Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775
1775
Marine Timekeeper known as 'H5' by John Harrison and Son 1770
1770
Watt's end measuring machine
1776
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
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
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
Octagonal wooden telescope with slot down one side and moveable eyepice
1772-1773
Arkwright's Water Frame
1775
Arkwright's prototype spinning machine, 1769.
1769
Mezzotint portrait of John Bird
1776
Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement
1705-1737
Portrait of Thomas Mudge (c.1715 – 1794) after Nathaniel Dance
1770-1775
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
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
Sextant by Jesse Ramsden with case
1770-1775
Gold pocket watch and chain, with winding key and case, possibly owned by James Symes
1768
Jonathan Hull's 'A Description and Draught of a Newly-Invented Machine'
1850-1899
Oil paintings
1769
Oil paintings
1773
Oil paintings
1774
Reproduction of Joseph Priestley's oxygen apparatus
1774; 1923
Pendulum clock designed by Galileo in 1642 and made by his son in 1649, model.
1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)
Transit telescope
1770
Gold amulet in the form of Duamutef, Egypt, 2000-100 BCE
2000-100 BCE
Clock used for transit of Venus observations, 1769
1768-1769
John Harrison, oil painting
1767
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
Steel urethrotome
1801-1700
Surface Condenser and Air Pump, England, 1775
1775
Remains of a Cornish pumping engine, 'Old Bess', built by James Watt, 1777.
1777
Model of an Egyptian boat in XII Dynasty Tomb
1991-1783 BCE
Spindle with Whorl, Stone Age
5000-500 BCE
Diorama of Grimes Graves Flint Mine, 2000 BC
2000 BCE
Stone slab with seven holes for cosmetic ointments, Egypt, 1991-1786 BCE
1991-1786 BCE
Small silver medal
1775
Medal to commemorate the building of the School of Surgery in Paris
1774
Small silver medal
1775
Copy of forceps made from an Egyptian sculpture, Kom-Ombos, Egypt, 1901-1936
1901-1936; 180 BCE