Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775
1775
Marine Timekeeper known as 'H5' by John Harrison and Son 1770
1770
Telescope by Galileo (replica)
1610; 1923
Arkwright's Water Frame
1775
Orrery made by John Rowley for the Earl of Orrery
1712-1713
Arkwright's prototype spinning machine, 1769.
1769
Dental key
1725-1780
Small orrery by Benjamin Martin
1738-1777
Watt's end measuring machine
1776
Camera Obscura
1701-1752
Refracting telescope with achromatic lens, made by the Dollond family
1760-1775
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
Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772
1772 (original); 1919 (model)
Silver microscope by George Adams, c. 1761.
1763
Compound microscope
1701-1723
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
George III's philosophical table
1761-1762
Majolica pharmacy jar
1730-1750
Wax male figure showing the muscles of the body
1776-1780
Wax male anatomical figure
1750-1774
Turret clock movement by William Smith
1750
Pocket microscope by Jeremiah Sisson
1752
Barnard Tompion clock
1708
Demainbray's polemoscope
1701-1752
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
Wax male figure showing the veins and some organs of the body, Florence, Italy, 1776-1780
1776-1780
Eight-day longcase clock by Justin Vulliamy
1745-1755
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Wax male figure showing the muscles and bones of the body, Florence, Italy, 1776-1780
1776-1780
Table clock with pull quarter repeat by George Tyler
1715-1725
Wax male anatomical figure
1776-1780
Marine chronometer by John Arnold
1771
Longcase clock with tidal dial by Christopher Pinchbeck
1715-1725
Clay tobacco pipe, 1720-1770, English
1720-1770
Saw used by Samuel Crompton
1750-1770
Marine timekeeper by Henry Sully, Paris, 1724
1724
Section of lightning conductor from St Paul’s cathedral
1769
George III's pendulum
1762
Plane table outfit by Benjamin Cole
1750-1766
Altazimuth theodolite by Benjamin Cole & Son
1755-1765
Verge escapement watch movement by Thomas Tompion and George Graham
1711
Demainbray's compound microscope
1745
English wooden doll
circa 1780
Demainbray's scioptric ball
1745-1755
Pharmacy storage jar used for theriac
1725-1755