Marine Timekeeper known as 'H5' by John Harrison and Son 1770
1770
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
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
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Silver microscope by George Adams, c. 1761.
1763
Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement
1705-1737
Longcase clock movement by John and James Harrison
1726-1728
George III's philosophical table
1761-1762
Great spinning wheel
c.1750
Majolica pharmacy jar
1730-1750
Pocket microscope by Jeremiah Sisson
1752
Turret clock movement by William Smith
1750
Cutter, Alert
1755
Edmund Culpeper
1720
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Eight-day longcase clock by Justin Vulliamy
1745-1755
Table clock with pull quarter repeat by George Tyler
1715-1725
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
Clay tobacco pipe, 1720-1770, English
1720-1770
George III's pendulum
1762
Saw used by Samuel Crompton
1750-1770
Etching of an electrically powered garden
1755
Longcase clock with tidal dial by Christopher Pinchbeck
1715-1725
Marine timekeeper by Henry Sully, Paris, 1724
1724
Section of lightning conductor from St Paul’s cathedral
1769
Plane table outfit by Benjamin Cole
1750-1766
Pharmacy storage jar used for theriac
1725-1755
Verge escapement watch movement by Thomas Tompion and George Graham
1711
Demainbray's compound microscope
1745
Mural arc made for King George III
1770
Demainbray's scioptric ball
1745-1755
Cutter, Alert
1755
Watch movement with remontoir and two balance springs by Thomas Mudge
1755
George III's compound engine
1762
King George III's friction machine
1762
Clay tobacco pipe
1730-1770
Oil painting portrait of George Graham, 1740-1749
1740-1749
Gold pair-cased watch with gold champleve dial, by Daniel Quare
1710
Model wagon, horse-drawn quarry truck
1730
Cylinder watch with enamelled gold case made for Queen Charlotte
1740-1760
George III's double-barrelled air pump
1761
Eight-day longcase clock by George Graham
1750
Mezzotint portrait of Benjamin Franklin
1762
Hindley's pyrometer and three expansion tubes made by Henry Hindley
1752
Demainbray's model of a camera obscura
1752