Image
Category
Collection
Maker
On Display
Object type
Place
Material
Date

George III's pendulum

1762

King George III's central forces machine

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

model carriage chassis with two axles, 1762

1762

George III's tidal demonstration model

1762

King George III's friction machine

1762

Unweighted cylinder in frame

1762

George III's cycloidal pendulum

1762

George III's apparatus for oblique and compound collision

1762

Electrical chimes by George Adams

1781-1790

Barnard Tompion clock

1708

George III's compound engine

1762

George III's clockwork bell

1761

Beam compass by George Adams

1775-1795

Orrery made by John Rowley for the Earl of Orrery

1712-1713

Silver microscope by George Adams, c. 1761.

1763

George III's philosophical table

1761-1762

Orrery by Thomas Wright

1735-1745

Altazimuth theodolite by Benjamin Cole & Son

1755-1765

Mahogany cross-piece for an air pump

1761

George III's glass sphere

1761

George III's inclined plane and Horse-way

1762

Early balance spring watch by Thomas Tompion

1675-1679

Magnetic toy by George Adams

1765

Pocket watch by Thomas Tompion

1675-1700

George III's model crriage body

1762

Mahogany board with round ends and two short brass pillars

1761

Greenhouse thermometer by Dudley Adams of Fleet Street. Mercury in glass on wooden board

1978

Two brass pillars for an air pump

1761

George III's double-barrelled air pump

1761

George III's Magdeburg hemispheres

1761

Large Vernier Calliper for Manufacturing Large Calibre Weapons, 1826-1867

1826

Duplex watch in case

1809-1868

Double sounding quintant.

1835-1845

Box type pocket sextant.

1845-1850

Brass dart, with steel point, for an air gun, fur flight

1761

Ebony octant on pillar stand with artificial horizon.

1750-1760

Motion and Velocity Illustration Instrument

1762

Model experimental cart

1762

Scioptic ball, ostensibly by George Adams

S-shaped iron tube, with threaded connectors

Brass disc for air pump, 1761

1761

Brass disc for air pump, 1761

1761

Two brass pulley blocks by Adams

1762

Demonstration apparatus for screw action

1762

Fixed weights for experiments with the balance

1762

Knife edged prism for centre of gravity experiments

1762

Grooved disc with five spherical beads attached by a thread

1761