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 prototype spinning machine, 1769.
1769
Wooden Acupuncture Model
1681
Early balance spring watch by Thomas Tompion
1675-1679
Camera Obscura
1701-1752
Longcase clock by James and John Harrison
1728
Print of Henry Beighton's Engraving of a Newcomen Engine
1717-1725
Orrery by Thomas Wright
1735-1745
Majolica pharmacy jar
1730-1750
Demainbray's Newcomen engine model
1720
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Month-going longcase clock by John May
1700-1710
Compound microscope
1701-1723
Silver microscope by George Adams, c. 1761.
1763
Astronomical table clock by Samuel Watson, believed to have belonged to Sir Isaac Newton
1690-1710
Dividing engine for making sextants and octants
Made late 1700s, modified 1800s
Telescope by Christopher Cock
1673
Longcase clock movement by John and James Harrison
1726-1728
Pocket watch by Thomas Tompion
1675-1700
Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement
1705-1737
Great spinning wheel
c.1750
Model of early manual fire engine, ca. 1680.
1680
Compound microscope
1700
George III's philosophical table
1761-1762
30 hour longcase clock by Thomas Tompion
1672
Table clock in ebony case by Joseph Knibb
1675-1685
Turret clock movement by William Smith
1750
Telescope by John Marshall
1685-1695
Year-going longcase clock by Daniel Quare
1700-1710
Barnard Tompion clock
1708
Pocket microscope by Jeremiah Sisson
1752
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
Demainbray's polemoscope
1701-1752
Eight-day longcase clock by Justin Vulliamy
1745-1755
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Table clock with pull quarter repeat by George Tyler
1715-1725
Telescope by John Yarwell.
1685-1695
Eight-day longcase clock by Edward East in a later marquetry case
1675-1685
Brass-bound lodestone
1675-1700
Section of lightning conductor from St Paul’s cathedral
1769
Clay tobacco pipe, 1720-1770, English
1720-1770
Longcase clock with tidal dial by Christopher Pinchbeck
1715-1725
Silver watch with sun and moon dial, by H Adamson.
1680-1690
Altazimuth theodolite by Benjamin Cole & Son
1755-1765
Marine timekeeper by Henry Sully, Paris, 1724
1724
Plane table outfit by Benjamin Cole
1750-1766
Demainbray's speaking trumpet
1700-1752