Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775
1775
Arkwright's Water Frame
1775
Arkwright's prototype spinning machine, 1769.
1769
Watt's end measuring machine
1776
Marine Timekeeper known as 'H5' by John Harrison and Son 1770
1770
Pendulum clock designed by Galileo in 1642 and made by his son in 1649, model.
1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)
Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)
1668; 1924
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Telescope by Galileo (replica)
1610; 1923
Wax male figure showing the muscles of the body
1776-1780
Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772
1772 (original); 1919 (model)
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Wax male figure showing the veins and some organs of the body, Florence, Italy, 1776-1780
1776-1780
Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB
1990-95
Section of lightning conductor from St Paul’s cathedral
1769
Wax male figure showing the muscles and bones of the body, Florence, Italy, 1776-1780
1776-1780
Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement
1705-1737
Walker, John
1781 - 1859
English wooden doll
circa 1780
Wax male anatomical figure
1776-1780
Wood moulding plane, dated 1771
1771
Model of a 28 gun frigate
1770-1780
Electrotype replica of a 16th-century mariner’s astrolabe
1580-1588; 1930
Wax male figure showing the arteries of the body, Florence, Italy, 1776-1780
1776-1780
John Harrison, oil painting
1767
Mural arc made for King George III
1770
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
Copy of Roman artificial leg, London, England, 1905-1915
300 BCE; 1905-1915
Stephenson, George
1781 - 1848
Model of Gutenberg's Press, 1430
1960-1979
Copy of clay liver used for divination, original from Babylon, 2050-1750 BCE
2050-1750 BCE
Carding machine by Richard Arkwright, 1775, believed to be from Cromford Mill, Derbyshire.
c.1775
Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936
1936
Mummy of a peregrine falcon, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE
2000-1001 BCE
Trevithick, Richard
1771 - 1833
Mezzotint: Portrait of John Arnold
1770
Engraving of a demonstration to compare lightning conductor designs
1778-1780
Mezzotint portrait of John Bird
1776
Replica of Lightning Conductor by Benjamin Franklin, United States, 1730-1760
1730-1760 (original); 1931-1939 (replica)
Medal awarded by the Royal Humane Society, England, 1781
1781
Model of Mud House
6000-5000BCE
Working model of Hero's Aeolipile
100-1 BCE; 1501-1600; 1914
Maudslay, Henry
1771 - 1831
Burial mask of Agamemnon, Greek, c. 1550 BCE
1600-1500 BCE (original); 1900-1914 (copy)
Replica Bavarian reckoning cloth, German, 16th century.
1501-1600; 1972
Sextant by Jesse Ramsden with case
1770-1775
Model of submersible 'Turtle'
1976; 1776
Model of an Egyptian boat in XII Dynasty Tomb
1991-1783 BCE
Achromatic doublet lens with a focal length of 52 inches
1780
Clock used for transit of Venus observations, 1769
1768-1769