Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775
1775
Marine Timekeeper known as 'H5' by John Harrison and Son 1770
1770
Refracting telescope with achromatic lens, made by the Dollond family
1760-1775
Arkwright's prototype spinning machine, 1769.
1769
Marine chronometer by John Arnold
1771
Arkwright's Water Frame
1775
Joseph Priestley LLD FRS
1782
Expedition Crane
1764
Perspective drawing apparatus, incomplete, in integral mahogany case
1760-1770
Portrait mezzotint print from engraving of Phelps Thomas and Bartlett John, 1778
1778
Watt's end measuring machine
1776
model carriage chassis with two axles, 1762
1762
Flintlock pistol belonging to John Roger Arnold
1770-1780
Watch with double dial
1760
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
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
Pivoted-detent escapement watch by John Arnold
1776
Repeating clock-watch with dials on front and back by Gautrin, Paris
1780
Gold repoussé watch depicting the Choice of Hercules, by John Ellicott
1767
Musical table clock by Thwaites for Barraud
1767
Quarter repeating watch by Ellicott, London
1765-1775
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Spoon with folding handle
1778
Medal commemorating the Montgolfier unmanned balloon ascent
1783
Wax male figure showing the veins and some organs of the body, Florence, Italy, 1776-1780
1776-1780
Wax male figure showing the arteries of the body, Florence, Italy, 1776-1780
1776-1780
Wax male figure showing the muscles of the body
1776-1780
English wooden doll
circa 1780
Mezzotint: Portrait of John Arnold
1770
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Wood moulding plane, dated 1771
1771
Mezzotint portrait of John Bird
1776
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
Engraving of a demonstration to compare lightning conductor designs
1778-1780
Mahogany cross-piece for an air pump
1761
George III's Magdeburg hemispheres
1761