Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775
1775
Marine Timekeeper known as 'H5' by John Harrison and Son 1770
1770
Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement
1705-1737
Arkwright's Water Frame
1775
Arkwright's prototype spinning machine, 1769.
1769
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
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
Flintlock pistol belonging to John Roger Arnold
1770-1780
Repeating clock-watch with dials on front and back by Gautrin, Paris
1780
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Spoon with folding handle
1778
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
Joseph Priestley LLD FRS
1782
Portrait mezzotint print from engraving of Phelps Thomas and Bartlett John, 1778
1778
Octagonal wooden telescope with slot down one side and moveable eyepice
1772-1773
Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772
1772 (original); 1919 (model)
Achromatic doublet lens with a focal length of 52 inches
1780
Mezzotint portrait of John Bird
1776
Engraving of a demonstration to compare lightning conductor designs
1778-1780
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
'Dutch forgery' watch signed John Wilter
1780
Marine chronometer by John Arnold
1771
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
Wax male anatomical figure
1776-1780
Wax male figure showing the muscles and bones of the body, Florence, Italy, 1776-1780
1776-1780
Wood moulding plane, dated 1771
1771
Mezzotint: Portrait of John Arnold
1770
English wooden doll
circa 1780
Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936
1936
Telescope by Galileo (replica)
1610; 1923
Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)
1668; 1924
Model of a 28 gun frigate
1770-1780
Copy of clay liver used for divination, original from Babylon, 2050-1750 BCE
2050-1750 BCE
Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB
1990-95
Mariner's compass
circa 1775
Replica of Lightning Conductor by Benjamin Franklin, United States, 1730-1760
1730-1760 (original); 1931-1939 (replica)
Electrotype replica of a 16th-century mariner’s astrolabe
1580-1588; 1930
Mummy of a peregrine falcon, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE
2000-1001 BCE
Copy of a cippus showing Horus, Egypt, 1900-1933
1900-1933
Model of submersible 'Turtle'
1976; 1776
Votive plaque with right ear in relief
400 BCE-100 CE; 1900-1936
Inscribed votive plaque with pair of arms in relief
100 BCE-100 CE; 1900-1936