Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775
1775
Arkwright's Water Frame
1775
Arkwright's prototype spinning machine, 1769.
1769
Watt's end measuring machine
1776
Refracting telescope with achromatic lens, made by the Dollond family
1760-1775
Marine Timekeeper known as 'H5' by John Harrison and Son 1770
1770
Ornate circumcision knife with ivory handle
1775-1785
Pendulum clock designed by Galileo in 1642 and made by his son in 1649, model.
1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)
Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)
1668; 1924
Model of William Murdock's Oscillating Engine, 1785.
1785
Silver microscope by George Adams, c. 1761.
1763
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Telescope by Galileo (replica)
1610; 1923
Wax male figure showing the muscles of the body
1776-1780
George III's pendulum
1762
Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772
1772 (original); 1919 (model)
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
George III's philosophical table
1761-1762
Etching of an electrically powered garden
1755
Wax male figure showing the veins and some organs of the body, Florence, Italy, 1776-1780
1776-1780
100 Link Steel Surveying Chain, 1784.
1784
Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB
1990-95
Cutter, Alert
1755
Clarke's Hydrometer (c. 1755)
1755
Satirical print of a failed balloon launch from Foley House, London in 1784
1784
Section of lightning conductor from St Paul’s cathedral
1769
Wax male figure showing the muscles and bones of the body, Florence, Italy, 1776-1780
1776-1780
Watch in a puddingstone, gold and diamond case by John Leroux
1775-1785
Mr Lunardi's New Balloon
1785
Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement
1705-1737
English wooden doll
circa 1780
Wax male anatomical figure
1776-1780
Wood moulding plane, dated 1771
1771
Model of a 28 gun frigate
1770-1780
Electrotype replica of a 16th-century mariner’s astrolabe
1580-1588; 1930
Wax male figure showing the arteries of the body, Florence, Italy, 1776-1780
1776-1780
John Harrison, oil painting
1767
Mural arc made for King George III
1770
Mrs. Sage
1785
Textile printing block, rectangular
1760-1775 probable date
Print, ascent of a Montgolfier balloon
1783
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
Cutter, Alert
1755
George III's compound engine
1762
Copy of Roman artificial leg, London, England, 1905-1915
300 BCE; 1905-1915
Model of Gutenberg's Press, 1430
1960-1979
Copy of clay liver used for divination, original from Babylon, 2050-1750 BCE
2050-1750 BCE
Carding machine by Richard Arkwright, 1775, believed to be from Cromford Mill, Derbyshire.
c.1775
Medal commemorating the Montgolfier unmanned balloon ascent
1783
Medal, Blanchard's balloon ascent, Nuremberg, Germany, 1787
1785