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Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775

1775

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

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Spoon with folding handle

1778

Watt's end measuring machine

1776

Mural arc made for King George III

1770

Pivoted-detent escapement watch by John Arnold

1776

Flintlock pistol belonging to John Roger Arnold

1770-1780

Portrait mezzotint print from engraving of Phelps Thomas and Bartlett John, 1778

1778

Wax male anatomical figure

1776-1780

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

1776-1780

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Octagonal wooden telescope with slot down one side and moveable eyepice

1772-1773

Mezzotint: Portrait of John Arnold

1770

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

English wooden doll

circa 1780

Wood moulding plane, dated 1771

1771

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Arkwright's Water Frame

1775

Achromatic doublet lens with a focal length of 52 inches

1780

Engraving of a demonstration to compare lightning conductor designs

1778-1780

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

1770-1775

Mezzotint portrait of John Bird

1776

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

1705-1737

Gold watch by Raymont

1772

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

1770

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

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

Silver medal to commemorate the centenary of a university

1775

Silver medal to commemorate the centenary of a university

1775

Silver medal or token designed by C.M.

1777

Medal, punched to commemorate changing fortunes of the various seasons or quarters of the year for 1772

1772

Circular bronze medal with bevelled edge

1777

Rough white metal religious medal, German, 1772

1772

Medal, silver, octagonal

1779

Bronze medal to commemorate F.H.W. Martini (1729-1778)

1777

Silver medal commemorating a terrible flood of 20 and 21st November 1776 but location unknown

1776-1777

Hand-held knife sharpener with wooden handle in which knife is rubbed in the V formed by the hardened steel pieces

1770-1780

Quarter-Real coin of Charles III (Spain)

1778

Piastre coin of Carlos III (Spain)

1773

Guinea coin of George III

1779

Guinea coin of George III

1773