Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775
1775
Marine Timekeeper known as 'H5' by John Harrison and Son 1770
1770
Rotative Steam Engine by Boulton and Watt, 1788
1788
Napier's Bones
1690
Telescope by Galileo (replica)
1610; 1923
Cubical polyhedral sundial
1751-1800
Orrery made by John Rowley for the Earl of Orrery
1712-1713
Theodolite used for the Principal Triangulation of Great Britain
1791
Dental key
1725-1780
Arkwright's prototype spinning machine, 1769.
1769
Early balance spring watch by Thomas Tompion
1675-1679
Small orrery by Benjamin Martin
1738-1777
Watch in a puddingstone, gold and diamond case by John Leroux
1775-1785
Refracting telescope with achromatic lens, made by the Dollond family
1760-1775
Camera Obscura
1701-1752
Machine-Screw thread making tool, by Henry Maudslay
circa 1800
'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799
1775-1799 (original); 1900-1907 (model)
Longcase clock by James and John Harrison
1728
Glass female urinal, Europe, 1701-1800
1701-1800
Orrery by Thomas Wright
1735-1745
Moon globe by John Russell, England, 1797
1797
Gold lever escapement watch by John Leroux
1785
Ornate circumcision knife with ivory handle
1775-1785
Demainbray's Newcomen engine model
1720
Month-going longcase clock by John May
1700-1710
Silver microscope by George Adams, c. 1761.
1763
Telescope by Christopher Cock
1673
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Compound microscope
1701-1723
Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772
1772 (original); 1919 (model)
Pill tile with four short legs
1701-1800
Petit type tourniquet
1701-1800
Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement
1705-1737
Model of William Murdock's Oscillating Engine, 1785.
1785
'Early 'perpetuelle' watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet
1783-1800
Model of early manual fire engine, ca. 1680.
1680
Longcase clock movement by John and James Harrison
1726-1728
Astronomical table clock by Samuel Watson, believed to have belonged to Sir Isaac Newton
1690-1710
George III's philosophical table
1761-1762
Compound microscope
1700
30 hour longcase clock by Thomas Tompion
1672
Pocket watch by Thomas Tompion
1675-1700
100 Link Steel Surveying Chain, 1784.
1784
Bronze mortar and pestle, Europe, 1701-1800
1701-1800
Great spinning wheel
c.1750
Hand painted Indian cotton fabric
1700-1800
Majolica pharmacy jar
1730-1750
‘Visual glasses’ designed by Benjamin Martin
1756-1800
Wax male figure showing the muscles of the body
1776-1780
Oak medicine chest, Europe, 1701-1800
1701-1800