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

Clockmakers

1770

Arkwright's prototype spinning machine, 1769.

Textiles Machinery

1769

Clock movement for Shelton regulator clock

Time Measurement

1768-1769

Ornamental turning 'rose-engine' lathe

Hand and Machine Tools

1740

Barograph clock by Alexander Cumming

Time Measurement

1766

Hindley's pyrometer

King George III

1752

Silver microscope by George Adams, c. 1761.

Microscopes

1763

George III's philosophical table

King George III

1761-1762

Section of lightning conductor from St Paul’s cathedral

Geophysics

1769

George III's cycloidal pendulum

King George III

1762

Celestial globe by George Adams

King George III

1766

Thin-walled square glass bottle

King George III

1761

Demainbray's model of a camera obscura

King George III

1752

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

King George III

1761

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

Clockmakers

1745

Model diving bell

King George III

before 1753

Portrait of Benjamin Gray (1676 – 1764)

Clockmakers

1745-1755

George III's glass sphere

King George III

1761

Wooden tuning key for a stringed instrument

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1758-1769

King George III's archimedean screw

King George III

1762

Plane table outfit

Surveying

1750-1766

King George III's friction machine

King George III

1762

Twelve-inch quadrant by John Bird

Astronomy

1760-1769

Altazimuth theodolite

Surveying

1755-1765
1749-1823, physician; surgeon; pioneer of smallpox vaccination, British; English

Jenner, Edward

1749 - 1823

Square signed "J.Ramsden, 1757"

Mathematics

1757

Model of Hooke's universal joint

King George III

1760

George III's double-barrelled air pump

King George III

1761

George III's Magdeburg hemispheres

King George III

1761

Head joint from flute

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1758-1769

Barometer printing plate, inscribed " I.Watt Glasgow"

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1756-1757

William Roy’s standard scale, 1742

Weighing & Measuring

1742

Magnetic toy by George Adams

King George III

1765

Case for William Roy’s standard scale, 1742

Weighing & Measuring

1742

Plate for printing calibrated scales for barometers

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1756-1757

Demainbray's optical model

King George III

1752

George III's tidal demonstration model

King George III

1762
Model of cylinder with separate condenser, formerly described as the "original" model.

Watt's second separate condenser, 1765.

Motive Power

1765

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

George III's weighted cylinder

King George III

1762

Unweighted cylinder

King George III

1762

George III's 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.

Demainbray's turquoise disc

King George III

1745-1755

Terrestrial Globe by George Adams

King George III

1766

King George III's central forces machine

King George III

1762

Cylindrical condensing chamber

King George III

1761