Image
Category
Collection
Maker
On Display
Object type
Place
Material
Date

Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775

1775

Marine Timekeeper known as 'H5' by John Harrison and Son 1770

1770

Marine chronometer by John Arnold

1771

Arkwright's Water Frame

1775

Watt's end measuring machine

1776

Mural arc made for King George III

1770

Pivoted-detent escapement watch by John Arnold

1776

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

Mezzotint portrait of John Bird

1776

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

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Octagonal wooden telescope with slot down one side and moveable eyepice

1772-1773

Portrait of Thomas Mudge (c.1715 – 1794) after Nathaniel Dance

1770-1775

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

Pendulum clock designed by Galileo in 1642 and made by his son in 1649, model.

1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

Silver medal to commemorate the founding of the Forensic Academy

1776

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

Copy of Roman artificial leg, London, England, 1905-1915

300 BCE; 1905-1915

Model of a Phoenician bireme ship

1845-1964

Oil paintings

1773

Oil paintings

1774

Transit telescope

1770

Gold amulet in the form of Duamutef, Egypt, 2000-100 BCE

2000-100 BCE

Ship's distance recorder, Foxton's patent perpetual log and drip tray

1770-1810

Wooden backstaff or Davis quadrant made by John Gilbert on Tower Hill

1730; 1967

Sextant by Jesse Ramsden with case

1770-1775

Ancient Egyptian flint saw, replica

circa 3000 BCE

Eman. Swedenborg. Anno aetatis J.F. Martin Sculps. Holmiae

1772

Reversible axe on adze, green stone blade, North Papua (Astrolabe Bay)

2000 BCE

Mr Thomas Mudge

1772

Silver medal to commemorate a storm off the Dutch coast

1775

The Farrier's Shop

1771

Silver(?) medal, possibly commemorates the ending

1776

Bronze medal to commemorate the opening of a school for the poor

1772

Bronze medal with head of Catherine II on obverse

1776

Bronze medal commemorating the coronation of King Louis XVI in 1775

1775

One grano

1776

One cinquina bronze coin associated with Emmanuel de Rohan

1776

Silver medal

1771

Silver medal

1771