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Model diving bell with 12 sinking weights

before 1753

Magnetic toy by George Adams

1765

George III's glass sphere

1761

Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement

1705-1737

Demainbray's convex mirror

1752

Model of Hooke's universal joint

1760

Demainbray's optical model

1752

Demainbray's optical model

1752

Demainbray's optical model

1752

Demainbray's optical model

1752

Demainbray's four wheeled wagon model

1751

Demainbray's model of a camera obscura

1752

Mahogany cross-piece for an air pump

1761

George III's Magdeburg hemispheres

1761

George III's inclined plane and Horse-way

1762

George III's compound engine

1762

George III's model crriage body

1762

Silver microscope by George Adams, c. 1761.

1763

Mahogany board with round ends and two short brass pillars

1761

Two brass pillars for an air pump

1761

George III's clockwork bell

1761

George III's double-barrelled air pump

1761

Pedometer by Benjamin Grey

1755

Quarter-repeating watch by Thomas Mudge

1755

Gold watch by Raymont

1772

Keys to the Clockmakers Company chest

1766

Eight-day longcase clock by George Graham

1750

Watch in a porcelain case by J Grantham

1750

Marine chronometer by John Arnold

1771

George III's philosophical table

1761-1762

Wax male anatomical figure

1750-1774

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

7/8" steel gouge with octagonal hickory handle

1758-1769

Octagonal wooden telescope with slot down one side and moveable eyepice

1772-1773

Cutter, Alert

1755

Howard, Luke

1772 - 1864

Model of cylinder with separate condenser, formerly described as the "original" model.

Watt's second separate condenser, 1765.

1765

Model of Persian wheel with chain of pots

1754

Gold pocket watch and chain, with winding key and case, possibly owned by James Symes

1768

A Description of an Apparatus for explaining the Principles of Mechanicks

1762

Two oil paintings of armed Cutter "Alert" (1753-4) each in gilt frames (bow and stern views)

1753-1754

Oil paintings

1769

Oil paintings

1773

Oil paintings

1774

Reproduction of Joseph Priestley's oxygen apparatus

1774; 1923

Wooden model consisting of water wheel and treadmill in common frame

1753

Apparatus for filling barometer tube

1761

Pendulum clock designed by Galileo in 1642 and made by his son in 1649, model.

1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)

Transit telescope

1770

Gold amulet in the form of Duamutef, Egypt, 2000-100 BCE

2000-100 BCE