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

Clockmakers

1770

Arkwright's prototype spinning machine, 1769.

Textiles Machinery

1769

Clock movement for Shelton regulator clock

Time Measurement

1768-1769

Barograph clock by Alexander Cumming

Time Measurement

1766

Hindley's pyrometer

King George III

1752

Silver microscope by George Adams, c. 1761.

Microscopes

1763

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

Motive Power

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

George III's philosophical table

King George III

1761-1762

Sextant by Jesse Ramsden

Astronomy

c. 1772

Section of lightning conductor from St Paul’s cathedral

Geophysics

1769

George III's cycloidal pendulum

King George III

1762

Celestial globe by George Adams

King George III

1766

Thin-walled square glass bottle

King George III

1761

Demainbray's model of a camera obscura

King George III

1752

Barrel and Device from George III's guinea and feather' apparatus

King George III

1761

Model diving bell

King George III

before 1753

George III's glass sphere

King George III

1761

Wooden tuning key for a stringed instrument

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1758-1769

King George III's archimedean screw

King George III

1762

Pair of ebony violin fingerboard shape and sized hollow fabrications

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1758-1773

King George III's friction machine

King George III

1762

Twelve-inch quadrant by John Bird

Astronomy

1760-1769

Altazimuth theodolite

Surveying

1755-1765

Square signed "J.Ramsden, 1757"

Mathematics

1757

Model of Hooke's universal joint

King George III

1760

Three circular saw blades

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1758-1773

George III's double-barrelled air pump

King George III

1761

Dial micrometer, 1760-1772.

King George III

1760-1772

George III's Magdeburg hemispheres

King George III

1761

Head joint from flute

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1758-1769

Barometer printing plate, inscribed " I.Watt Glasgow"

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1756-1757

Magnetic toy by George Adams

King George III

1765

Plate for printing calibrated scales for barometers

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1756-1757

Demainbray's optical model

King George III

1752

George III's tidal demonstration model

King George III

1762
Model of cylinder with separate condenser, formerly described as the "original" model.

Watt's second separate condenser, 1765.

Motive Power

1765

Long mahogany strip brass pin gauge with eight pins

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1758-1769

Flute foot-joint end

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1758-1769

Short mahogany strip brass pin gauge with eight pins

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1758-1769

George III's weighted cylinder

King George III

1762

Unweighted cylinder

King George III

1762

George III's pendulum

King George III

1762

George III's compound engine

King George III

1762

Demainbray's Irish low-backed cart model

King George III

1735-1754.

Terrestrial Globe by George Adams

King George III

1766

King George III's central forces machine

King George III

1762

Cylindrical condensing chamber

King George III

1761

Eight ebony violin fingerboard shape and sized hollow fabrications

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1758-1773

Zinc discs, painted one side white with broad red line across the centre

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1772-1773

Name stamp for James Watt

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1758-1773