Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775
1775
Marine Timekeeper known as 'H5' by John Harrison and Son 1770
1770
Expedition Crane
1764
Portrait mezzotint print from engraving of Phelps Thomas and Bartlett John, 1778
1778
Watt's end measuring machine
1776
Quarter repeating watch by Ellicott, London
1765-1775
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Spoon with folding handle
1778
Mural arc made for King George III
1770
Section of lightning conductor from St Paul’s cathedral
1769
Pivoted-detent escapement watch by John Arnold
1776
Gold repoussé watch depicting the Choice of Hercules, by John Ellicott
1767
Musical table clock by Thwaites for Barraud
1767
Mezzotint: Portrait of John Arnold
1770
Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772
1772 (original); 1919 (model)
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Wood moulding plane, dated 1771
1771
Portrait of Thomas Mudge (c.1715 – 1794) after Nathaniel Dance
1770-1775
Keys to the Clockmakers Company chest
1766
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
Arkwright's Water Frame
1775
Arkwright's prototype spinning machine, 1769.
1769
Mezzotint portrait of John Bird
1776
Magnetic toy by George Adams
1765
Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement
1705-1737
Silver microscope by George Adams, c. 1761.
1763
Gold watch by Raymont
1772
Gold and enamel pair cased watch by Justin Vulliamy
1775
Chronometer movement by John Arnold
1775
Marine chronometer by John Arnold
1771
Octagonal wooden telescope with slot down one side and moveable eyepice
1772-1773
Pendulum clock designed by Galileo in 1642 and made by his son in 1649, model.
1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)
John Harrison, oil painting
1767
Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB
1990-95
Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)
1668; 1924
Model of submersible 'Turtle'
1976; 1776
Telescope by Galileo (replica)
1610; 1923
Copy of Lodestone believed to have been used by Queen Anne
1929 (copy); 1702-1714 (original)
Copy of Roman artificial leg, London, England, 1905-1915
300 BCE; 1905-1915
Sextant by Jesse Ramsden with case
1770-1775
Gold pocket watch and chain, with winding key and case, possibly owned by James Symes
1768
Book, by Benjamin Martin. A Plain and Familiar Introduction to the Newtonian Experimental Philosophy
1765
Oil paintings
1769
Oil paintings
1773
Oil paintings
1774
Reproduction of Joseph Priestley's oxygen apparatus
1774; 1923
Transit telescope
1770
Clock used for transit of Venus observations, 1769
1768-1769
Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936
1936
Wooden backstaff or Davis quadrant made by John Gilbert on Tower Hill
1730; 1967