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Slide rule for exchange of weights and measures

Mathematics

1815

Small orrery by Benjamin Martin

Astronomy

1738-1777

Pedometer by Spencer & Perkins

Surveying

1775-1794

Half-penny coin

Textile Industry

1806

Shutt End Colliery Railway steam locomotive 'Agenoria' 0-4-0, 1829

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1829

Millwright's measuring tool

Weighing & Measuring

around 1790

Terrestrial globe by John Senex

Astronomy

1738

Square signed "J.Ramsden, 1757"

Mathematics

1757

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

George III's weighted cylinder

King George III

1762

George III's pendulum

King George III

1762

Silver pill box, Birmingham, England, 1797

Wellcome (general)

1797

Infant feeding bottle, Europe, 1701-1800

Nursing & Hospital Furnishings

1771-1800

Demainbray's Irish low-backed cart model

King George III

1735-1754.

Model of Hooke's universal joint

King George III

1760

Section of lightning conductor from St Paul’s cathedral

Geophysics

1769

Refracting telescope with achromatic lens, made by the Dollond family

Optics

1760-1775

Arkwright's prototype spinning machine, 1769.

Textiles Machinery

1769

Half-penny coin

Textile Industry

1799

cylinder electrical machine, 1810-1817

Telecommunications

1810-1817

Copying desk, with lock and key and felt on mahogany board

Printing & Writing

1780-1800

'Puffing Billy' locomotive

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1813-1814

Brass quadrant by Peter and John Dollond of 18-inch radius with optical sights on a tripod

Astronomy

1780-1820

Water frame spindle

Textile Industry

1800-1830

Dial micrometer, 1760-1772.

King George III

1760-1772

Demainbray's turquoise disc

King George III

1745-1755

Stanhope square demonstrator, c.1805.

Mathematics

c.1805

Mechanical Powers Apparatus

King George III

1775-1800

King George III's central forces machine

King George III

1762

George III's philosophical table

King George III

1761-1762

King George III's archimedean screw

King George III

1762

George III's Magdeburg hemispheres

King George III

1761

Terrestrial Globe by George Adams

King George III

1766

Cylindrical condensing chamber

King George III

1761

Steel dental key, England, 1771-1800

Dentistry

1771-1800

Male urinal, Netherlands, 1740-1760

Public Health & Hygiene

1740-1760

Oval enamelled box, England, 1761-1820

Smoking

1761-1820

Breast pump, Europe, 1771-1830

Nursing & Hospital Furnishings

1771-1830

Mechanical tobacco box, England, 1770-1830

Smoking

1770-1830

Demainbray's four wheeled wagon model

King George III

1751

Model to demonstrate the path of a projectile

King George III

1740-1753

Sextant by Jesse Ramsden

Astronomy

c. 1772

Pocket microscope by Jeremiah Sisson

Microscopes

1752

Rigged model of H.M. Bark 'Endeavour', 1974

Water Transport

1765

Surveyor's Level by Joseph Jackson

King George III

1735-60

Demainbray's scioptric ball

King George III

1745-1755

Reflecting telescope by William Herschel, 1783-1785

Astronomy

1783-1785

George III's clockwork bell

King George III

1761

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