Arkwright's prototype spinning machine, 1769.
1769
George III's compound engine
1762
Silver microscope by George Adams, c. 1761.
1763
George III's double-barrelled air pump
1761
Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)
1668; 1924
Telescope by Galileo (replica)
1610; 1923
Long mahogany strip brass pin gauge with five pins
1758-1769
Short mahogany strip brass pin gauge with eight pins
1758-1769
Long mahogany strip brass pin gauge with eight pins
1758-1769
Mezzotint portrait of Benjamin Franklin
1762
model carriage chassis with two axles, 1762
1762
Expedition Crane
1764
Pendulum clock designed by Galileo in 1642 and made by his son in 1649, model.
1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)
Glass bell jar with a brass collar
1761
Double brass stand for bell jars on a brass pillar
1761
George III's weighted cylinder
1762
Unweighted cylinder in frame
1762
George III's apparatus for oblique and compound collision
1762
George III's cycloidal pendulum
1762
George III's pendulum
1762
Section of lightning conductor from St Paul’s cathedral
1769
King George III's friction machine
1762
George III's tidal demonstration model
1762
King George III's central forces machine
1762
Gold repoussé watch depicting the Choice of Hercules, by John Ellicott
1767
Watch with double dial
1760
Musical table clock by Thwaites for Barraud
1767
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
7/8" steel gouge with octagonal hickory handle
1758-1769
Keys to the Clockmakers Company chest
1766
Mahogany cross-piece for an air pump
1761
Two brass pillars for an air pump
1761
George III's inclined plane and Horse-way
1762
Mahogany board with round ends and two short brass pillars
1761
George III's glass sphere
1761
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Short mahogany strip brass pin gauge with five pins
1758-1769
Magnetic toy by George Adams
1765
Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement
1705-1737
Model of Hooke's universal joint
1760
George III's Magdeburg hemispheres
1761
George III's model crriage body
1762
George III's clockwork bell
1761
George III's philosophical table
1761-1762
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB
1990-95
Replica of Lightning Conductor by Benjamin Franklin, United States, 1730-1760
1730-1760 (original); 1931-1939 (replica)
Model Boat from Cyclades, 2800 BC
2800 BCE
Ancient Egyptian flint saw, replica
circa 3000 BCE
Clock used for transit of Venus observations, 1769
1768-1769