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
Orrery made by John Rowley for the Earl of Orrery
1712-1713
Theodolite used for the Principal Triangulation of Great Britain
1791
Watch in a puddingstone, gold and diamond case by John Leroux
1775-1785
Compound microscope
1700
Watt's end measuring machine
1776
Half-penny coin
1799
Wax male figure showing the veins and some organs of the body, Florence, Italy, 1776-1780
1776-1780
Wax male figure showing the muscles of the body
1776-1780
Small orrery by Benjamin Martin
1738-1777
Clarke's Hydrometer (c. 1755)
1755
Compound microscope
1701-1723
'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799
1775-1799 (original); 1900-1907 (model)
Arkwright's Water Frame
1775
Anamorphosis Painting of Perspective View of a Ship Model
1744-1774
Arkwright's prototype spinning machine, 1769.
1769
Refracting telescope with achromatic lens, made by the Dollond family
1760-1775
Silver microscope by George Adams, c. 1761.
1763
Longcase clock by James and John Harrison
1728
Longcase clock movement by John and James Harrison
1726-1728
George III's compound engine
1762
George III's double-barrelled air pump
1761
Camera Obscura
1701-1752
Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)
1668; 1924
Telescope by Galileo (replica)
1610; 1923
Pharmacy storage jar used for theriac
1725-1755
Seal die, Ashby De La Zouch Canal Company
1794
Joseph Priestley LLD FRS
1782
Praeclarissimus Isaacus Newton Eques
1787
Expedition Crane
1764
Chronometer watch in silver case by John Arnold and Son
hallmarked 1788
Straight spectacles
1796-1797
Transverse folding spectacles
1796-1798
Tumbler, horn, with silver strip around rim, 1742
1742
Pewter teapot, with straight and turned wooden handle, 1701-1750
1701-1750
Porcelain eyebath
1775-1785
Model 'Maximum machine', before 1753.
1740-1753
Clay tobacco pipe, 1720-1770, English
1720-1770
Saw used by Samuel Crompton
1750-1770
Hydrostatic balance by Jesse Ramsden, London, 1785-1789
1785-1789
Portrait mezzotint print from engraving of Phelps Thomas and Bartlett John, 1778
1778
Wax male figure showing the arteries of the body, Florence, Italy, 1776-1780
1776-1780
Pharmacy jar for bugloss
1725-1775
Model of William Murdock's Oscillating Engine, 1785.
1785
Pair of ebony violin fingerboard shape and sized hollow fabrications
1758-1773
Long mahogany strip brass pin gauge with five pins
1758-1769
Short mahogany strip brass pin gauge with eight pins
1758-1769
Perspective drawing apparatus, incomplete, in integral mahogany case
1760-1770