enamel pair-cased quarter-repeating cylinder watch by Thomas Mudge

Clockmakers

1755

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

Clockmakers

1710

George III's clockwork bell

King George III

1761

Model 'Maximum machine', before 1753.

King George III

1740-1753