Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775
1775
Coalbrookdale by Night by Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg
1801
Marine Timekeeper known as 'H5' by John Harrison and Son 1770
1770
Snuff Box, England, 1771-1830
1771-1830
Rotative Steam Engine by Boulton and Watt, 1788
1788
Vaginal Speculum for Applying Leeches
1801-1830
Telescope by Galileo (replica)
1610; 1923
Cubical polyhedral sundial
1751-1800
Theodolite used for the Principal Triangulation of Great Britain
1791
Dental key
1725-1780
Arkwright's prototype spinning machine, 1769.
1769
Rocket locomotive
1829
Model of Henry Maudslay's screw-cutting lathe
1800-1820
Phrenological head
1821
Small orrery by Benjamin Martin
1738-1777
Original preparation of quinine by Pelletier and Caveton
1820
Watch in a puddingstone, gold and diamond case by John Leroux
1775-1785
Maudslay 's Lord Chancellor bench micrometer
1805
Refracting telescope with achromatic lens, made by the Dollond family
1760-1775
Machine-Screw thread making tool, by Henry Maudslay
circa 1800
'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799
1775-1799 (original); 1900-1907 (model)
Longcase clock by James and John Harrison
1728
Orrery by Thomas Wright
1735-1745
'Bell-crank' engine, c. 1799
1795-1805 (original)
Moon globe by John Russell, England, 1797
1797
Gold lever escapement watch by John Leroux
1785
Conjectural model of Trevithick's locomotive 'Catch-me-who-can'
1808
Ornate circumcision knife with ivory handle
1775-1785
Pocket globe in case by Dudley Adams
1799-1802
Demainbray's Newcomen engine model
1720
Two Perkins 'tractors'
1795-1805
Silver microscope by George Adams, c. 1761.
1763
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772
1772 (original); 1919 (model)
Model, of Woolf's Water Tube Boiler, 1819
1819
Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement
1705-1737
Model of William Murdock's Oscillating Engine, 1785.
1785
Edward Jenner's lancets
1801-1823
'Early 'perpetuelle' watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet
1783-1800
Longcase clock movement by John and James Harrison
1726-1728
George III's philosophical table
1761-1762
Richard Grindall's combined knife and fork, Europe, 1795-1820
1795-1820
'Dr Syntax and his wife making an experiment in pneumatics', print, London, England, 1820
1820
100 Link Steel Surveying Chain, 1784.
1784
Great spinning wheel
c.1750
Majolica pharmacy jar
1730-1750
‘Visual glasses’ designed by Benjamin Martin
1756-1800
Wax male figure showing the muscles of the body
1776-1780
Wax male anatomical figure
1750-1774
Oersted Compass Needle, 1828
1828