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
Telescope by Galileo (replica)
1610; 1923
Orrery made by John Rowley for the Earl of Orrery
1712-1713
Arkwright's Water Frame
1775
Theodolite used for the Principal Triangulation of Great Britain
1791
Dental key
1725-1780
Arkwright's prototype spinning machine, 1769.
1769
Anamorphosis Painting of Perspective View of a Ship Model
1744-1774
Small orrery by Benjamin Martin
1738-1777
Watch in a puddingstone, gold and diamond case by John Leroux
1775-1785
Watt's end measuring machine
1776
Refracting telescope with achromatic lens, made by the Dollond family
1760-1775
Camera Obscura
1701-1752
'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799
1775-1799 (original); 1900-1907 (model)
Longcase clock by James and John Harrison
1728
Orrery by Thomas Wright
1735-1745
Moon globe by John Russell, England, 1797
1797
Gold lever escapement watch by John Leroux
1785
Print of Henry Beighton's Engraving of a Newcomen Engine
1717-1725
Ornate circumcision knife with ivory handle
1775-1785
Demainbray's Newcomen engine model
1720
Month-going longcase clock by John May
1700-1710
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Silver microscope by George Adams, c. 1761.
1763
Dividing engine for making sextants and octants
Made late 1700s, modified 1800s
Compound microscope
1701-1723
Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772
1772 (original); 1919 (model)
Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement
1705-1737
Model of William Murdock's Oscillating Engine, 1785.
1785
Longcase clock movement by John and James Harrison
1726-1728
Compound microscope
1700
George III's philosophical table
1761-1762
100 Link Steel Surveying Chain, 1784.
1784
Great spinning wheel
c.1750
Majolica pharmacy jar
1730-1750
Wax male anatomical figure
1750-1774
Wax male figure showing the muscles of the body
1776-1780
‘Medico-Electrical Machine’ by Nairne and Blunt
1782-1793
Pocket microscope by Jeremiah Sisson
1752
Turret clock movement by William Smith
1750
Year-going longcase clock by Daniel Quare
1700-1710
Barnard Tompion clock
1708
Cutter, Alert
1755
Marine chronometer by John Arnold and Son
1795
Wax male figure showing the veins and some organs of the body, Florence, Italy, 1776-1780
1776-1780
Vacuum Gauge by Boulton and Watt
1794
Demainbray's polemoscope
1701-1752
Satirical print of a failed balloon launch from Foley House, London in 1784
1784