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
Arkwright's Water Frame
1775
Arkwright's prototype spinning machine, 1769.
1769
Watt's end measuring machine
1776
Watch in a puddingstone, gold and diamond case by John Leroux
1775-1785
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
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
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
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
Rawhide bag for storing cinchona bark
1777-1785
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
Parts from a constant-force escapement by Thomas Mudge
1785
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
Table clock by Johnson
1775-1785
George III's pendulum
1762
Section of lightning conductor from St Paul’s cathedral
1769
Chronometer watch in silver case by John Arnold and Son
hallmarked 1788
English wooden doll
circa 1780
Pivoted-detent escapement watch by Larcum Kendall
1786
Mural arc made for King George III
1770
Medal commemorating the first manned balloon flights
1784
Chronometer movement by John Arnold
1775
George III's compound engine
1762
King George III's friction machine
1762
Textile printing block, rectangular
1760-1775 probable date
Wax male figure showing the arteries of the body, Florence, Italy, 1776-1780
1776-1780
Pivoted-detent escapement watch by John Arnold
1776
'Dutch forgery' watch signed John Wilter
1780
George III's double-barrelled air pump
1761
Musical table clock by Thwaites for Barraud
1788
Watch with spring detent escapement by John Arnold and Son
1788
Wood moulding plane, dated 1771
1771
Hydrostatic balance by Jesse Ramsden, London, 1785-1789
1785-1789
Medal commemorating the Montgolfier unmanned balloon ascent
1783
Medal, Blanchard's balloon ascent, Nuremberg, Germany, 1787
1785
Medal, 'Le Flesselles' Montgolfier balloon flight, Lyon, France, 19 January 1784
1784
Gold minute repeating watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet
1784