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Marine Timekeeper known as 'H5' by John Harrison and Son 1770

1770

'Early 'perpetuelle' watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet

1783-1800

Rawhide bag for storing cinchona bark

1777-1785

Refracting telescope with achromatic lens, made by the Dollond family

1760-1775

Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775

1775

Replica of Islamic Astrolabe

1066; 1876

Rotative Steam Engine by Boulton and Watt, 1788

1788

Mezzotint portrait of Benjamin Franklin

1762

Divers Projets

1798

Stipple-engraved portrait of Margaret Bryan and two children

1797

'Souscription' watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet

1800

Repeating clock-watch with dials on front and back by Gautrin, Paris

1780

Repeating watch with unusual escapement by Abraham-Louis Breguet

1795

Gold and enamel watch by Robert Robin

1785-1795

Netsuke depicting man with moxa on leg

1771-1800

Medal commemorating the Montgolfier unmanned balloon ascent

1783

Wax male figure showing the veins and some organs of the body, Florence, Italy, 1776-1780

1776-1780

Wax male figure showing the arteries of the body, Florence, Italy, 1776-1780

1776-1780

Wax male figure showing the muscles of the body

1776-1780

Seal die, Ashby De La Zouch Canal Company

1794

‘Medico-Electrical Machine’ by Nairne and Blunt

1782-1793

George III's weighted cylinder

1762

Unweighted cylinder in frame

1762

Glass bell jar with a brass collar

1761

George III's apparatus for oblique and compound collision

1762

model carriage chassis with two axles, 1762

1762

George III's cycloidal pendulum

1762

George III's pendulum

1762

Electrical chimes by George Adams

1781-1790

Porcelain eyebath

1775-1785

Leber-pattern dental forceps

1770-1800

Medal, Blanchard's balloon ascent, Nuremberg, Germany, 1787

1785

Medal commemorating balloon flight of Blanchard at Frankfurt

1785

Mural arc made for King George III

1770

Lunardi's second balloon ascending from St. George's Fields, 1785

1785-1790

Satirical print of a failed balloon launch from Foley House, London in 1784

1784

100 Link Steel Surveying Chain, 1784.

1784

Section of lightning conductor from St Paul’s cathedral

1769

Square signed "J.Ramsden, 1757"

1757

King George III's friction machine

1762

Double brass stand for bell jars on a brass pillar

1761

George III's tidal demonstration model

1762

King George III's central forces machine

1762

Deck-watch used by Capt. George Vancouver on board HMS Discovery 1791-5

1791

Pivoted-detent escapement watch by Larcum Kendall

1786

Watch with four outer cases, made by Edward Prior for the Turkish export market

1800

Pivoted-detent escapement watch by John Arnold

1776

Watch movement with spring detent escapement by John Arnold and Son

1787

Deck watch by John Arnold and Son

1790

Spring-detent escapement watch with gold case by John Arnold and Son

1796