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Section of lightning conductor from St Paul’s cathedral

1769

Expedition Crane

1764

Mural arc made for King George III

1770

Portrait mezzotint print from engraving of Phelps Thomas and Bartlett John, 1778

1778

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Spoon with folding handle

1778

Watt's end measuring machine

1776

Mezzotint: Portrait of John Arnold

1770

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Wood moulding plane, dated 1771

1771

Arkwright's Water Frame

1775

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

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

1705-1737

Silver microscope by George Adams, c. 1761.

1763

Mezzotint portrait of John Bird

1776

Magnetic toy by George Adams

1765

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Arkwright's prototype spinning machine, 1769.

1769

Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775

1775

Octagonal wooden telescope with slot down one side and moveable eyepice

1772-1773

Ticket medal

1776

Bronze medal,Catherine the Great

1763

Silver medal commemorating a terrible flood of 20 and 21st November 1776 but location unknown

1776-1777

Quarter-Real coin of Charles III (Spain)

1778

Piastre coin of Carlos III (Spain)

1773

Silver Coin of Augustus III (Poland)

1763

Guinea coin of George III

1779

Guinea coin of George III

1773

Guinea coin of George III

1776

Guinea coin of George III

1774

Guinea coin of George III

1775

Guinea coin of George III

1777

Guinea coin of George III

1777

Guinea coin of George III

1777

Four Ducats coin of Maria Theresa of Hungary

1774

Two Ducats coin of Maria Theresa of Hungary

1773

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Onza de Oro or Eight Scudos coin of Carlos III (Spain)

1778

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

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