Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775
1775
Marine Timekeeper known as 'H5' by John Harrison and Son 1770
1770
Watt's end measuring machine
1776
Wax male figure showing the veins and some organs of the body, Florence, Italy, 1776-1780
1776-1780
Wax male figure showing the muscles of the body
1776-1780
Arkwright's Water Frame
1775
Arkwright's prototype spinning machine, 1769.
1769
Refracting telescope with achromatic lens, made by the Dollond family
1760-1775
George III's compound engine
1762
Silver microscope by George Adams, c. 1761.
1763
George III's double-barrelled air pump
1761
Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)
1668; 1924
Telescope by Galileo (replica)
1610; 1923
Perspective drawing apparatus, incomplete, in integral mahogany case
1760-1770
Medal commemorating the Montgolfier unmanned balloon ascent
1783
Mezzotint portrait of Benjamin Franklin
1762
model carriage chassis with two axles, 1762
1762
Repeating clock-watch with dials on front and back by Gautrin, Paris
1780
Joseph Priestley LLD FRS
1782
Expedition Crane
1764
Pendulum clock designed by Galileo in 1642 and made by his son in 1649, model.
1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)
Glass bell jar with a brass collar
1761
Double brass stand for bell jars on a brass pillar
1761
George III's weighted cylinder
1762
Unweighted cylinder in frame
1762
George III's apparatus for oblique and compound collision
1762
George III's cycloidal pendulum
1762
George III's pendulum
1762
Portrait mezzotint print from engraving of Phelps Thomas and Bartlett John, 1778
1778
Mural arc made for King George III
1770
Section of lightning conductor from St Paul’s cathedral
1769
King George III's friction machine
1762
George III's tidal demonstration model
1762
King George III's central forces machine
1762
Pivoted-detent escapement watch by John Arnold
1776
Flintlock pistol belonging to John Roger Arnold
1770-1780
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
Quarter repeating watch by Ellicott, London
1765-1775
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Spoon with folding handle
1778
Wax male figure showing the arteries of the body, Florence, Italy, 1776-1780
1776-1780
Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772
1772 (original); 1919 (model)
Textile printing block, rectangular
1760-1775 probable date
Octagonal wooden telescope with slot down one side and moveable eyepice
1772-1773
Print, ascent of a Montgolfier balloon
1783
Engraving of a demonstration to compare lightning conductor designs
1778-1780
Dial micrometer, 1760-1772.
1760-1772
Keys to the Clockmakers Company chest
1766