Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775
1775
Marine Timekeeper known as 'H5' by John Harrison and Son 1770
1770
Telescope by Galileo (replica)
1610; 1923
Arkwright's prototype spinning machine, 1769.
1769
Refracting telescope with achromatic lens, made by the Dollond family
1760-1775
Silver microscope by George Adams, c. 1761.
1763
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772
1772 (original); 1919 (model)
Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement
1705-1737
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
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
Satirical print of a failed balloon launch from Foley House, London in 1784
1784
Wax male figure showing the muscles and bones of the body, Florence, Italy, 1776-1780
1776-1780
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
Wax male anatomical figure
1776-1780
George III's pendulum
1762
Marine chronometer by John Arnold
1771
Section of lightning conductor from St Paul’s cathedral
1769
English wooden doll
circa 1780
Mural arc made for King George III
1770
Wax male figure showing the arteries of the body, Florence, Italy, 1776-1780
1776-1780
George III's compound engine
1762
Chronometer movement by John Arnold
1775
King George III's friction machine
1762
Medal commemorating the first manned balloon flights
1784
Textile printing block, rectangular
1760-1775 probable date
Pivoted-detent escapement watch by John Arnold
1776
'Dutch forgery' watch signed John Wilter
1780
George III's double-barrelled air pump
1761
Medal commemorating the Montgolfier unmanned balloon ascent
1783
Wood moulding plane, dated 1771
1771
Medal, 'Le Flesselles' Montgolfier balloon flight, Lyon, France, 19 January 1784
1784
Gold minute repeating watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet
1784
Mahogany cross-piece for an air pump
1761
Magnetic toy by George Adams
1765
George III's Magdeburg hemispheres
1761
King George III's central forces machine
1762
Repeating clock-watch with dials on front and back by Gautrin, Paris
1780
George III's glass sphere
1761
model carriage chassis with two axles, 1762
1762
Medal commemorating the Montgolfier unmanned balloon ascent
1783
Mezzotint portrait of John Bird
1776
Medal, commemorating the first balloon ascents in Italy
1784
George III's cycloidal pendulum
1762
Watch with double dial
1760
Flintlock pistol belonging to John Roger Arnold
1770-1780
Mezzotint: Portrait of John Arnold
1770