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Demainbray's optical model

King George III

1752

Millwright's measuring tool

Weighing & Measuring

around 1790

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

Wooden tuning key for a stringed instrument

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1758-1769

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

Arkwright's prototype spinning machine, 1769.

Textiles Machinery

1769

Demainbray's Irish low-backed cart model

King George III

1735-1754.

Flintlock pistol belonging to John Roger Arnold

Clockmakers

1770-1780

Pieces of Wedgwood ware

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1768-1780

Three circular saw blades

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1758-1773

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

George III's double-barrelled air pump

King George III

1761

Terrestrial Globe by George Adams

King George III

1766

King George III's central forces machine

King George III

1762

George III's philosophical table

King George III

1761-1762

Cylindrical condensing chamber

King George III

1761

Wax male figure showing the muscles and bones of the body, Florence, Italy, 1776-1780

Anatomy & Pathology

1776-1780

Dial micrometer, 1760-1772.

King George III

1760-1772

Head joint from flute

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1758-1769

Pair of ebony violin fingerboard shape and sized hollow fabrications

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1758-1773

King George III's archimedean screw

King George III

1762

George III's Magdeburg hemispheres

King George III

1761

Zinc discs, painted one side white with broad red line across the centre

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1772-1773

Name stamp for James Watt

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1758-1773

Three small steel set-squares, with brass stocks

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1756-1773

One piece of Wedgwood ware

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1768-1780

1¼” steel firmer chisel in octagonal wood handle

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1758-1769

Demainbray's four wheeled wagon model

King George III

1751

26 pairs of small brass hinges

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1758-1773

Brass casting, roughly cylindrical, three sinkings in surface

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1782

Eight ebony violin fingerboard shape and sized hollow fabrications

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1758-1773

Portrait of Francois Justin Vulliamy (1712 – 1797)

Clockmakers

1760-1790

Barograph clock by Alexander Cumming

Time Measurement

1766

Sextant by Jesse Ramsden

Astronomy

c. 1772

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

Clockmakers

1770

Verge watch in Staffordshire enamelled case by Ann Phillips

Clockmakers

1790

Barometer printing plate, inscribed " I.Watt Glasgow"

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1756-1757

George III's clockwork bell

King George III

1761

George III's inclined plane and Horse-way

King George III

1762

Wax male anatomical figure

Anatomy & Pathology

1750-1774

7/8" steel gouge with octagonal hickory handle

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1758-1769

Celestial globe by George Adams

King George III

1766