Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775
1775
Marine Timekeeper known as 'H5' by John Harrison and Son 1770
1770
Gold lever escapement watch by John Leroux
1785
Arkwright's prototype spinning machine, 1769.
1769
Marine chronometer by John Arnold
1771
Arkwright's Water Frame
1775
Joseph Priestley LLD FRS
1782
Portrait mezzotint print from engraving of Phelps Thomas and Bartlett John, 1778
1778
Watt's end measuring machine
1776
Flintlock pistol belonging to John Roger Arnold
1770-1780
Porcelain eyebath
1775-1785
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
Section of lightning conductor from St Paul’s cathedral
1769
Pivoted-detent escapement watch by John Arnold
1776
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
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
Spoon with folding handle
1778
Rawhide bag for storing cinchona bark
1777-1785
Medal commemorating the Montgolfier unmanned balloon ascent
1783
Medal, Blanchard's balloon ascent, Nuremberg, Germany, 1787
1785
Medal commemorating balloon flight of Blanchard at Frankfurt
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
Model of William Murdock's Oscillating Engine, 1785.
1785
English wooden doll
circa 1780
Mr Lunardi's New Balloon
1785
Mezzotint: Portrait of John Arnold
1770
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Ornate circumcision knife with ivory handle
1775-1785
Wood moulding plane, dated 1771
1771
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
Engraving of a demonstration to compare lightning conductor designs
1778-1780
Gold minute repeating watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet
1784
Table clock by Johnson
1775-1785
Gold watch by Raymont
1772
Keys to the Clockmakers Company chest
1766
Watch in a puddingstone, gold and diamond case by John Leroux
1775-1785
Gold and enamel pair cased watch by Justin Vulliamy
1775
Parts from a constant-force escapement by Thomas Mudge
1785
Chronometer movement by John Arnold
1775
'Dutch forgery' watch signed John Wilter
1780
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE