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Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775

Textiles Machinery

1775

Rotative steam engine by Boulton and Watt, 1788

Motive Power

1788

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

Clockmakers

1770

Arkwright's Water Frame

Textile Industry

1775

Moon globe by John Russell;England;1797

Astronomy

1797

Arkwright's prototype spinning machine, 1769.

Textiles Machinery

1769

Machine-Screw thread making tool, by Henry Maudslay

Hand and Machine Tools

c.1800

Silver microscope by George Adams, c. 1761.

Microscopes

1763

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

King George III

1752

Wax male figure showing the arteries of the body, Florence, Italy, 1776-1780

Anatomy & Pathology

1776-1780

Theodolite used for the Principal Triangulation of Great Britain

Surveying

1791

Reflecting telescope by William Herschel

Astronomy

1783-1785

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

Motive Power

1775-1799 (original); 1900-1907 (model)

Sextant by Jesse Ramsden

Astronomy

c. 1772

Portrait of Francois Justin Vulliamy (1712 – 1797)

Clockmakers

1760-1790

Barograph clock by Alexander Cumming

Time Measurement

1766

Marine chronometer by John Arnold and Son, 1787-1799

Time Measurement

1787-1799

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

Motive Power

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Pedometer by Spencer & Perkins

Surveying

1775-1794

Wax male anatomical figure

Anatomy & Pathology

1750-1774

Spring detent watch by John Arnold, used by Ruth Bellville and family to distribute GMT c.1834-1940

Clockmakers

1794

Filar micrometer by William Herschel, 1780-1800

Astronomy

1780-1800

‘Visual glasses’ designed by Benjamin Martin

Optics

1756-1800

Watt's end measuring machine

Industrial Metrology

1776

Model of a 28 gun frigate

Water Transport

1770-1780

Section of lightning conductor from St Paul’s cathedral

Geophysics

1769

Wax anatomical figure of reclining woman

Anatomy & Pathology

1771-1800

Refracting telescope with achromatic lens, made by the Dollond family

Optics

1760-1775

Terrestrial Globe by George Adams

King George III

1766

Vacuum Gauge by Boulton and Watt

Motive Power

1794

Two Guillotine blades and plinth

Wellcome (general)

1790-1794

Pivoted-detent escapement watch by John Arnold

Clockmakers

1776

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

King George III

1761

George III's double-barrelled air pump

King George III

1761

George III's philosophical table

King George III

1761-1762

Marine chronometer by John Arnold and Son

Clockmakers

1795

Plane table outfit by Benjamin Cole

Surveying

1750-1766

Wax male anatomical figure

Anatomy & Pathology

1750-1774

Demainbray's model of a camera obscura

King George III

1752

Deck-watch used by Capt. George Vancouver on board HMS Discovery 1791-5

Clockmakers

1791

Gold lever escapement watch by John Leroux

Clockmakers

1785

Mrs. Sage

.Unattributed

1785

'Early 'perpetuelle' watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet

Clockmakers

1783

George III's Magdeburg hemispheres

King George III

1761

Doorcase 56 Lincoln’s Inn Fields

Temporary Exhibitions

c.1750

Wax male figure showing the veins and some organs of the body, Florence, Italy, 1776-1780

Anatomy & Pathology

1776-1780

Silver pill box, Birmingham, England, 1797

Wellcome (general)

1797

Square signed "J.Ramsden, 1757"

Mathematics

1757

Infant feeding bottle, Europe, 1701-1800

Nursing & Hospital Furnishings

1771-1800

Pieces of Wedgwood ware

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1768-1780