Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775
1775
Marine Timekeeper known as 'H5' by John Harrison and Son 1770
1770
Telescope by Galileo (replica)
1610; 1923
Arkwright's Water Frame
1775
Arkwright's prototype spinning machine, 1769.
1769
Refracting telescope with achromatic lens, made by the Dollond family
1760-1775
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772
1772 (original); 1919 (model)
Silver microscope by George Adams, c. 1761.
1763
Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement
1705-1737
Great spinning wheel
c.1750
George III's philosophical table
1761-1762
Wax male anatomical figure
1750-1774
Turret clock movement by William Smith
1750
Pocket microscope by Jeremiah Sisson
1752
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Section of lightning conductor from St Paul’s cathedral
1769
Marine chronometer by John Arnold
1771
Altazimuth theodolite by Benjamin Cole & Son
1755-1765
Plane table outfit by Benjamin Cole
1750-1766
Saw used by Samuel Crompton
1750-1770
George III's pendulum
1762
King George III's friction machine
1762
Mural arc made for King George III
1770
Watch movement with remontoir and two balance springs by Thomas Mudge
1755
George III's double-barrelled air pump
1761
Chronometer movement by John Arnold
1775
Textile printing block, rectangular
1760-1775 probable date
George III's compound engine
1762
Watch with Flamenville dead-beat escapement
1759
Eight-day longcase clock by George Graham
1750
Demainbray's model of a camera obscura
1752
George III's Magdeburg hemispheres
1761
Wood moulding plane, dated 1771
1771
Hindley's pyrometer and three expansion tubes made by Henry Hindley
1752
Model diving bell with 12 sinking weights
before 1753
Magnetic toy by George Adams
1765
Small lantern clock with alarm signed George Graham
1750-1760
Demainbray's cometarium
1750-1760
Mahogany cross-piece for an air pump
1761
King George III's central forces machine
1762
Skeletonised watch movement by Peter Amyot
1750-1775
Demainbray's convex mirror
1752
Demainbray's optical model
1752
Quarter-repeating watch by Thomas Mudge
1755
Watch in a porcelain case by J Grantham
1750
George III's glass sphere
1761
Verge watch in silver inner case
1759
George III's cycloidal pendulum
1762