Image
Category
Collection
Maker
On Display
Object type
Place
Material
Date

George III's compound engine

1762

Silver microscope by George Adams, c. 1761.

1763

George III's double-barrelled air pump

1761

Pair of bar magnets in box

1750-1795

model carriage chassis with two axles, 1762

1762

Glass bell jar with a brass collar

1761

Double brass stand for bell jars on a brass pillar

1761

George III's weighted cylinder

1762

Unweighted cylinder in frame

1762

George III's apparatus for oblique and compound collision

1762

George III's cycloidal pendulum

1762

George III's pendulum

1762

Electrical chimes by George Adams

1781-1790

King George III's friction machine

1762

George III's tidal demonstration model

1762

King George III's central forces machine

1762

Beam compass by George Adams

1775-1795

Mahogany cross-piece for an air pump

1761

Two brass pillars for an air pump

1761

George III's inclined plane and Horse-way

1762

Mahogany board with round ends and two short brass pillars

1761

George III's glass sphere

1761

Set of magnetical apparatus in case, by Adams

1790

12 inch architectonic sector in ivory and silver

1733-1795

Magnetic toy by George Adams

1765

George III's Magdeburg hemispheres

1761

George III's model crriage body

1762

George III's clockwork bell

1761

George III's philosophical table

1761-1762

Orrery planetary model

1789-1795

Mechanical Powers Apparatus consisting of an inclined plane and endless screw

1775-1800

King George III's archimedean screw

1762

Magnetic toy

1765

Cylinder electrostatic machine with Leyden jar, about 1790, with components

1790-1795

Apparatus for filling barometer tube

1761

Two inclined cylinders for centre of gravity demonstrations

1762

Glass bell jar with a brass collar

1761

Demonstration apparatus for screw action

1762

Fixed weights for experiments with the balance

1762

Striker mechanism, for use with falling body acceleration demonstrations

1762

Motion and Velocity Illustration Instrument

1762

Rods for adjusting lucernal microscopes

1787-1800

Glass flask; glass stopper; brass capped

1761

Glass bowl on whirling stand

1734-1795

Scioptic ball, ostensibly by George Adams

Brass disc for air pump, 1761

1761

Brass disc for air pump, 1761

1761

Attachment for the pillar of the philosophical table

1762

Two brass pulley blocks by Adams

1762

Brass Arm for wind fountain

1761