Image
Category
Collection
Maker
On Display
Object type
Place
Material
Date

Cubical polyhedral sundial

1751-1800

Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775

1775

Napier's Bones

1690

Dental Pelican for Tooth Pulling

1701-1800

Theodolite used for the Principal Triangulation of Great Britain

1791

Orrery made by John Rowley for the Earl of Orrery

1712-1713

Rotative Steam Engine by Boulton and Watt, 1788

1788

Wooden Acupuncture Model

1681

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

1770

Watt's end measuring machine

1776

Clarke's Hydrometer (c. 1755)

1755

Longcase clock with tidal dial by Christopher Pinchbeck

1715-1725

Pair cased watch by Anna Adamson

1685

Wax male anatomical figure

1750-1774

Anamorphosis Painting of Perspective View of a Ship Model

1744-1774

Refracting telescope with achromatic lens, made by the Dollond family

1760-1775

Watch in a puddingstone, gold and diamond case by John Leroux

1775-1785

Verge escapement watch movement by Thomas Tompion and George Graham

1711

Frame saw

1700-1800

Small screw-cutting device or fusee engine for clock-maker's use

circa 1800

Silver vinaigrette in the shape of a harp, France, 1701-1800

1701-1800

Creamware plate

1771-1800

Rectangular wooden board, for stamping out lozenges

1701-1800

Doorcase 56 Lincoln’s Inn Fields

circa 1750

Mezzotint portrait of Benjamin Franklin

1762

Demainbray's convex lens

1750

Demainbray's syphon

1701-1752

Pair of bar magnets in box

1750-1795

Divers Projets

1798

Etching of an electrically powered garden

1755

Brass-bound lodestone

1675-1700

Demainbray's polemoscope

1701-1752

Demainbray's speaking trumpet

1700-1752

Demainbray's hydrostatic paradox vessels

1735-1752

‘Visual glasses’ designed by Benjamin Martin

1756-1800

Demainbray's turquoise disc

1745-1755

Demainbray's yellow disc

1745-1755

Stipple-engraved portrait of Margaret Bryan and two children

1797

'Souscription' watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet

1800

Repeating clock-watch with dials on front and back by Gautrin, Paris

1780

'Early 'perpetuelle' watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet

1783-1800

Portrait of Benjamin Vulliamy (1747 – 1811)

1770-1800

Seven almost identical unfinished watch movements

1670

Portrait of Francois Justin Vulliamy (1712 – 1797)

1760-1790

Repeating watch by William Andreas Enderlin with enamel in the manner of Jean Mussard V

1700-1725

Verge escapement watch movement by Ahasuerus Fromanteel

1685

Wandering hour watch by Sinclare, Dublin, c.1690

1690

Repeating watch with unusual escapement by Abraham-Louis Breguet

1795

Hexagonal table clock by Johann Schmidtbaur

1700-1725

Small musical table clock

1775-1799