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
Gold lever escapement watch by John Leroux
1785
Arkwright's prototype spinning machine, 1769.
1769
Rotative Steam Engine by Boulton and Watt, 1788
1788
Watch movement with spring detent escapement by John Arnold and Son
1787
Spring-detent escapement watch with gold case by John Arnold and Son
1796
Marine chronometer by John Arnold
1771
Arkwright's Water Frame
1775
'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799
1775-1799 (original); 1900-1907 (model)
Orrery planetary model
1789-1795
Seal die, Ashby De La Zouch Canal Company
1794
Joseph Priestley LLD FRS
1782
Praeclarissimus Isaacus Newton Eques
1787
Expedition Crane
1764
Chronometer watch in silver case by John Arnold and Son
hallmarked 1788
Child's spinal support, Europe, 1771-1800
1771-1800
Perspective drawing apparatus, incomplete, in integral mahogany case
1760-1770
Small screw-cutting device or fusee engine for clock-maker's use
circa 1800
Portrait mezzotint print from engraving of Phelps Thomas and Bartlett John, 1778
1778
Watt's end measuring machine
1776
Straight spectacles
1796-1797
Transverse folding spectacles
1796-1798
Hydrostatic balance by Jesse Ramsden, London, 1785-1789
1785-1789
Filar micrometer by William Herschel, 1780-1800
1780-1800
model carriage chassis with two axles, 1762
1762
Flintlock pistol belonging to John Roger Arnold
1770-1780
Watch with double dial
1760
Silver watch with unusual Robin escapement
1792
Porcelain eyebath
1775-1785
Creamware plate
1771-1800
Mezzotint portrait of Benjamin Franklin
1762
‘Medico-Electrical Machine’ by Nairne and Blunt
1782-1793
Mural arc made for King George III
1770
Lunardi's second balloon ascending from St. George's Fields, 1785
1785-1790
Satirical print of a failed balloon launch from Foley House, London in 1784
1784
Divers Projets
1798
100 Link Steel Surveying Chain, 1784.
1784
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
Stipple-engraved portrait of Margaret Bryan and two children
1797
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