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

1770

Arkwright's Water Frame

1775

'Dutch forgery' watch signed John Wilter

1780

Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775

1775

Flintlock pistol belonging to John Roger Arnold

1770-1780

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

Porcelain eyebath

1775-1785

Medal commemorating the Montgolfier unmanned balloon ascent

1783

Medal, Blanchard's balloon ascent, Nuremberg, Germany, 1787

1785

Medal commemorating balloon flight of Blanchard at Frankfurt

1785

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

Mural arc made for King George III

1770

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

Pivoted-detent escapement watch by John Arnold

1776

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

1767

Rawhide bag for storing cinchona bark

1777-1785

Achromatic doublet lens with a focal length of 52 inches

1780

Wax male anatomical figure

1776-1780

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

1776-1780

Mrs. Sage

1785

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

Mezzotint portrait of John Bird

1776

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

1705-1737

Table clock by Johnson

1775-1785

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

1770-1775

Gold watch by Raymont

1772

Gold lever escapement watch by John Leroux

1785

Watch in a puddingstone, gold and diamond case by John Leroux

1775-1785

Gold and enamel pair cased watch by Justin Vulliamy

1775

Parts from a constant-force escapement by Thomas Mudge

1785

Chronometer movement by John Arnold

1775

Marine chronometer by John Arnold

1771

Pendulum clock designed by Galileo in 1642 and made by his son in 1649, model.

1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB

1990-95

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

Terrestrial Globe by George Adams

1766