Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775
1775
Marine Timekeeper known as 'H5' by John Harrison and Son 1770
1770
Watt's end measuring machine
1776
Repeating clock-watch with dials on front and back by Gautrin, Paris
1780
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
Portrait mezzotint print from engraving of Phelps Thomas and Bartlett John, 1778
1778
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Spoon with folding handle
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
Joseph Priestley LLD FRS
1782
Mezzotint: Portrait of John Arnold
1770
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Wood moulding plane, dated 1771
1771
English wooden doll
circa 1780
Engraving of a demonstration to compare lightning conductor designs
1778-1780
Wax male anatomical figure
1776-1780
Wax male figure showing the muscles and bones of the body, Florence, Italy, 1776-1780
1776-1780
Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772
1772 (original); 1919 (model)
Arkwright's prototype spinning machine, 1769.
1769
Achromatic doublet lens with a focal length of 52 inches
1780
Mezzotint portrait of John Bird
1776
Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement
1705-1737
Portrait of Thomas Mudge (c.1715 – 1794) after Nathaniel Dance
1770-1775
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
Octagonal wooden telescope with slot down one side and moveable eyepice
1772-1773
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
Arkwright's Water Frame
1775
Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)
1668; 1924
Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB
1990-95
Pendulum clock designed by Galileo in 1642 and made by his son in 1649, model.
1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)
Telescope by Galileo (replica)
1610; 1923
Model of a 28 gun frigate
1770-1780
Copy of clay liver used for divination, original from Babylon, 2050-1750 BCE
2050-1750 BCE
Clock used for transit of Venus observations, 1769
1768-1769
Model of Gutenberg's Press, 1430
1960-1979
Model of an Assyrian kelek or raft of inflated ox-hides, one of three models of Babylonian vessels of skin
700 BCE; 1931
Model of Mud House
6000-5000BCE
Model of a Phoenician bireme ship
1845-1964
Burial mask of Agamemnon, Greek, c. 1550 BCE
1600-1500 BCE (original); 1900-1914 (copy)
Flymo Super Professional 47 rotary air cushion mower
1979-80
Quarter-Real coin of Charles III (Spain)
1778