Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775
1775
Watt's end measuring machine
1776
Portrait mezzotint print from engraving of Phelps Thomas and Bartlett John, 1778
1778
Pivoted-detent escapement watch by John Arnold
1776
Repeating clock-watch with dials on front and back by Gautrin, Paris
1780
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Spoon with folding handle
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
Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772
1772 (original); 1919 (model)
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
English wooden doll
circa 1780
Octagonal wooden telescope with slot down one side and moveable eyepice
1772-1773
Arkwright's Water Frame
1775
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
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
Wax male figure showing the muscles and bones of the body, Florence, Italy, 1776-1780
1776-1780
Wax male anatomical figure
1776-1780
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
Howard, Luke
1772 - 1864
Jonathan Hull's 'A Description and Draught of a Newly-Invented Machine'
1850-1899
Oil paintings
1773
Oil paintings
1774
Reproduction of Joseph Priestley's oxygen apparatus
1774; 1923
Apothecary's balance
1778-1780
Pendulum clock designed by Galileo in 1642 and made by his son in 1649, model.
1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)
Gold amulet in the form of Duamutef, Egypt, 2000-100 BCE
2000-100 BCE
Regulator clock made by Vulliamy for King George III
1780
Roman stone water main
30
Replica of Roman equal-arm balance, from Pompeii, 79 AD
1-79 CE; before 1914
Steel urethrotome
1801-1700
Two bladed fleam
1781
Surface Condenser and Air Pump, England, 1775
1775
Remains of a Cornish pumping engine, 'Old Bess', built by James Watt, 1777.
1777
Model of an Egyptian boat in XII Dynasty Tomb
1991-1783 BCE
Spindle with Whorl, Stone Age
5000-500 BCE
Diorama of Grimes Graves Flint Mine, 2000 BC
2000 BCE
Stone slab with seven holes for cosmetic ointments, Egypt, 1991-1786 BCE
1991-1786 BCE
Small silver medal
1775
Medal to commemorate the building of the School of Surgery in Paris
1774
Small silver medal
1775
Copy of forceps made from an Egyptian sculpture, Kom-Ombos, Egypt, 1901-1936
1901-1936; 180 BCE
Casts of Chinese zodiac figures (Tang dynasty)
1871-1900 (copy); 618-907 CE (original)