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

Clockmakers

1770

Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775

Textiles Machinery

1775

Rotative steam engine by Boulton and Watt, 1788

Motive Power

1788

Arkwright's Water Frame

Textile Industry

1775

Machine-Screw thread making tool, by Henry Maudslay

Hand and Machine Tools

c.1800

Reflecting telescope by William Herschel

Astronomy

1783-1785

Sextant by Jesse Ramsden

Astronomy

c. 1772

Arkwright's prototype spinning machine, 1769.

Textiles Machinery

1769

Watt's end measuring machine

Industrial Metrology

1776

Marine chronometer by John Arnold and Son, 1787-1799

Time Measurement

1787-1799

Refracting telescope with achromatic lens, made by the Dollond family

Optics

1760-1775

Barograph clock by Alexander Cumming

Time Measurement

1766

Silver microscope by George Adams, c. 1761.

Microscopes

1763

Portrait of Benjamin Vulliamy (1747 – 1811)

Clockmakers

1770-1800

Theodolite used for the Principal Triangulation of Great Britain

Surveying

1791

'Early 'perpetuelle' watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet

Clockmakers

1783-1800

Moon globe by John Russell;England;1797

Astronomy

1797

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

Motive Power

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

King George III's archimedean screw

King George III

1762

Filar micrometer by William Herschel, 1780-1800

Astronomy

1780-1800

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

Motive Power

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Mrs. Sage

.Unattributed

1785

Wax anatomical figure of reclining woman

Anatomy & Pathology

1771-1800

Millwright's measuring tool

Weighing & Measuring

around 1790

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

King George III

1761

Wax male anatomical figure

Anatomy & Pathology

1750-1774

Pivoted-detent escapement watch by John Arnold

Clockmakers

1776

Ornate circumcision knife with ivory handle

Surgery

1775-1785

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

Clockmakers

1794

‘Visual glasses’ designed by Benjamin Martin

Optics

1756-1800

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

King George III

1752

Small screw-cutting device or fusee engine for clock-maker's use

Hand and Machine Tools

c. 1800

Pedometer by Spencer & Perkins

Surveying

1775-1794

George III's pendulum

King George III

1762

Silver pill box, Birmingham, England, 1797

Wellcome (general)

1797

Section of lightning conductor from St Paul’s cathedral

Geophysics

1769

Portrait of Francois Justin Vulliamy (1712 – 1797)

Clockmakers

1760-1790

George III's double-barrelled air pump

King George III

1761

George III's Magdeburg hemispheres

King George III

1761

Demainbray's four wheeled wagon model

King George III

1751

George III's inclined plane and Horse-way

King George III

1762

Electrical chimes by George Adams

King George III

1781-1790

Marine chronometer by John Arnold and Son

Clockmakers

1795

Rawhide bag for storing cinchona bark

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1777-1785

Gold lever escapement watch by John Leroux

Clockmakers

1785

Clock movement for Shelton regulator clock

Time Measurement

1768-1769

Set of magnetical apparatus in case, by Adams

Electricity and Magnetism

1790

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

Anatomy & Pathology

1776-1780

Medal commemorating the first manned balloon flights

Coins, Medals & Tokens

1784
Original screw-cutting lathe, made by Henry Maudslay, end of 18th century

Henry Maudslay's original screw-cutting lathe, c.1800

Hand and Machine Tools

c. 1800