Marine Timekeeper known as 'H5' by John Harrison and Son 1770
1770
Electrical chimes by George Adams
1781-1790
Rawhide bag for storing cinchona bark
1777-1785
Refracting telescope with achromatic lens, made by the Dollond family
1760-1775
Theodolite used for the Principal Triangulation of Great Britain
1791
Marine chronometer by John Arnold and Son
1795
Arkwright's Water Frame
1775
Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775
1775
Seal die, Ashby De La Zouch Canal Company
1794
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
1805
'Souscription' watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet
1800
Repeating clock-watch with dials on front and back by Gautrin, Paris
1780
'Early 'perpetuelle' watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet
1783-1800
Repeating watch with unusual escapement by Abraham-Louis Breguet
1795
Quarter-repeating gold watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet
circa 1808
Gold and enamel watch by Robert Robin
1785-1795
Leber-pattern dental forceps
1770-1800
Medal, Blanchard's balloon ascent, Nuremberg, Germany, 1787
1785
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
Conjectural model of Trevithick's locomotive 'Catch-me-who-can'
1808
Remains of Little Eaton Gangway coal wagon, c 1798
1793-1803
Stanhope square demonstrator, c.1805.
circa 1805
Ready reckoner for ship's cargoes
1807
‘Medico-Electrical Machine’ by Nairne and Blunt
1782-1793
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
George III's weighted cylinder
1762
Unweighted cylinder in frame
1762
Section of lightning conductor from St Paul’s cathedral
1769
The Improved Pedometer or Waywiser
1765-1806
Glass bell jar with a brass collar
1761
Chronometer in Gold Case by Thomas Earnsham, 1795-1810
1795-1810
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
Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7
1863-7
Deck-watch used by Capt. George Vancouver on board HMS Discovery 1791-5
1791
Gold watch by John Gibson, Royal Exchange
1808