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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

Wax male figure showing the arteries of the body, Florence, Italy, 1776-1780

1776-1780

Wax male figure showing the veins and some organs of the body, Florence, Italy, 1776-1780

1776-1780

Wax male figure showing the muscles of the body

1776-1780

English wooden doll

circa 1780

Mezzotint: Portrait of John Arnold

1770

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Wood moulding plane, dated 1771

1771

Arkwright's Water Frame

1775

Engraving of a demonstration to compare lightning conductor designs

1778-1780

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

Achromatic doublet lens with a focal length of 52 inches

1780

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

Wax male anatomical figure

1776-1780

Wax male figure showing the muscles and bones of the body, Florence, Italy, 1776-1780

1776-1780

Ticket medal

1776

Bronze medal,Catherine the Great

1763

Copper medal commemorating Thomas Le Vacher de la Feutrie as dean of Paris medical school 1779 to 1780

1780

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

1776-1777

Portrait. J.Buxton. Mezzotint 1781

1781

Six's maximum and minimum thermometer

1780

Six's maximum and minimum thermometer

1780

Six's maximum and minimum thermometer

1780

Six's maximum and minimum thermometer

1780

Six's maximum and minimum thermometer

1780

Six's maximum and minimum thermometer

1780

Six's maximum and minimum thermometer

1780

Six's maximum and minimum thermometer

1780

Six's maximum and minimum thermometer

1780

Six's maximum and minimum thermometer

1780

Six's maximum and minimum thermometer

1780

Six's maximum and minimum thermometer

1780

Six's maximum and minimum thermometer

1780

Six's maximum and minimum thermometer

1780

Hand-held knife sharpener with wooden handle in which knife is rubbed in the V formed by the hardened steel pieces

1770-1780

De Luc whalebone hygrometer by Hausmann, 1781.

1781

Quarter-Real coin of Charles III (Spain)

1778