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

Clockmakers

1770

Arkwright's prototype spinning machine, 1769.

Textiles Machinery

1769

Clock movement for Shelton regulator clock

Time Measurement

1768-1769

Barograph clock by Alexander Cumming

Time Measurement

1766

Silver microscope by George Adams, c. 1761.

Microscopes

1763

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

Motive Power

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

George III's philosophical table

King George III

1761-1762

Sextant by Jesse Ramsden

Astronomy

c. 1772

Section of lightning conductor from St Paul’s cathedral

Geophysics

1769

George III's cycloidal pendulum

King George III

1762

Celestial globe by George Adams

King George III

1766

Thin-walled square glass bottle

King George III

1761

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

King George III

1761

George III's glass sphere

King George III

1761

King George III's archimedean screw

King George III

1762

King George III's friction machine

King George III

1762

George III's double-barrelled air pump

King George III

1761

George III's Magdeburg hemispheres

King George III

1761

Magnetic toy by George Adams

King George III

1765

George III's tidal demonstration model

King George III

1762
Model of cylinder with separate condenser, formerly described as the "original" model.

Watt's second separate condenser, 1765.

Motive Power

1765

George III's weighted cylinder

King George III

1762

Unweighted cylinder

King George III

1762

George III's pendulum

King George III

1762

George III's compound engine

King George III

1762

Terrestrial Globe by George Adams

King George III

1766

King George III's central forces machine

King George III

1762

Cylindrical condensing chamber

King George III

1761

George III's inclined plane and Horse-way

King George III

1762

George III's clockwork bell

King George III

1761

George III's model crriage body

King George III

1762

George III's apparatus for oblique and compound collision

King George III

1762

Keys to the Clockmakers Company chest

Clockmakers

1766

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

Clockmakers

1767

Mummy of a peregrine falcon, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

Wood moulding plane, dated 1771

Hand and Machine Tools

1771

Copy of clay liver used for divination, original from Babylon, 2050-1750 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2050-1750 BCE

Mezzotint: Portrait of John Arnold

Susan Esther Reid

1770

Expedition Crane

Art

1764

Mezzotint portrait of Benjamin Franklin

Edward Fisher

1762

John Harrison, oil painting

Thomas King

1767

D'Artaria & Compagnie

.Unattributed

after 1765

Clock used for transit of Venus observations, 1769

Time Measurement

1768-1769

Mummy of a crocodile, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

Plate electrical machine

King George III

1770

Silver perpetual calendar, dated 1765

Time Measurement

1765

Clay figure of animal

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1000 BCE

Fulcrum for various experiments

King George III

1762
1          A New Grammar of the Latin Tongue. By John Holmes, MDCCLXVI. Leather 7” x 4¼”

Book

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1766

Mining compass, Italian , 1769

Surveying

1769