Marine Timekeeper known as 'H5' by John Harrison and Son 1770
1770
Electrical chimes by George Adams
1781-1790
Rawhide bag for storing cinchona bark
1777-1785
Refracting telescope with achromatic lens, made by the Dollond family
1760-1775
Theodolite used for the Principal Triangulation of Great Britain
1791
Marine chronometer by John Arnold and Son
1795
Arkwright's Water Frame
1775
Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775
1775
Seal die, Ashby De La Zouch Canal Company
1794
Stanhope square demonstrator, c.1805.
circa 1805
Ready reckoner for ship's cargoes
1807
‘Medico-Electrical Machine’ by Nairne and Blunt
1782-1793
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
Unweighted cylinder in frame
1762
George III's weighted cylinder
1762
Section of lightning conductor from St Paul’s cathedral
1769
The Improved Pedometer or Waywiser
1765-1806
Glass bell jar with a brass collar
1761
King George III's friction machine
1762
Chronometer in Gold Case by Thomas Earnsham, 1795-1810
1795-1810
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
Deck-watch used by Capt. George Vancouver on board HMS Discovery 1791-5
1791
Pivoted-detent escapement watch by Larcum Kendall
1786
Watch with four outer cases, made by Edward Prior for the Turkish export market
1800
Pivoted-detent escapement watch by John Arnold
1776
Spring-detent escapement watch in a gold case by Reid & Co. London
1807
Watch movement with spring detent escapement by John Arnold and Son
1787
Deck watch by John Arnold and Son
1790
Spring-detent escapement watch with gold case by John Arnold and Son
1796
Spring detent watch by John Arnold, used by Ruth Bellville and family to distribute GMT c.1834-1940
1794
Spring-detent escapement watch with gold case by John Barwise
1800
Compass
1800
Gold repoussé watch depicting the Choice of Hercules, by John Ellicott
1767
Under-painted horn pair cased watch by George Flote
1800
Marine chronometer by Thomas Earnshaw
1795-1805
Gold watch by Recordon
1807
Lever escapement watch by Josiah Emery
1792
A skeleton clock designed to represent the terrestial globe by Henry Gratte
1800
Verge watch in Staffordshire enamelled case by Ann Phillips
1790
A Royal watch by Samuel Houston
1807
Marine chronometer by John Arnold
1802
Chronometer movement by John Arnold & Son
1795
Eight-day marine chronometer by John Arnold & Son
1795
Pedometer by Spencer and Perkins
1775-1800