Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775
1775
Marine Timekeeper known as 'H5' by John Harrison and Son 1770
1770
Napier's Bones
1690
Telescope by Galileo (replica)
1610; 1923
Arkwright's Water Frame
1775
Orrery made by John Rowley for the Earl of Orrery
1712-1713
Arkwright's prototype spinning machine, 1769.
1769
Wooden Acupuncture Model
1681
Early balance spring watch by Thomas Tompion
1675-1679
Camera Obscura
1701-1752
Refracting telescope with achromatic lens, made by the Dollond family
1760-1775
Longcase clock by James and John Harrison
1728
Print of Henry Beighton's Engraving of a Newcomen Engine
1717-1725
Armillary sphere by Girolamo Della Volpaia
1554
Orrery by Thomas Wright
1735-1745
Statue of St Mary Magdalene
1601-1750
Demainbray's Newcomen engine model
1720
Majolica pharmacy jar
1730-1750
Astronomical 'Masterpiece' Clock by Johann Schneider
1625
Celestial globe by Willem Janszoon Blaeu
1603
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Astrolabe by Ferdinand Arsenius
1607-1618
Month-going longcase clock by John May
1700-1710
Sun-and-moon dial by Elias Allen
1607-1653
Compound microscope
1701-1723
Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772
1772 (original); 1919 (model)
Slide rule by Robert Bissaker
1654
Silver microscope by George Adams, c. 1761.
1763
Dividing engine for making sextants and octants
Made late 1700s, modified 1800s
Astronomical table clock by Samuel Watson, believed to have belonged to Sir Isaac Newton
1690-1710
Telescope by Christopher Cock
1673
wheel cutting machine
1668-1672 Probable
Longcase clock movement by John and James Harrison
1726-1728
Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement
1705-1737
Great spinning wheel
c.1750
Pocket watch by Thomas Tompion
1675-1700
Model of early manual fire engine, ca. 1680.
1680
George III's philosophical table
1761-1762
Terrestrial globe by Willem Janszoon Blaeu
1599
30 hour longcase clock by Thomas Tompion
1672
Compound microscope
1700
Earthenware jug
1601-1700
Silver star-shaped verge watch by David Ramsay
1625
Table clock in ebony case by Joseph Knibb
1675-1685
Wax male anatomical figure
1750-1774
Turret clock movement by William Smith
1750
Table clock by Nicholas Vallin
1598-1603
Magnetic compass and sundial by Henry Sutton
1650-1665
Drawing instruments by Charles Whitwell
1593-1610
Telescope by John Marshall
1685-1695