Arkwright's prototype spinning machine, 1769.
1769
Marine Timekeeper known as 'H5' by John Harrison and Son 1770
1770
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Perspective drawing apparatus, incomplete, in integral mahogany case
1760-1770
Expedition Crane
1764
Mezzotint portrait of Benjamin Franklin
1762
Mural arc made for King George III
1770
George III's weighted cylinder
1762
Unweighted cylinder in frame
1762
Section of lightning conductor from St Paul’s cathedral
1769
Glass bell jar with a brass collar
1761
King George III's friction machine
1762
George III's apparatus for oblique and compound collision
1762
Double brass stand for bell jars on a brass pillar
1761
model carriage chassis with two axles, 1762
1762
George III's cycloidal pendulum
1762
George III's tidal demonstration model
1762
King George III's central forces machine
1762
George III's pendulum
1762
Gold repoussé watch depicting the Choice of Hercules, by John Ellicott
1767
Watch with double dial
1760
Musical table clock by Thwaites for Barraud
1767
Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772
1772 (original); 1919 (model)
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
Mezzotint: Portrait of John Arnold
1770
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Wood moulding plane, dated 1771
1771
Octagonal wooden telescope with slot down one side and moveable eyepice
1772-1773
Dial micrometer, 1760-1772.
1760-1772
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
Model of Hooke's universal joint
1760
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 philosophical table
1761-1762
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
Gold watch by Raymont
1772
Keys to the Clockmakers Company chest
1766
Marine chronometer by John Arnold
1771
Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB
1990-95
Telescope by Galileo (replica)
1610; 1923
Pendulum clock designed by Galileo in 1642 and made by his son in 1649, model.
1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)