Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775
1775
Marine Timekeeper known as 'H5' by John Harrison and Son 1770
1770
Mural arc made for King George III
1770
Section of lightning conductor from St Paul’s cathedral
1769
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Mezzotint: Portrait of John Arnold
1770
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Wood moulding plane, dated 1771
1771
Arkwright's Water Frame
1775
Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement
1705-1737
Gold watch by Raymont
1772
Gold and enamel pair cased watch by Justin Vulliamy
1775
Chronometer movement by John Arnold
1775
Marine chronometer by John Arnold
1771
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
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)
Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB
1990-95
Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)
1668; 1924
Telescope by Galileo (replica)
1610; 1923
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
Transit telescope
1770
Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936
1936
Wooden backstaff or Davis quadrant made by John Gilbert on Tower Hill
1730; 1967
Trade token
1772
Iron Weight
1910-130
One of two Sumerian solid cylindrical weights
circa 2000 BCE
2 circular plaster casts of the 2 halves of a Greek coin
700-100 BCE; 1930-1950
Roman stone water main
30
Milby Cut bridge girder, 1769
1769
Replica of Roman equal-arm balance, from Pompeii, 79 AD
1-79 CE; before 1914
Folding coin scale for weighing guineas and half-guineas
1774
HMS Portland
1774
HMS Intrepid
1774
HMS Experiment
1775
HMS Portland
1774
HMS Experiment
1775
HMS Ambuscade
1775
HMS Royal George
1774
HMS Sphinx
1775
HMS Royal Oak
1774
Earthenware jug
2000-1350