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Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775

1775

Marine Timekeeper known as 'H5' by John Harrison and Son 1770

1770

Brunel, Marc Isambard

1769 - 1849

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

1778

Mural arc made for King George III

1770

Section of lightning conductor from St Paul’s cathedral

1769

Pivoted-detent escapement watch by John Arnold

1776

Flintlock pistol belonging to John Roger Arnold

1770-1780

Repeating clock-watch with dials on front and back by Gautrin, Paris

1780

Gold repoussé watch depicting the Choice of Hercules, by John Ellicott

1767

Musical table clock by Thwaites for Barraud

1767

Quarter repeating watch by Ellicott, London

1765-1775

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Spoon with folding handle

1778

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

Watt's end measuring machine

1776

Mezzotint: Portrait of John Arnold

1770

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Wood moulding plane, dated 1771

1771

English wooden doll

circa 1780

Octagonal wooden telescope with slot down one side and moveable eyepice

1772-1773

Portrait of Thomas Mudge (c.1715 – 1794) after Nathaniel Dance

1770-1775

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

1776-1780

Wax male anatomical figure

1776-1780

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Gold watch by Raymont

1772

Keys to the Clockmakers Company chest

1766

Gold and enamel pair cased watch by Justin Vulliamy

1775

Chronometer movement by John Arnold

1775

'Dutch forgery' watch signed John Wilter

1780

Marine chronometer by John Arnold

1771

Arkwright's Water Frame

1775

Arkwright's prototype spinning machine, 1769.

1769

Achromatic doublet lens with a focal length of 52 inches

1780

Mezzotint portrait of John Bird

1776

Magnetic toy by George Adams

1765

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

1705-1737

Engraving of a demonstration to compare lightning conductor designs

1778-1780

Model of a 28 gun frigate

1770-1780

Howard, Luke

1772 - 1864

Model of cylinder with separate condenser, formerly described as the "original" model.

Watt's second separate condenser, 1765.

1765

Gold pocket watch and chain, with winding key and case, possibly owned by James Symes

1768

Oil paintings

1769

Oil paintings

1773

Oil paintings

1774

Set of lithotomy instruments in fishskin case

1771-1780

Reproduction of Joseph Priestley's oxygen apparatus

1774; 1923