Contemporary dockyard model of the 60-gun ship the H.M.S. 'Achilles' with bowsprit and 3 additional components
1757-1775
Rigged model of a Dutch Admiralty yacht
1745-1765
Ship's distance recorder, Foxton's patent perpetual log and drip tray
1770-1810
Wooden backstaff or Davis quadrant made by John Gilbert on Tower Hill
1730; 1967
Specimens of linen, 1783-1784.
1783-1784
Concealed shoe
1750-1790
Flax Spinning Wheel
1745-1755
Pirn Winder
1780-1790
Sextant by Jesse Ramsden with case
1770-1775
Model of Persian wheel with chain of pots
1754
Anamorphic picture, early 18th century, with cone mirror, wooden cover and two anamorphic pictures
1745-1753
Gold pocket watch and chain, with winding key and case, possibly owned by James Symes
1768
A Description of an Apparatus for explaining the Principles of Mechanicks
1762
Jonathan Hull's 'A Description and Draught of a Newly-Invented Machine'
1850-1899
Book, by Benjamin Martin. A Plain and Familiar Introduction to the Newtonian Experimental Philosophy
1765
Chevalier Humguffier and the Marquis de Gull; excursion to the Moon in their new Aerial vehicle
1784
Pair of coloured glass discs, 1750.
1745-1755
View of the Boiling Spring in Iceland Called the Great Geyser
1789
Two oil paintings of armed Cutter "Alert" (1753-4) each in gilt frames (bow and stern views)
1753-1754
Oil paintings
1769
Oil paintings
1773
Oil paintings
1774
Wax male anatomical figure
1776-1780
Model of Ggantija megalithic temple on the Maltese island of Gozo, 3000-2500 BC.
3000-2500 BCE
Tubes for the whirling table
1753
Bristol ruby coach glass with ribbed stem
circa 1750
Ancient Egyptian flint saw, replica
circa 3000 BCE
Prior Park, the Seat of Ralph Allen, Esqre, near Bath
1752
Portrait engraving of John Napier of Merchiston, 1780-1789
1780-1789
Friar Bacon
1786
Engraving. Design for a trotting carriage by S. Miller after Francis Hayman. c. 176-
1760-1769
Henry Pyefinch
1765
Portrait print from etching of Gowin Knight, 1751
1751
Eman. Swedenborg. Anno aetatis J.F. Martin Sculps. Holmiae
1772
Navigator's Gunter scale in boxwood 24" long
circa 1775
James Ayscough
1748-1759
Coloured engraving of Prior Park
1750
Reversible axe on adze, green stone blade, North Papua (Astrolabe Bay)
2000 BCE
Mr Thomas Mudge
1772
Engraving: Project d'une Travee en Fer de 300 pieds d'ouverture
1783
Portrait. G.B. Beccaria. Professor of Physics
1748
'Le Chirurgien de Campagne', engraving by Thomas Major, France, 1747
1747
Silver medal to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Diacon Oude Vrouwe and Mannen Huys
1783
Silver medal
1786
Print, line engraving. WILLIAM HARVEY, M.D.
1777
The body of a Young Man Taken Out Of The Water Apparently Dead In The Sight Of The Distressed Parents
1787
Medal commemorating 50th anniversary of Joseph Priestley
1783
Silver medal to commemorate a storm off the Dutch coast
1775
General Cl Martin
1780-1789
Engraving, Portrait of Sir Francis Bacon
1784