Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775
1775
Marine Timekeeper known as 'H5' by John Harrison and Son 1770
1770
Napier's Bones
1690
Telescope by Galileo (replica)
1610; 1923
Orrery made by John Rowley for the Earl of Orrery
1712-1713
Arkwright's Water Frame
1775
Dental key
1725-1780
Arkwright's prototype spinning machine, 1769.
1769
Wooden Acupuncture Model
1681
Early balance spring watch by Thomas Tompion
1675-1679
Small orrery by Benjamin Martin
1738-1777
Watt's end measuring machine
1776
Refracting telescope with achromatic lens, made by the Dollond family
1760-1775
Camera Obscura
1701-1752
Longcase clock by James and John Harrison
1728
Orrery by Thomas Wright
1735-1745
Print of Henry Beighton's Engraving of a Newcomen Engine
1717-1725
Demainbray's Newcomen engine model
1720
Month-going longcase clock by John May
1700-1710
Silver microscope by George Adams, c. 1761.
1763
Dividing engine for making sextants and octants
Made late 1700s, modified 1800s
Telescope by Christopher Cock
1673
Compound microscope
1701-1723
Astronomical table clock by Samuel Watson, believed to have belonged to Sir Isaac Newton
1690-1710
Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772
1772 (original); 1919 (model)
Longcase clock movement by John and James Harrison
1726-1728
Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement
1705-1737
Pocket watch by Thomas Tompion
1675-1700
Compound microscope
1700
Model of early manual fire engine, ca. 1680.
1680
30 hour longcase clock by Thomas Tompion
1672
George III's philosophical table
1761-1762
Great spinning wheel
c.1750
Majolica pharmacy jar
1730-1750
Wax male figure showing the muscles of the body
1776-1780
Wax male anatomical figure
1750-1774
Table clock in ebony case by Joseph Knibb
1675-1685
Telescope by John Marshall
1685-1695
Turret clock movement by William Smith
1750
Pocket microscope by Jeremiah Sisson
1752
Year-going longcase clock by Daniel Quare
1700-1710
Barnard Tompion clock
1708
Demainbray's polemoscope
1701-1752
Telescope by John Yarwell.
1685-1695
Wax male figure showing the veins and some organs of the body, Florence, Italy, 1776-1780
1776-1780
Eight-day longcase clock by Justin Vulliamy
1745-1755
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
Wax male figure showing the muscles and bones of the body, Florence, Italy, 1776-1780
1776-1780
Table clock with pull quarter repeat by George Tyler
1715-1725