Marine Timekeeper known as 'H5' by John Harrison and Son 1770
1770
Rawhide bag for storing cinchona bark
1777-1785
Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775
1775
Replica of Islamic Astrolabe
1066; 1876
Rotative Steam Engine by Boulton and Watt, 1788
1788
Repeating clock-watch with dials on front and back by Gautrin, Paris
1780
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Spoon with folding handle
1778
Medal commemorating the Montgolfier unmanned balloon ascent
1783
Wax male figure showing the veins and some organs of the body, Florence, Italy, 1776-1780
1776-1780
Wax male figure showing the arteries of the body, Florence, Italy, 1776-1780
1776-1780
Wax male figure showing the muscles of the body
1776-1780
Pendulum clock designed by Galileo in 1642 and made by his son in 1649, model.
1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)
Flintlock pistol belonging to John Roger Arnold
1770-1780
Electrical chimes by George Adams
1781-1790
Porcelain eyebath
1775-1785
Medal, Blanchard's balloon ascent, Nuremberg, Germany, 1787
1785
Medal commemorating balloon flight of Blanchard at Frankfurt
1785
Mural arc made for King George III
1770
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
100 Link Steel Surveying Chain, 1784.
1784
Section of lightning conductor from St Paul’s cathedral
1769
Deck-watch used by Capt. George Vancouver on board HMS Discovery 1791-5
1791
Pivoted-detent escapement watch by Larcum Kendall
1786
Pivoted-detent escapement watch by John Arnold
1776
Watch movement with spring detent escapement by John Arnold and Son
1787
Deck watch by John Arnold and Son
1790
Gold repoussé watch depicting the Choice of Hercules, by John Ellicott
1767
Verge watch in Staffordshire enamelled case by Ann Phillips
1790
Quarter repeating watch by Ellicott, London
1765-1775
Silver watch by Brockbanks
1790
Guilloché enamel watch displaying solar and sidereal time, by George Margetts
1790
Musical table clock by Thwaites for Barraud
1788
Engraving of a demonstration to compare lightning conductor designs
1778-1780
Gold minute repeating watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet
1784
Keys to the Clockmakers Company chest
1766
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
Medal commemorating the first manned balloon flights
1784
Medal commemorating the Montgolfier unmanned balloon ascent
1783
Medal, 'Le Flesselles' Montgolfier balloon flight, Lyon, France, 19 January 1784
1784
Medal, commemorating the first balloon ascents in Italy
1784
Wax male anatomical figure
1776-1780
Wax male figure showing the muscles and bones of the body, Florence, Italy, 1776-1780
1776-1780
Achromatic doublet lens with a focal length of 52 inches
1780
Arkwright's Water Frame
1775
Richard Arkwright
1790
Mrs. Sage
1785
Mezzotint portrait of John Bird
1776
Magnetic toy by George Adams
1765