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
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Silver microscope by George Adams, c. 1761.
1763
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
George III's philosophical table
1761-1762
100 Link Steel Surveying Chain, 1784.
1784
Great spinning wheel
c.1750
Wax male anatomical figure
1750-1774
Wax male figure showing the muscles of the body
1776-1780
Pocket microscope by Jeremiah Sisson
1752
Turret clock movement by William Smith
1750
Cutter, Alert
1755
Wax male figure showing the veins and some organs of the body, Florence, Italy, 1776-1780
1776-1780
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Satirical print of a failed balloon launch from Foley House, London in 1784
1784
Wax male figure showing the muscles and bones of the body, Florence, Italy, 1776-1780
1776-1780
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
Marine chronometer by John Arnold
1771
Wax male anatomical figure
1776-1780
George III's pendulum
1762
Etching of an electrically powered garden
1755
Saw used by Samuel Crompton
1750-1770
Section of lightning conductor from St Paul’s cathedral
1769
Plane table outfit by Benjamin Cole
1750-1766
English wooden doll
circa 1780
Mural arc made for King George III
1770
Cutter, Alert
1755
Watch movement with remontoir and two balance springs by Thomas Mudge
1755
Chronometer movement by John Arnold
1775
Wax male figure showing the arteries of the body, Florence, Italy, 1776-1780
1776-1780
George III's compound engine
1762
King George III's friction machine
1762
Medal commemorating the first manned balloon flights
1784
Textile printing block, rectangular
1760-1775 probable date
Pivoted-detent escapement watch by John Arnold
1776
'Dutch forgery' watch signed John Wilter
1780
George III's double-barrelled air pump
1761
Eight-day longcase clock by George Graham
1750
Mezzotint portrait of Benjamin Franklin
1762
Hindley's pyrometer and three expansion tubes made by Henry Hindley
1752
Wood moulding plane, dated 1771
1771
Demainbray's model of a camera obscura
1752
Medal commemorating the Montgolfier unmanned balloon ascent
1783