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Dental forceps from set of blacksmith's dental instruments

Dentistry

1800-1850

Pieces of Wedgwood ware

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1768-1780

Gear wheel from long-case clock by Fromanteel

Time Measurement

1660-1665

Deck-watch used by Capt. William Parry during his attempt to reach the North Pole, 1827

Clockmakers

1823

Model of Hooke's universal joint

King George III

1760

Two lancets in a patterned silver case

Therapeutics

1844

Watch movement by Thomas Tompion

Clockmakers

1692

Section of lightning conductor from St Paul’s cathedral

Geophysics

1769

Difference Engine No. 1

Computing & Data Processing

c. 1832

Lancet owned by Edward Jenner

Public Health & Hygiene

1720-1800

Silver pair-cased astronomical watch

Clockmakers

1660

Refracting telescope with achromatic lens, made by the Dollond family

Optics

1760-1775

Spring clock with pull quarter-repeat by Thomas Tompion

Clockmakers

1700

Pair of Tongs

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1790-1819

Four-part plaster leg, knee, shin and foot split mould

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1790-1819

Millwright's measuring tool

Weighing & Measuring

around 1790

Flintlock pistol belonging to John Roger Arnold

Clockmakers

1770-1780

Model of early manual fire engine, ca. 1680.

Firefighting

1680

Model, of Woolf's Water Tube Boiler, 1819

Motive Power

1819

Wheatstone ABC telegraph receiver, 1942

Telecommunications

1842

section of first telegraph cable, 1837

Telecommunications

1837

Cooke and Wheatstone 5-needle telegraph, 1837

Telecommunications

1837

Daniell cell used by Edward Davy, 1836-1839

Telecommunications

1836-1839

Orrery made for the Earl of Orrery

Astronomy

1712-1713

Barber's shaving bowl, Netherlands, 1701-1750

Public Health & Hygiene

1701-1750

Arkwright's prototype spinning machine, 1769.

Textiles Machinery

1769

Portable double-needle telegraph and test set, 1850

Telecommunications

1850

Cream ceramic jar labelled "Logwood"

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1790-1819

Paper packet, labelled 'Blue Stone'

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1790-1819

Folded paper packet labelled 'cochenilla'

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1790-1819

Pear shaped glass, curved tube from top, straight tube from bottom

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1790-1819

Trevithick's model road locomotive engine

Road Transport

1796-1802

Three circular saw blades

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1758-1773

Ceramic jar with leather lid labelled "Red Lead"

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1790-1819

Plaster bust of Aristotle

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1790-1819

Plaster bust

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1790-1819

Reproduction alabaster bust of Homer

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1790-1819

Half-penny coin

Textile Industry

1799

George III's double-barrelled air pump

King George III

1761

Terrestrial Globe by George Adams

King George III

1766

'Puffing Billy' locomotive

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1813-1814

Mechanical Powers Apparatus

King George III

1775-1800

King George III's central forces machine

King George III

1762

Brass quadrant by Peter and John Dollond of 18-inch radius with optical sights on a tripod

Astronomy

1780-1820

George III's philosophical table

King George III

1761-1762

Water frame spindle

Textile Industry

1800-1830

Single-needle block instrument

Signalling & Telecommunications

1845

Demainbray's turquoise disc

King George III

1745-1755

Demainbray's syphon

King George III

1701-1752

Cylindrical condensing chamber

King George III

1761