Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775
1775
Arkwright's Water Frame
1775
Arkwright's prototype spinning machine, 1769.
1769
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
Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772
1772 (original); 1919 (model)
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB
1990-95
Section of lightning conductor from St Paul’s cathedral
1769
Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement
1705-1737
Wood moulding plane, dated 1771
1771
Electrotype replica of a 16th-century mariner’s astrolabe
1580-1588; 1930
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
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
Replica of Lightning Conductor by Benjamin Franklin, United States, 1730-1760
1730-1760 (original); 1931-1939 (replica)
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 an Egyptian boat in XII Dynasty Tomb
1991-1783 BCE
HMS Sphinx
1775
Model of an Assyrian kelek or raft of inflated ox-hides, one of three models of Babylonian vessels of skin
700 BCE; 1931
Brunel, Marc Isambard
1769 - 1849
Trevithick, Richard
1771 - 1833
Cayley, George
1773 - 1857
Ancient Egyptian flint saw, replica
circa 3000 BCE
Plate Electrical Machine
1770
Mariner's compass
circa 1775
Flint hand tool, side-scraper, made in the Stone Age.
8500-2000 BCE
Arkwright's Wrap-reel Winding Wheel, English, 1769-1775
1769-1775
Replica of Islamic Astrolabe
1066; 1876
HMS Portland
1774
Thomas Mudge
circa 1772
Rigged model of Flemish carvel construction Carrack
1910-1921
Model of a Phoenician bireme ship
1845-1964
Copy of model of a sheep's liver. Original Babylonian, c. 2050-1750 BC.
2050-1750 BCE
Oil jar, Egypt, 1580-1350BCE
2000-1350 BCE