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Camera Obscura

Camera Obscura

1701-1752

Orrery by Thomas Wright

Orrery by Thomas Wright

1735-1745

Demainbray's Newcomen engine model

Demainbray's Newcomen engine model

1720

George III's philosophical table

George III's philosophical table

1761-1762

Demainbray's polemoscope

Demainbray's polemoscope

1701-1752

George III's pendulum

George III's pendulum

1762

Demainbray's speaking trumpet

Demainbray's speaking trumpet

1700-1752

Electrical chimes by George Adams

Electrical chimes by George Adams

1781-1790

Demainbray's scioptric ball

Demainbray's scioptric ball

1745-1755

George III's compound engine

George III's compound engine

1762

King George III's friction machine

King George III's friction machine

1762

George III's double-barrelled air pump

George III's double-barrelled air pump

1761

Rockingham vase

Rockingham vase

Hindley's pyrometer and three expansion tubes made by Henry Hindley

Hindley's pyrometer and three expansion tubes made by Henry Hindley

1752

Demainbray's model of a camera obscura

Demainbray's model of a camera obscura

1752

Magnetic toy by George Adams

Magnetic toy by George Adams

1765

Model diving bell with 12 sinking weights

Model diving bell with 12 sinking weights

before 1753

Mahogany cross-piece for an air pump

Mahogany cross-piece for an air pump

1761

Demainbray's cometarium

Demainbray's cometarium

1750-1760

Beam compass by George Adams

Beam compass by George Adams

1775-1795

Demainbray's convex mirror

Demainbray's convex mirror

1752

George III's Magdeburg hemispheres

George III's Magdeburg hemispheres

1761

Demainbray's wire cage

Demainbray's wire cage

1700-1752

King George III's central forces machine

King George III's central forces machine

1762

Prism

Prism

Surveyor's Level by Joseph Jackson

Surveyor's Level by Joseph Jackson

1735-60

George III's glass sphere

George III's glass sphere

1761

Demainbray's model scorpion catapult

Demainbray's model scorpion catapult

1745-1755

model carriage chassis with two axles, 1762

model carriage chassis with two axles, 1762

1762

George III's cycloidal pendulum

George III's cycloidal pendulum

1762

Demainbray's convex lens

Demainbray's convex lens

1750

Model 'Maximum machine', before 1753.

Model 'Maximum machine', before 1753.

1740-1753

Demainbray's rat's tail crane model

Demainbray's rat's tail crane model

1735-1753

Demainbray's optical model

Demainbray's optical model

1752

George III's tidal demonstration model

George III's tidal demonstration model

1762

Demainbray's optical model

Demainbray's optical model

1752

Model of Vauloue's piledriver

Model of Vauloue's piledriver

1737-1752

Demainbray's Archimedean screw

Demainbray's Archimedean screw

1752

George III's inclined plane and Horse-way

George III's inclined plane and Horse-way

1762

Glass bell jar with a brass collar

Glass bell jar with a brass collar

1761

George III's clockwork bell

George III's clockwork bell

1761

Model of Hooke's universal joint

Model of Hooke's universal joint

1760

George III's weighted cylinder

George III's weighted cylinder

1762

Pair of bar magnets in box

Pair of bar magnets in box

1750-1795

Demainbray's four wheeled wagon model

Demainbray's four wheeled wagon model

1751

Demainbray's hydrostatic paradox vessels

Demainbray's hydrostatic paradox vessels

1735-1752

Dial micrometer, 1760-1772.

Dial micrometer, 1760-1772.

1760-1772

Model to demonstrate the path of a projectile

Model to demonstrate the path of a projectile

1740-1753

Achromatic doublet lens with a focal length of 52 inches

Achromatic doublet lens with a focal length of 52 inches

1780

Demainbray's syphon

Demainbray's syphon

1701-1752