Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775
1775
Marine Timekeeper known as 'H5' by John Harrison and Son 1770
1770
Telescope by Galileo (replica)
1610; 1923
Arkwright's Water Frame
1775
Arkwright's prototype spinning machine, 1769.
1769
Watch in a puddingstone, gold and diamond case by John Leroux
1775-1785
Watt's end measuring machine
1776
Gold lever escapement watch by John Leroux
1785
Ornate circumcision knife with ivory handle
1775-1785
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772
1772 (original); 1919 (model)
Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement
1705-1737
Model of William Murdock's Oscillating Engine, 1785.
1785
100 Link Steel Surveying Chain, 1784.
1784
Wax male figure showing the muscles of the body
1776-1780
Wax male figure showing the veins and some organs of the body, Florence, Italy, 1776-1780
1776-1780
Satirical print of a failed balloon launch from Foley House, London in 1784
1784
Rawhide bag for storing cinchona bark
1777-1785
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Parts from a constant-force escapement by Thomas Mudge
1785
Wax male figure showing the muscles and bones of the body, Florence, Italy, 1776-1780
1776-1780
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
Marine chronometer by John Arnold
1771
Wax male anatomical figure
1776-1780
Mrs. Sage
1785
Section of lightning conductor from St Paul’s cathedral
1769
English wooden doll
circa 1780
Mural arc made for King George III
1770
Table clock by Johnson
1775-1785
Mr Lunardi's New Balloon
1785
Chronometer movement by John Arnold
1775
Wax male figure showing the arteries of the body, Florence, Italy, 1776-1780
1776-1780
Pivoted-detent escapement watch by John Arnold
1776
Medal commemorating the first manned balloon flights
1784
'Dutch forgery' watch signed John Wilter
1780
Wood moulding plane, dated 1771
1771
Medal commemorating the Montgolfier unmanned balloon ascent
1783
Medal, Blanchard's balloon ascent, Nuremberg, Germany, 1787
1785
Gold minute repeating watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet
1784
Medal, 'Le Flesselles' Montgolfier balloon flight, Lyon, France, 19 January 1784
1784
Repeating clock-watch with dials on front and back by Gautrin, Paris
1780
Porcelain eyebath
1775-1785
Medal commemorating the Montgolfier unmanned balloon ascent
1783
Medal, commemorating the first balloon ascents in Italy
1784
Mezzotint portrait of John Bird
1776
Engraving of a demonstration to compare lightning conductor designs
1778-1780
Mezzotint: Portrait of John Arnold
1770
Flintlock pistol belonging to John Roger Arnold
1770-1780
Octagonal wooden telescope with slot down one side and moveable eyepice
1772-1773
Medal commemorating balloon flight of Blanchard at Frankfurt
1785