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
Telescope by Galileo (replica)
1610; 1923
Theodolite used for the Principal Triangulation of Great Britain
1791
Arkwright's Water Frame
1775
Arkwright's prototype spinning machine, 1769.
1769
Watch in a puddingstone, gold and diamond case by John Leroux
1775-1785
Watt's end measuring machine
1776
Refracting telescope with achromatic lens, made by the Dollond family
1760-1775
Gold lever escapement watch by John Leroux
1785
Ornate circumcision knife with ivory handle
1775-1785
Silver microscope by George Adams, c. 1761.
1763
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Model of William Murdock's Oscillating Engine, 1785.
1785
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
100 Link Steel Surveying Chain, 1784.
1784
Great spinning wheel
c.1750
Wax male figure showing the muscles of the body
1776-1780
Wax male anatomical figure
1750-1774
‘Medico-Electrical Machine’ by Nairne and Blunt
1782-1793
Pocket microscope by Jeremiah Sisson
1752
Clarke's Hydrometer (c. 1755)
1755
Turret clock movement by William Smith
1750
Marine chronometer by John Arnold and Son
1795
Wax male figure showing the veins and some organs of the body, Florence, Italy, 1776-1780
1776-1780
Vacuum Gauge by Boulton and Watt
1794
Satirical print of a failed balloon launch from Foley House, London in 1784
1784
Parts from a constant-force escapement by Thomas Mudge
1785
Richard Arkwright
1790
Cutter, Alert
1755
Lunardi's second balloon ascending from St. George's Fields, 1785
1785-1790
Wax male figure showing the muscles and bones of the body, Florence, Italy, 1776-1780
1776-1780
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Rawhide bag for storing cinchona bark
1777-1785
Wax male anatomical figure
1776-1780
George III's pendulum
1762
Saw used by Samuel Crompton
1750-1770
Etching of an electrically powered garden
1755
Marine chronometer by John Arnold
1771
Section of lightning conductor from St Paul’s cathedral
1769
Chronometer watch in silver case by John Arnold and Son
hallmarked 1788
Electrical chimes by George Adams
1781-1790
Plane table outfit by Benjamin Cole
1750-1766
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
English wooden doll
circa 1780
Mrs. Sage
1785
Mural arc made for King George III
1770