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

Clockmakers

1770

Sextant by Jesse Ramsden

Astronomy

c. 1772

Arkwright's prototype spinning machine, 1769.

Textiles Machinery

1769

Barograph clock by Alexander Cumming

Time Measurement

1766

Silver microscope by George Adams, c. 1761.

Microscopes

1763

King George III's archimedean screw

King George III

1762

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

Motive Power

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

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

King George III

1761

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

King George III

1752

George III's pendulum

King George III

1762

Section of lightning conductor from St Paul’s cathedral

Geophysics

1769

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

Clock movement for Shelton regulator clock

Time Measurement

1768-1769

Flute foot-joint end by James Watt

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1758-1769

George III's weighted cylinder

King George III

1762

Square signed "J.Ramsden, 1757"

Mathematics

1757

Three small steel set-squares, with brass stocks

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1756-1773

1¼” steel firmer chisel in octagonal wood handle

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1758-1769

Barometer printing plate, inscribed " I.Watt Glasgow"

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1756-1757

Celestial globe by George Adams

King George III

1766

Model diving bell with 12 sinking weights

King George III

before 1753

Demainbray's optical model

King George III

1752

George III's model crriage body

King George III

1762

George III's glass sphere

King George III

1761

King George III's friction machine

King George III

1762

Altazimuth theodolite by Benjamin Cole & Son

Surveying

1755-1765

Short mahogany strip brass pin gauge with eight pins

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1758-1769

Wooden tuning key for a stringed instrument

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1758-1769

George III's compound engine

King George III

1762

George III's cycloidal pendulum

King George III

1762

Unweighted cylinder in frame

King George III

1762

Long mahogany strip brass pin gauge with eight pins

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1758-1769

Arm for dividing apparatus built by James Watt

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1772-1774

Demainbray's Irish low-backed cart model

King George III

1735-1754.

Model of Hooke's universal joint

King George III

1760

Three circular saw blades

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1758-1773

Dial micrometer, 1760-1772.

King George III

1760-1772

Cylindrical condensing chamber

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

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

Eight ebony violin fingerboard shape and sized hollow fabrications

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1758-1773

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

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

Clockmakers

1755