Image
Category
Collection
Maker
On Display
Object type
Place
Material
Date

George III's cycloidal pendulum

1762

George III's apparatus for oblique and compound collision

1762

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Glass bell jar with a brass collar

1761

Double brass stand for bell jars on a brass pillar

1761

George III's tidal demonstration model

1762

King George III's friction machine

1762

George III's pendulum

1762

King George III's central forces machine

1762

George III's weighted cylinder

1762

model carriage chassis with two axles, 1762

1762

Unweighted cylinder in frame

1762

Mezzotint portrait of Benjamin Franklin

1762

Mahogany cross-piece for an air pump

1761

George III's double-barrelled air pump

1761

George III's glass sphere

1761

George III's Magdeburg hemispheres

1761

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

1705-1737

George III's compound engine

1762

George III's clockwork bell

1761

George III's philosophical table

1761-1762

Mahogany board with round ends and two short brass pillars

1761

Replica of 16th century German 'Hund' wagon, 1986

1986 (replica); 1501-1600 (original)

George III's inclined plane and Horse-way

1762

George III's model crriage body

1762

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Two brass pillars for an air pump

1761

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Viewer microscope, with bead lens, in square body

1888-185

Urethrotome, steel, poor condition

1801-1700

Clay tobacco pipe

1860-1715

Model of an Egyptian boat in XII Dynasty Tomb

1991-1783 BCE

Three mahogany samples, from spindle moulder machine

1791-3

Winding handle for spindle moulder

1791-3

Motion and Velocity Illustration Instrument

1762

Model experimental cart

1762

Brass disc for air pump, 1761

1761

Brass disc for air pump, 1761

1761

Two brass pulley blocks by Adams

1762

Demonstration apparatus for screw action

1762

Fixed weights for experiments with the balance

1762

Brass Arm for wind fountain

1761

Knife edged prism for centre of gravity experiments

1762

Grooved disc with five spherical beads attached by a thread

1761

Brass plate for projectile experiment

1762

Thistle shaped glass with brass collar

1761

Four cubical weights with loops

1762

Fitting for stand

1762

Roman type steelyard, by George Adams

1762

Ten circular scale pans

1762