Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775
1775
Marine Timekeeper known as 'H5' by John Harrison and Son 1770
1770
Joseph Priestley LLD FRS
1782
Portrait mezzotint print from engraving of Phelps Thomas and Bartlett John, 1778
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
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
Repeating clock-watch with dials on front and back by Gautrin, Paris
1780
Flintlock pistol belonging to John Roger Arnold
1770-1780
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Spoon with folding handle
1778
Mezzotint: Portrait of John Arnold
1770
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Wood moulding plane, dated 1771
1771
English wooden doll
circa 1780
Arkwright's Water Frame
1775
Mezzotint portrait of John Bird
1776
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
Gold watch by Raymont
1772
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
Wax male figure showing the muscles and bones of the body, Florence, Italy, 1776-1780
1776-1780
Wax male anatomical figure
1776-1780
Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772
1772 (original); 1919 (model)
Octagonal wooden telescope with slot down one side and moveable eyepice
1772-1773
Arkwright's prototype spinning machine, 1769.
1769
Achromatic doublet lens with a focal length of 52 inches
1780
Portrait of Thomas Mudge (c.1715 – 1794) after Nathaniel Dance
1770-1775
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
Pendulum clock designed by Galileo in 1642 and made by his son in 1649, model.
1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)
Model of a Thames Wherry
1781
Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB
1990-95
Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)
1668; 1924
Regulator clock made by Vulliamy for King George III
1780
Model of submersible 'Turtle'
1976; 1776
Telescope by Galileo (replica)
1610; 1923
Model of a 28 gun frigate
1770-1780
Copy of Roman artificial leg, London, England, 1905-1915
300 BCE; 1905-1915
Copy of Lodestone believed to have been used by Queen Anne
1929 (copy); 1702-1714 (original)
Sextant by Jesse Ramsden with case
1770-1775
Oil paintings
1769
Oil paintings
1773
Oil paintings
1774