Marine Timekeeper known as 'H5' by John Harrison and Son 1770
1770
Napier's Bones
1690
Telescope by Galileo (replica)
1610; 1923
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
Longcase clock by James and John Harrison
1728
Print of Henry Beighton's Engraving of a Newcomen Engine
1717-1725
Orrery by Thomas Wright
1735-1745
Demainbray's Newcomen engine model
1720
Month-going longcase clock by John May
1700-1710
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
Telescope by Christopher Cock
1673
Astronomical table clock by Samuel Watson, believed to have belonged to Sir Isaac Newton
1690-1710
Compound microscope
1701-1723
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
30 hour longcase clock by Thomas Tompion
1672
Compound microscope
1700
George III's philosophical table
1761-1762
Majolica pharmacy jar
1730-1750
Table clock in ebony case by Joseph Knibb
1675-1685
Turret clock movement by William Smith
1750
Telescope by John Marshall
1685-1695
Magnetic compass and sundial by Henry Sutton
1650-1665
Year-going longcase clock by Daniel Quare
1700-1710
Pocket microscope by Jeremiah Sisson
1752
Barnard Tompion clock
1708
Longcase clock by John Fromanteel, originally fitted with a cross-beat escapement
1665-1670
Demainbray's polemoscope
1701-1752
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
Telescope by John Yarwell.
1685-1695
Eight-day longcase clock by Justin Vulliamy
1745-1755
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Combined graphometer and plummet clinometer, 1663.
1663
Table clock with pull quarter repeat by George Tyler
1715-1725
Eight-day longcase clock by Edward East in a later marquetry case
1675-1685
Gunter quadrant
1650-1725
Brass-bound lodestone
1675-1700
Longcase clock with tidal dial by Christopher Pinchbeck
1715-1725
Clay tobacco pipe, 1720-1770, English
1720-1770
Morland's calculating machine
1666-1680