Marine Timekeeper known as 'H5' by John Harrison and Son 1770
1770
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
Camera Obscura
1701-1752
Longcase clock by James and John Harrison
1728
Orrery by Thomas Wright
1735-1745
Print of Henry Beighton's Engraving of a Newcomen Engine
1717-1725
Demainbray's Newcomen engine model
1720
Month-going longcase clock by John May
1700-1710
Silver microscope by George Adams, c. 1761.
1763
Dividing engine for making sextants and octants
Made late 1700s, modified 1800s
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Compound microscope
1701-1723
George III's philosophical table
1761-1762
Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement
1705-1737
Longcase clock movement by John and James Harrison
1726-1728
Compound microscope
1700
Great spinning wheel
c.1750
Majolica pharmacy jar
1730-1750
Pocket microscope by Jeremiah Sisson
1752
Year-going longcase clock by Daniel Quare
1700-1710
Clarke's Hydrometer (c. 1755)
1755
Turret clock movement by William Smith
1750
Barnard Tompion clock
1708
Edmund Culpeper
1720
Table clock with pull quarter repeat by George Tyler
1715-1725
Demainbray's polemoscope
1701-1752
Cutter, Alert
1755
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
George III's pendulum
1762
Saw used by Samuel Crompton
1750-1770
Eight-day longcase clock by Justin Vulliamy
1745-1755
Etching of an electrically powered garden
1755
Marine timekeeper by Henry Sully, Paris, 1724
1724
Section of lightning conductor from St Paul’s cathedral
1769
Clay tobacco pipe, 1720-1770, English
1720-1770
Plane table outfit by Benjamin Cole
1750-1766
Pharmacy storage jar used for theriac
1725-1755
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
Longcase clock with tidal dial by Christopher Pinchbeck
1715-1725
Demainbray's compound microscope
1745
Demainbray's speaking trumpet
1700-1752
Mural arc made for King George III
1770
Verge escapement watch movement by Thomas Tompion and George Graham
1711
Cutter, Alert
1755
Month-going longcase clock in a marquetry case by George Stratford
1700-1725
Demainbray's scioptric ball
1745-1755
George III's compound engine
1762
Watch movement with remontoir and two balance springs by Thomas Mudge
1755