Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775
1775
Coalbrookdale by Night by Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg
1801
Rotative Steam Engine by Boulton and Watt, 1788
1788
Marine Timekeeper known as 'H5' by John Harrison and Son 1770
1770
Cubical polyhedral sundial
1751-1800
Section of lightning conductor from St Paul’s cathedral
1769
Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)
1668; 1924
'Bell-crank' engine, c. 1799
1795-1805 (original)
Small orrery by Benjamin Martin
1738-1777
Lunardi's second balloon ascending from St. George's Fields, 1785
1785-1790
Pocket globe in case by Dudley Adams
1799-1802
Arkwright's Water Frame
1775
Arkwright's prototype spinning machine, 1769.
1769
Refracting telescope with achromatic lens, made by the Dollond family
1760-1775
Theodolite used for the Principal Triangulation of Great Britain
1791
Silver microscope by George Adams, c. 1761.
1763
Watch in a puddingstone, gold and diamond case by John Leroux
1775-1785
Medal commemorating the Montgolfier unmanned balloon ascent
1783
Medal, Blanchard's balloon ascent, Nuremberg, Germany, 1787
1785
Medal commemorating balloon flight of Blanchard at Frankfurt
1785
Half-penny coin
1806
Small white cup in soft paste porcelain
1748-1763
Pharmacy storage jar used for theriac
1725-1755
Lancet owned by Edward Jenner
1720-1800
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Adjustable dental pelican with two claws
1720-1800
Watt's end measuring machine
1776
Remains of Little Eaton Gangway coal wagon, c 1798
1793-1803
Seal die, Ashby De La Zouch Canal Company
1794
Leber-pattern dental forceps
1770-1800
Earthenware pill tile
1751-1800
Wooden figure of man practising moxibustion
1750-1800
Netsuke depicting man with moxa on leg
1771-1800
Model of William Murdock's Oscillating Engine, 1785.
1785
Small crucible, large broken piece missing
1790-1819
Crucible, broken, with three fragments present
1790-1819
Wood and iron truss for sculpture machine
1790-1819
One plaster mould
1790-1819
9" Dovetail saw with open mahogany handle, brass back and steel blade
1790-1819
Steel bradawl with turned hickory handle, brass ferrule and securing nut
1758-1819
Plaster five-part arm mould
1790-1819
Crucible, piece missing, fused substance within
1790-1819
Part of four-part plaster split mould, rear of head and neck of James Watt, by James Watt
1790-1819
Pair of ebony violin fingerboard shape and sized hollow fabrications
1758-1773
Four-part plaster leg
1790-1819
Spirit level
1790-1819
Long mahogany strip brass pin gauge with five pins
1758-1769
Plaster mould
1790-1819
Box containing minerals and mixing sticks
1790-1819
Short mahogany strip brass pin gauge with eight pins
1758-1769