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Glass bowl on whirling stand

1734-1795

Scioptic ball, ostensibly by George Adams

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

New Improved' universal compound microscope with fitted mahogany case

1785-1795

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

Ten circular scale pans

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

Two pieces of plaster

1762

Glass tube closed top end, on a circular brass base

1761

globe

1761

Bell jar, 1761

1761

Four cubical weights with loops

1762

Glass globe; glass stand; brass collar

1761

Magnetic Cabinet, 1775-1800

1775-1800

Henley's quadrant electrometer, about 1790

1770-1795

Optical 'paradox' toy for seeing through opaque objects

1790-1800

Opera Glass by George Adams, London, 1750-1795

1750-1795

Combination dividers

1772-1795

Tube with bulb

1761

Brass dart, with steel point, for an air gun, fur flight

1761

Terrestrial Globe by George Adams

1766

Universal Single microscope

Model experimental cart

1762

Brass plate for projectile experiment

1762

Protractor and parallel rule combined

1740-1750

S-shaped iron tube, with threaded connectors

Flanged brass disc to screw on an air pump

1761

Mould, for clay or lead pellets for air gun, 1761

1761

A Description of an Apparatus for explaining the Principles of Mechanicks

1762

Orrery planetary model

1789-1795

Culpeper microscope with boxfoot made by George Adams in 1738

1738

Brass Gregorian reflecting telescope by George Adams

1734-1796

Compound monocular microscope by George Adams

1775-1800

Mercury thermometer in brass frame, 1775-1785

1775-1785