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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

Pieces of Wedgwood ware

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1768-1780

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

Arkwright's prototype spinning machine, 1769.

Textiles Machinery

1769

Flintlock pistol belonging to John Roger Arnold

Clockmakers

1770-1780

George III's double-barrelled air pump

King George III

1761

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

King George III's archimedean screw

King George III

1762

George III's Magdeburg hemispheres

King George III

1761

King George III's central forces machine

King George III

1762

Terrestrial Globe by George Adams

King George III

1766

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

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1772-1773

Dial micrometer, 1760-1772.

King George III

1760-1772

Barograph clock by Alexander Cumming

Time Measurement

1766

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

Clockmakers

1770

Sextant by Jesse Ramsden

Astronomy

c. 1772

One piece of Wedgwood ware

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1768-1780

George III's clockwork bell

King George III

1761

George III's inclined plane and Horse-way

King George III

1762

Celestial globe by George Adams

King George III

1766

Silver microscope by George Adams, c. 1761.

Microscopes

1763

Pivoted-detent escapement watch by John Arnold

Clockmakers

1776

Thin-walled square glass bottle

King George III

1761

Wax male figure showing the muscles of the body

Anatomy & Pathology

1776-1780

Arkwright's Water Frame

Textile Industry

1775

Magnetic toy by George Adams

King George III

1765

One packet, 'experiment paper on copying', from James Watt's workshop

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1780

Achromatic doublet lens

King George III

1780

Arkwright's water frame, 1775.

Textiles Machinery

1775

Paper packet containing white powder

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1768-1780

Portrait of Thomas Mudge (c.1715 – 1794) after Nathaniel Dance

Clockmakers

1770-1775

Repeating clock-watch with dials on front and back by Gautrin, Paris

Clockmakers

1780

George III's apparatus for oblique and compound collision

King George III

1762

King George III's friction machine

King George III

1762

George III's model crriage body

King George III

1762

Wax male anatomical figure

Anatomy & Pathology

1776-1780

George III's glass sphere

King George III

1761

Packet containing five pieces of white Wedgwood ware

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1768-1780

Keys to the Clockmakers Company chest

Clockmakers

1766

George III's tidal demonstration model

King George III

1762

Gold repoussé watch depicting the Choice of Hercules, by John Ellicott.

Clockmakers

1767

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

Anatomy & Pathology

1776-1780