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
Arkwright's prototype spinning machine, 1769.
1769
Watt's end measuring machine
1776
Refracting telescope with achromatic lens, made by the Dollond family
1760-1775
Silver microscope by George Adams, c. 1761.
1763
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772
1772 (original); 1919 (model)
George III's philosophical table
1761-1762
Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement
1705-1737
Great spinning wheel
c.1750
Wax male anatomical figure
1750-1774
Pocket microscope by Jeremiah Sisson
1752
Clarke's Hydrometer (c. 1755)
1755
Turret clock movement by William Smith
1750
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 chronometer by John Arnold
1771
Section of lightning conductor from St Paul’s cathedral
1769
Plane table outfit by Benjamin Cole
1750-1766
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
Demainbray's compound microscope
1745
Mural arc made for King George III
1770
Cutter, Alert
1755
Demainbray's scioptric ball
1745-1755
Chronometer movement by John Arnold
1775
George III's compound engine
1762
Watch movement with remontoir and two balance springs by Thomas Mudge
1755
Textile printing block, rectangular
1760-1775 probable date
King George III's friction machine
1762
Pivoted-detent escapement watch by John Arnold
1776
George III's double-barrelled air pump
1761
Mezzotint portrait of Benjamin Franklin
1762
Wood moulding plane, dated 1771
1771
Eight-day longcase clock by George Graham
1750
Hindley's pyrometer and three expansion tubes made by Henry Hindley
1752
Demainbray's model of a camera obscura
1752
Small lantern clock with alarm signed George Graham
1750-1760
Magnetic toy by George Adams
1765
Mahogany cross-piece for an air pump
1761
Demainbray's cometarium
1750-1760
Model diving bell with 12 sinking weights
before 1753
Skeletonised watch movement by Peter Amyot
1750-1775
King George III's central forces machine
1762