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Hindley's pyrometer

King George III

1752

Demainbray's model of a camera obscura

King George III

1752

Model diving bell

King George III

before 1753
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

Barometer printing plate, inscribed " I.Watt Glasgow"

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1756-1757

Plate for printing calibrated scales for barometers

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1756-1757

Demainbray's optical model

King George III

1752

Demainbray's Irish low-backed cart model

King George III

1735-1754.

Demainbray's four wheeled wagon model

King George III

1751

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

Clockmakers

1755

Demainbray's convex mirror

King George III

1752

Demainbray's optical model

King George III

1752

Demainbray's optical model

King George III

1752

Demainbray's Archimedean screw

King George III

1752

Demainbray's optical model

King George III

1752

Clarke's Hydrometer (c. 1755), 22 screw on weights

Experimental Chemistry

1755

Etching of an electrically powered garden

Art

1755

Mummy of a peregrine falcon, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

Doorcase 56 Lincoln’s Inn Fields

Temporary Exhibitions

c.1750

Copy of clay liver used for divination, original from Babylon, 2050-1750 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2050-1750 BCE

Orrery planetary model by James Ferguson, 1755-1756

Astronomy

1755-1756

English celestial globe with Sun and Moon arms, 1747

Astronomy

1747

Surveyor's compass used by James Watt, by George Adams

James Watt's Garret Workshop

c. 1760

Replica of Lightning Conductor by Benjamin Franklin, United States, 1730-1760

Geophysics

1730-1760 (original); 1931-1939 (replica)

Trade card for James Ayscough, optician, London, England, 1749-1750

.Unattributed

1749-1750
Model experimental cart with six wheels, maker unknown, before 1753.

model experimental cart

King George III

1753

Mummy of a crocodile, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

Longcase clock made by J. Standring, c. 1760

Time Measurement

c.1760

Glass bell, with suspension ring

King George III

1750
1755-1843, homeopathist physician, German

Hahnemann, Samuel

1755 - 1843

Movement of regulator clock by Vulliamy, about 1760

Time Measurement

1760

Model, scale 1:24, Perronet's self-contained Crane

Lifting & Mechanical Handling

c. 1751

Clay figure of animal

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1000 BCE

Early day and night telescope signed Dollond, Lond

Optics

1750-1752

Cutter, Alert

IM

1755

Prior Park, the Seat of Ralph Allen, Esqre, near Bath

Anthony Walker

1752

Curved glass tube, 4ft chord

King George III

1750

Microscope (dated 1754), signed F. WATKINS LONDON.

Microscopes

1754
1 Tripod head, with brass thumb-screw

Tripod head, with brass thumb-screw

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1750-1760
Model of a tipping cart. Probably from the collection of Stephen Demainbray.

Model of a tipping cart

King George III

c. 1750

Walking Stick Telescope (c.1750), two lenses, focu

Optics

1750

Pocket microscope by Jeremiah Sisson

Microscopes

1752
Model of a tipping cart.

Model of a tipping cart, c. 1750

King George III

1748-1753

Prince of Wales microscope

Microscopes

1754-1757

Memorial stele to the doorkeepr Ruma

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

Square pavement brick from Babylonia (Southern Iraq), 2nd millennium BC.

Building Construction

2000-1001 BCE

Wooden backstaff.

Navigation

1759

Oil jar, Egypt, 1580-1350BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1350 BCE