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George III's philosophical table

King George III

1761-1762

Early balance spring watch by Thomas Tompion

Time Measurement

1675-1679

Orrery by Thomas Wright

King George III

1735-1745

Silver microscope by George Adams, c. 1761.

Microscopes

1763

Pocket watch by Thomas Tompion

Time Measurement

1675-1700

George III's Magdeburg hemispheres

King George III

1761

Terrestrial Globe by George Adams

King George III

1766

George III's clockwork bell

King George III

1761

Barnard Tompion clock

Time Measurement

1708

Electrical chimes by George Adams

King George III

1781-1790

Oval silver pair-cased watch by Sampson Shelton

Clockmakers

1640

Celestial globe by George Adams

King George III

1766

Part of Two foot geodetic theodolite, British, 1826-1828

Surveying

1826-1828

George III's weighted cylinder

King George III

1762

George III's cycloidal pendulum

King George III

1762

George III's pendulum

King George III

1762

George III's compound engine

King George III

1762

Barrel and Device from George III's guinea and feather' apparatus

King George III

1761

Mechanical Powers Apparatus

King George III

1775-1800

Cylindrical condensing chamber

King George III

1761

King George III's central forces machine

King George III

1762

King George III's archimedean screw

King George III

1762

George III's double-barrelled air pump

King George III

1761

George III's inclined plane and Horse-way

King George III

1762

Thin-walled square glass bottle

King George III

1761

Magnetic toy by George Adams

King George III

1765

George III's glass sphere

King George III

1761

King George III's friction machine

King George III

1762

George III's model crriage body

King George III

1762

George III's tidal demonstration model

King George III

1762

Altazimuth theodolite

Surveying

1755-1765

Greenhouse thermometer by Dudley Adams of Fleet St

Heat

1978

Waller's electrocardiograph, London, England, 1887-1888

Clinical Diagnosis

1887-1888

Fulcrum for various experiments

King George III

1762

George III's lodestone

King George III

1762

Iron box, hinged lid, enclosing iron cube

King George III

1761

Prismatic magnetic compass, British, 1826-1876

Surveying

1826-1876

Circular instrument dividing engine.

Industrial Metrology

1778

Beam compass by George Adams

King George III

1775-1795

Friction demonstration engine, George Graham

King George III

1751

Fleet Street and Ludgate Hill, London

Photographs

c. 1890

Two foot geodetic theodolite, 1826-1828

Surveying

1826-1828

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

Industrial Metrology

1826

Large size pyramidal case with trade card for Thom

Microscopy (Wellcome)

1731-1770

Brass fork, 1761

King George III

1761

Box type pocket sextant.

Surveying

1845-1850

Brass pillar-frame sextant.

Navigation

1826-1870

Bell jar, 1761

King George III

1761
Weather compendium combining cistern mercury barometer, alcohol thermometer and thread hygrometer by George Graham, Fleet Street, London, 1739

Weather compendium by George Graham

Meteorology

1739

Iron solid cylinder

King George III

1761