Experimental mechanics
Apparatus for experiments on pendulums
Inv. 982
Maker unknown, second half 18th cent.
Apparatus for showing stable equilibrium
Inv. 973
Maker unknown, late 18th cent.
Apparatus for showing the effects of the centrifugal force
Inv. 1384
Maker unknown, late 18th cent.
Apparatus for showing the proprieties of the wedge
Inv. 1385
Maker unknown, second half 18th cent.
Apparatus showing the composition of forces
Inv. 1404
Maker unknown, second half 18th cent.
Apparatus showing the composition of motion
Inv. 963
Maker unknown, late 18th cent.
Apparatus to demonstrate the isochronism of falls along a spiral
Inv. 976
Maker unknown, first half 18th cent.
Apparatus to demonstrate the parabolic trajectory of projectiles
Inv. 968
Maker unknown, late 18th cent.
Apparatus to illustrate reflection in elastic shocks
Inv. 1502
Maker unknown, second half 18th cent.
Apparatus to study the composition of elastic shocks
Inv. 971
Maker unknown, second half 18th cent.
Apparatus with simple machines
Inv. 496
Nairne & Blunt firm, London, 1774-1793
Cogwheels
Inv. 1387
Maker unknown, second half 18th cent.
Cylinder on inclined plane
Inv. 1390
Maker unknown, second half 18th cent.
Double pendulum to illustrate the damping of oscillations
Inv. 1386
Maker unknown, second half 18th cent.
Elastic and inelastic collisions apparatus
Inv. 981
Maker unknown, second half 18th cent.
First-order lever
Inv. 1002
Maker unknown, late 18th cent.
First-order lever
Inv. 1007
Maker unknown, late 18th cent.
First-order lever as balance beam
Inv. 1383
Maker unknown, second half 18th cent.
First-order lever with bent beam
Inv. 1009/a
Maker unknown, second half 18th cent.
Lever suspended at both ends
Inv. 1409, 3755
Maker unknown, second half 18th cent.
Machine for experiments on the centrifugal force
Inv. 1027
Maker unknown, second half 18th cent.
Mechanical paradox
Inv. 3387
Maker unknown, second half 18th cent.
Model illustrating the human arm as third-order lever
Inv. 1010
Maker unknown, second half 18th cent.
Model winch
Inv. 1504
Maker unknown, second half 18th cent.
Model winch
Inv. 990
Maker unknown, second half 18th cent.
Multi-groove pulley
Inv. 992
Maker unknown, late 18th cent.
Multi-lever apparatus
Inv. 1005
Maker unknown, second half 18th cent.
Plane with variable inclination
Inv. 1402
Maker unknown, German?, late 18th cent.
Plane with variable inclination
Inv. 1403
Maker unknown, second half 18th cent.
Screw
Inv. 521
Maker unknown, second half 18th cent.
Second-order lever
Inv. 1006
Maker unknown, second half 18th cent.
Stand with tackle and polyspaston
Inv. 539, 1401
Maker unknown, second half 18th cent.
Stand with tackles
Inv. 984, 1389, 1398, 1399
Maker unknown, second half 18th cent.
Third-order lever
Inv. 1008
Maker unknown, second half 19th cent.