Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775
1775
Marine Timekeeper known as 'H5' by John Harrison and Son 1770
1770
Mural arc made for King George III
1770
Section of lightning conductor from St Paul’s cathedral
1769
Gold repoussé watch depicting the Choice of Hercules, by John Ellicott
1767
Musical table clock by Thwaites for Barraud
1767
Quarter repeating watch by Ellicott, London
1765-1775
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Mezzotint: Portrait of John Arnold
1770
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Wood moulding plane, dated 1771
1771
Arkwright's Water Frame
1775
Magnetic toy by George Adams
1765
Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement
1705-1737
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
Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772
1772 (original); 1919 (model)
Octagonal wooden telescope with slot down one side and moveable eyepice
1772-1773
Arkwright's prototype spinning machine, 1769.
1769
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
Pendulum clock designed by Galileo in 1642 and made by his son in 1649, model.
1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)
Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB
1990-95
John Harrison, oil painting
1767
Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)
1668; 1924
Telescope by Galileo (replica)
1610; 1923
Copy of Roman artificial leg, London, England, 1905-1915
300 BCE; 1905-1915
Copy of Lodestone believed to have been used by Queen Anne
1929 (copy); 1702-1714 (original)
Sextant by Jesse Ramsden with case
1770-1775
Book, by Benjamin Martin. A Plain and Familiar Introduction to the Newtonian Experimental Philosophy
1765
Oil paintings
1769
Oil paintings
1773
Oil paintings
1774
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
Trade token
1772
Iron Weight
1910-130
One of two Sumerian solid cylindrical weights
circa 2000 BCE
2 circular plaster casts of the 2 halves of a Greek coin
700-100 BCE; 1930-1950
Roman stone water main
30
Milby Cut bridge girder, 1769
1769
Replica of Roman equal-arm balance, from Pompeii, 79 AD
1-79 CE; before 1914
Reflecting telescope with trolly stand, 1767-1768
1767-1768
Folding coin scale for weighing guineas and half-guineas
1774
HMS Portland
1774