Upwards of 6,600 objects, as detailed in the inventory hereto annexed, being contents of the private workshop of James Watt from his house of Heathfield, Birmingham, where he lived from 1790 to his death in 1819 (see part records)
Upwards of 6,600 objects, as detailed in the inventory hereto annexed, being contents of the private workshop of James Watt from his house of Heathfield, Birmingham, where he lived from 1790 to his death in 1819
Details
- Category:
- James Watt's Garret Workshop
- Object Number:
- 1924-792
- Measurements:
-
overall: 6100 x 8400 mm (approximate)
- type:
- workshop - work space
- credit:
- Major J.M. Gibson-Watt
Parts
Arm for dividing apparatus built by James Watt
Saw in wood frame, from James Watt's workshop
Two drill drivers from James Watt's workshop
Pair of Tongs
rake from James Watt's workshop
model factory from James Watt's workshop
Components forming part of model factory from James Watt's workshop
Components forming part of model factory from James Watt's workshop
Components forming part of model factory from James Watt's workshop
drawer from James Watt's workshop
One packet, 'experiment paper on copying', from James Watt's workshop
Broken piece of furniture from James Watt's workshop
Lathe lap for polishing, from James Watt's workshop
Feed screw from James Watt's workshop
- Materials:
- brass (copper, zinc alloy) and steel (metal)
- Object Number:
- 1924-792/15
Try-square from James Watt's workshop
Piece of semi-circular cast lead
Piece of steel
model for drilling frame, from James Watt's workshop
A sharpening stone from James Watt's workshop
Two long brass thumbscrews from James Watt's workshop
Steel screws from James Watt's workshop
Fine file from James Watt's workshop
Two cutters with screw ends from James Watt's workshop
Thin strips of mahogany
Bundle of wool from James Watt's workshop
Brass cog wheels
Screws from James Watt's workshop
Piping from James Watt's workshop
Piping from James Watt's workshop
Square bolts
Huntsman steel from James Watt's workshop
Spanners from James Watt's workshop
Brass collars from James Watt's workshop
Weight from James Watt's workshop
Weight from James Watt's workshop
Watchmaker's turn from the workshop of James Watt
Piece of steel
Piece of cast brass
hinge from James Watt's workshop
Conical piece of brass
Piece of paper with writing in French
Piece of round brass
Clock key
Clock key
Steel square hole keys
Piece of wire
Wood pattern for cutter
Piece of glass tube
Pieces of brass
Solid brass headed screw
Cast iron bearing in two pieces
Large brass cap
Pointed piece of boxwood
Circular iron plates
Circular piece of brass
Boxwood pulley
Half round mahogany pattern
2” washers
Piece of tinfoil
Pieces of iron wire
Piece of iron
Piece of brass wire
Piece of string
Packet “brass turnings”
Piece of mahogany with screws in
Mahogany patterns
Long piece of brass
Piece of cast lead
Paint brush
Piece of flat steel
Piece of flat steel
Graver
Chisel from James Watt's workshop
Flat files
Handle
- Object Number:
- 1924-792/86
- type:
- handle
Two screws from James Watt's workshop
A purfling tool from James Watt's workshop
- Object Number:
- 1924-792/89
- type:
- piece of steel
Washers and pieces of brass and steel from James Watt's workshop
- Materials:
- paper (fibre product) , brass (copper, zinc alloy) and steel (metal)
- Object Number:
- 1924-792/90
- type:
- washer
A large flat piece of copper from James Watt's workshop
Strip of copper from James Watt's workshop
PIeces of zinc from James Watt's workshop
Pattern for forged metalwork from James Watt's workshop
- Object Number:
- 1924-792/95
- type:
- piece of wood
Scale on tin, partly divided and slit up centre Scale on tin, partly divided and slit up centre from James Watt's workshop
- Object Number:
- 1924-792/96
- type:
- tin
Piece of coil spring from James Watt's workshop
- Object Number:
- 1924-792/97
- type:
- spring
Packet “bits of tin” from James Watt's workshop
- Object Number:
- 1924-792/99
- type:
- packet of tin
25 Lumps of tin, in packet from James Watt's workshop
- Object Number:
- 1924-792/100
- type:
- lumps of tin
4 Pieces of tin
- Object Number:
- 1924-792/101
- type:
- piece of tin
2 Pieces of cast lead with reverse portrait of “G. B. Rodney”2 Pieces of cast lead with reverse portrait of “G. B. Rodney” from James Watt's workshop
- Object Number:
- 1924-792/102
- type:
- piece of lead