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Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775

1775

Marine Timekeeper known as 'H5' by John Harrison and Son 1770

1770

Section of lightning conductor from St Paul’s cathedral

1769

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

Refracting telescope with achromatic lens, made by the Dollond family

1760-1775

Silver microscope by George Adams, c. 1761.

1763

Arkwright's Water Frame

1775

Arkwright's prototype spinning machine, 1769.

1769

Perspective drawing apparatus, incomplete, in integral mahogany case

1760-1770

Expedition Crane

1764

Mezzotint portrait of Benjamin Franklin

1762

George III's weighted cylinder

1762

Unweighted cylinder in frame

1762

model carriage chassis with two axles, 1762

1762

George III's cycloidal pendulum

1762

George III's pendulum

1762

Glass bell jar with a brass collar

1761

King George III's friction machine

1762

George III's tidal demonstration model

1762

King George III's central forces machine

1762

Gold repoussé watch depicting the Choice of Hercules, by John Ellicott

1767

Musical table clock by Thwaites for Barraud

1767

Double brass stand for bell jars on a brass pillar

1761

George III's apparatus for oblique and compound collision

1762

Mural arc made for King George III

1770

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Watch with double dial

1760

Quarter repeating watch by Ellicott, London

1765-1775

Textile printing block, rectangular

1760-1775 probable date

Mezzotint: Portrait of John Arnold

1770

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Wood moulding plane, dated 1771

1771

Magnetic toy by George Adams

1765

Model of Hooke's universal joint

1760

George III's Magdeburg hemispheres

1761

George III's compound engine

1762

George III's model crriage body

1762

George III's clockwork bell

1761

George III's double-barrelled air pump

1761

Gold watch by Raymont

1772

Gold and enamel pair cased watch by Justin Vulliamy

1775

Chronometer movement by John Arnold

1775

Marine chronometer by John Arnold

1771

George III's philosophical table

1761-1762

George III's glass sphere

1761

Mahogany cross-piece for an air pump

1761

George III's inclined plane and Horse-way

1762

Mahogany board with round ends and two short brass pillars

1761

Two brass pillars for an air pump

1761