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
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
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
Model of William Murdock's Oscillating Engine, 1785.
1785
George III's philosophical table
1761-1762
100 Link Steel Surveying Chain, 1784.
1784
Wax male figure showing the muscles of the body
1776-1780
Cutter, Alert
1755
Wax male figure showing the veins and some organs of the body, Florence, Italy, 1776-1780
1776-1780
Satirical print of a failed balloon launch from Foley House, London in 1784
1784
Rawhide bag for storing cinchona bark
1777-1785
Parts from a constant-force escapement by Thomas Mudge
1785
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
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
Mrs. Sage
1785
Section of lightning conductor from St Paul’s cathedral
1769
English wooden doll
circa 1780
Mural arc made for King George III
1770
Cutter, Alert
1755
Table clock by Johnson
1775-1785
Mr Lunardi's New Balloon
1785
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
Pivoted-detent escapement watch by John Arnold
1776
Medal commemorating the first manned balloon flights
1784
Textile printing block, rectangular
1760-1775 probable date
'Dutch forgery' watch signed John Wilter
1780
George III's double-barrelled air pump
1761
Mezzotint portrait of Benjamin Franklin
1762
Wood moulding plane, dated 1771
1771
Medal commemorating the Montgolfier unmanned balloon ascent
1783