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
Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772
1772 (original); 1919 (model)
Silver microscope by George Adams, c. 1761.
1763
Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement
1705-1737
George III's philosophical table
1761-1762
Wax male figure showing the muscles of the body
1776-1780
Pocket microscope by Jeremiah Sisson
1752
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Wax male figure showing the veins and some organs of the body, Florence, Italy, 1776-1780
1776-1780
Wax male figure showing the muscles and bones of the body, Florence, Italy, 1776-1780
1776-1780
Wax male anatomical figure
1776-1780
Marine chronometer by John Arnold
1771
Section of lightning conductor from St Paul’s cathedral
1769
George III's pendulum
1762
Altazimuth theodolite by Benjamin Cole & Son
1755-1765
English wooden doll
circa 1780
Mural arc made for King George III
1770
Watch movement with remontoir and two balance springs by Thomas Mudge
1755
Chronometer movement by John Arnold
1775
King George III's friction machine
1762
George III's compound engine
1762
Pivoted-detent escapement watch by John Arnold
1776
Textile printing block, rectangular
1760-1775 probable date
George III's double-barrelled air pump
1761
Wax male figure showing the arteries of the body, Florence, Italy, 1776-1780
1776-1780
Watch with Flamenville dead-beat escapement
1759
'Dutch forgery' watch signed John Wilter
1780
Demainbray's model of a camera obscura
1752
Medal commemorating the Montgolfier unmanned balloon ascent
1783
Wood moulding plane, dated 1771
1771
Hindley's pyrometer and three expansion tubes made by Henry Hindley
1752
George III's Magdeburg hemispheres
1761
Model diving bell with 12 sinking weights
before 1753
Magnetic toy by George Adams
1765
Mahogany cross-piece for an air pump
1761
Repeating clock-watch with dials on front and back by Gautrin, Paris
1780
Demainbray's convex mirror
1752
King George III's central forces machine
1762
Demainbray's optical model
1752
George III's glass sphere
1761
Quarter-repeating watch by Thomas Mudge
1755
Verge watch in silver inner case
1759