Portrait mezzotint print from engraving of Phelps Thomas and Bartlett John, 1778
1778
Section of lightning conductor from St Paul’s cathedral
1769
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Watt's end measuring machine
1776
Spoon with folding handle
1778
Expedition Crane
1764
Mural arc made for King George III
1770
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Mezzotint: Portrait of John Arnold
1770
Arkwright's Water Frame
1775
Wood moulding plane, dated 1771
1771
Arkwright's prototype spinning machine, 1769.
1769
Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775
1775
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
Octagonal wooden telescope with slot down one side and moveable eyepice
1772-1773
Magnetic toy by George Adams
1765
Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772
1772 (original); 1919 (model)
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
Viewer microscope, with bead lens, in square body
1888-185
Empty wooden case, varnished, inscribed H.L.1772
1772
Silver medal to commemorate a storm off the Dutch coast
1775
Silver medal
1771
Silver medal to commemorate the recovery of the Empress Maria Theresa
1767
Circular gold(?) medal, awarded to I. Ponsonby as
1765
Bronze medal to commemorate F.H.W. Martini (1729-1778)
1777
Alabaster kohl pot
2000-1350
Six-fold linear measure, bone, Spanish, 1776
1776
Harpenden pocket stadiometer sent out to Ludlow Boys' School as part of a series of nationwide measurements
1972-3
NEMA cryptography machine type T-D
1945-50
Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB
1990-95
Quarter-Real coin of Charles III (Spain)
1778
Piastre coin of Carlos III (Spain)
1773
Silver Coin of Augustus III (Poland)
1763
Piastre coin of Carlos III (Spain)
1772
Two Reales coin of Charles III (Spain)
1774
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
1779
Guinea coin of George III
1773
Four Ducats coin of Maria Theresa of Hungary
1774
Two Ducats coin of Maria Theresa of Hungary
1773
Guinea coin of George III
1777
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