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George III's weighted cylinder

1762

Unweighted cylinder in frame

1762

George III's pendulum

1762

model carriage chassis with two axles, 1762

1762

Mezzotint portrait of Benjamin Franklin

1762

George III's cycloidal pendulum

1762

George III's apparatus for oblique and compound collision

1762

King George III's central forces machine

1762

Section of lightning conductor from St Paul’s cathedral

1769

George III's tidal demonstration model

1762

King George III's friction machine

1762

Expedition Crane

1764

Mural arc made for King George III

1770

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Mezzotint: Portrait of John Arnold

1770

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Wood moulding plane, dated 1771

1771

George III's inclined plane and Horse-way

1762

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement

1705-1737

George III's compound engine

1762

Silver microscope by George Adams, c. 1761.

1763

Magnetic toy by George Adams

1765

George III's model crriage body

1762

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Arkwright's prototype spinning machine, 1769.

1769

Octagonal wooden telescope with slot down one side and moveable eyepice

1772-1773

Bronze medal,Catherine the Great

1763

Piastre coin of Carlos III (Spain)

1773

Silver Coin of Augustus III (Poland)

1763

Guinea coin of George III

1773

Guinea coin of George III

1774

Four Ducats coin of Maria Theresa of Hungary

1774

Two Ducats coin of Maria Theresa of Hungary

1773

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Quarter-Sovereign coin of George III

1762

Quarter-Guinea coin of George III

1762

Two Denari coin of Victor Amadeus II (King of Sardinia)

1774

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Piastre coin of Carlos III (Spain)

1772

Two Reales coin of Charles III (Spain)

1774

Optical cabinet made by B. Martin about 1771

1771

Red granite drill core

2686-2613 BCE

Portable horizontal sundial in slate

1762

NEMA cryptography machine type T-D

1945-50

Calf's Head Weight

1370-1350 BCE; 1931

Plaster replica of black Basalt Cubit Rod 531

1931; 250 BCE

Plaster replica of IBEX weight

1370-1350 BCE; 1931

Black stone container or palette

2000-1000

Votive plaque

1772