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George III's weighted cylinder

1762

Unweighted cylinder in frame

1762

George III's pendulum

1762

King George III's central forces machine

1762

Glass bell jar with a brass collar

1761

Double brass stand for bell jars on a brass pillar

1761

model carriage chassis with two axles, 1762

1762

George III's tidal demonstration model

1762

King George III's friction machine

1762

George III's cycloidal pendulum

1762

George III's apparatus for oblique and compound collision

1762

Set of magnetical apparatus in case, by Adams

1790

Beam compass by George Adams

1775-1795

Magnetic toy by George Adams

1765

George III's clockwork bell

1761

George III's philosophical table

1761-1762

George III's glass sphere

1761

George III's inclined plane and Horse-way

1762

Mahogany board with round ends and two short brass pillars

1761

Volume entitled: "The Description and Use of a Terrestrial Planetarium, including the Orbits of Mercury and Venus commonly called an Orrery"

Principles of Mechanics by George Adams

A Description of the Pneumatic Apparatus made for His Majesty King George the Third by George Adams, Mathematical Instrument Maker to His Majesty

Aquatic microscope by Adams

Frictional electrostatic machine

1780

Rods for adjusting lucernal microscopes

1787-1800

Surveyor's compass, English, 1725-1795

1725-1795

Striker mechanism, for use with falling body acceleration demonstrations

1762

Motion and Velocity Illustration Instrument

1762

Glass flask; glass stopper; brass capped

1761

Brass disc for air pump, 1761

1761

Brass disc for air pump, 1761

1761

globe

1761

Attachment for the pillar of the philosophical table

1762

Demonstration apparatus for screw action

1762

Fixed weights for experiments with the balance

1762

Two brass pulley blocks by Adams

1762

Brass Arm for wind fountain

1761

Parabola, mahogany

1762

Triangle, mahogany

1762

Grooved disc with five spherical beads attached by a thread

1761

Knife edged prism for centre of gravity experiments

1762

Fitting for stand

1762

Roman type steelyard, by George Adams

1762

Iron box, hinged lid, enclosing iron cube

1761

Iron solid cylinder

1761

Pillar attachment for Mariotte's paradox

1762

Thistle shaped glass with brass collar

1761

Lever, angled, boxwood, 1762

1762

Lever with two fixed and three moveable threads, 1762

1762

Syringe by George Adams, 1761

1761