Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775
1775
Arkwright's prototype spinning machine, 1769.
1769
Marine Timekeeper known as 'H5' by John Harrison and Son 1770
1770
Medal commemorating the Montgolfier unmanned balloon ascent
1783
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Watt's end measuring machine
1776
Spoon with folding handle
1778
Perspective drawing apparatus, incomplete, in integral mahogany case
1760-1770
Wax male figure showing the arteries of the body, Florence, Italy, 1776-1780
1776-1780
Wax male figure showing the veins and some organs of the body, Florence, Italy, 1776-1780
1776-1780
Wax male figure showing the muscles of the body
1776-1780
Joseph Priestley LLD FRS
1782
Expedition Crane
1764
Portrait mezzotint print from engraving of Phelps Thomas and Bartlett John, 1778
1778
Mezzotint portrait of Benjamin Franklin
1762
Mural arc made for King George III
1770
Satirical print of a failed balloon launch from Foley House, London in 1784
1784
100 Link Steel Surveying Chain, 1784.
1784
George III's weighted cylinder
1762
Unweighted cylinder in frame
1762
Section of lightning conductor from St Paul’s cathedral
1769
Glass bell jar with a brass collar
1761
King George III's friction machine
1762
George III's apparatus for oblique and compound collision
1762
Double brass stand for bell jars on a brass pillar
1761
model carriage chassis with two axles, 1762
1762
George III's cycloidal pendulum
1762
George III's tidal demonstration model
1762
King George III's central forces machine
1762
George III's pendulum
1762
Pivoted-detent escapement watch by John Arnold
1776
Flintlock pistol belonging to John Roger Arnold
1770-1780
Repeating clock-watch with dials on front and back by Gautrin, Paris
1780
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
Quarter repeating watch by Ellicott, London
1765-1775
Medal, 'Le Flesselles' Montgolfier balloon flight, Lyon, France, 19 January 1784
1784
Medal commemorating the first manned balloon flights
1784
Medal commemorating the Montgolfier unmanned balloon ascent
1783
Medal, commemorating the first balloon ascents in Italy
1784
Wax male anatomical figure
1776-1780
Wax male figure showing the muscles and bones of the body, Florence, Italy, 1776-1780
1776-1780
Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772
1772 (original); 1919 (model)
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
English wooden doll
circa 1780
Mezzotint: Portrait of John Arnold
1770
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Wood moulding plane, dated 1771
1771
Textile printing block, rectangular
1760-1775 probable date