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Arkwright's water frame, 1775.

Textiles Machinery

1775

Rotative steam engine by Boulton and Watt, 1788.

Motive Power

1788

Reflecting telescope by William Herschel

Astronomy

1783-1785

Magnetic toy by George Adams

King George III

1765

Mrs. Sage

.Unattributed

1785

Silver microscope by George Adams, c. 1761.

Microscopes

1763

Theodolite used for the Principal Triangulation of Great Britain

Surveying

1791

Arkwright's prototype spinning machine, 1769.

Textiles Machinery

1769

Arkwright's Water Frame

Textile Industry

1775

Ornate circumcision knife with ivory handle

Surgery

1775-1785
Original screw-cutting lathe, made by Henry Maudslay, end of 18th century

Henry Maudslay's original screw-cutting lathe, c.1800

Hand and Machine Tools

c. 1800

‘Visual glasses’ designed by Benjamin Martin

Optics

1756-1800

Model of a 28 gun frigate

Water Transport

1770-1780

Section of lightning conductor from St Paul’s cathedral

Geophysics

1769

George III's philosophical table

King George III

1761-1762

Clock used for transit of Venus observations, 1769

Time Measurement

1768-1769

Pedometer by Spencer & Perkins

Surveying

1775-1794

George III's double-barrelled air pump

King George III

1761

Pocket microscope by Jeremiah Sisson

Microscopes

1752

Moon globe by John Russell;England;1797

Astronomy

1797
1800-1890, social reformer; civil servant, British

Chadwick, Sir Edwin

1800 - 1890

Watt's end measuring machine

Industrial Metrology

1776

A Singular Operation

William Nutter

1795

Sextant by Jesse Ramsden

Astronomy

c. 1772

Model diving bell

King George III

before 1753

Demainbray's model of a camera obscura

King George III

1752

Marine chronometer by John Arnold and Son, 1787-1799

Time Measurement

1787-1799

Wax anatomical figure of reclining woman

Anatomy & Pathology

1771-1800

Silver pill box, Birmingham, England, 1797

Wellcome (general)

1797

Copying desk, with lock and key and felt on mahogany board

Printing & Writing

1780-1800

Terrestrial Globe by George Adams

King George III

1766

Dial micrometer, 1760-1772.

King George III

1760-1772

Steel dental key, England, 1771-1800

Dentistry

1771-1800

Electrical chimes by George Adams

King George III

1781-1790

Wax male anatomical figure

Anatomy & Pathology

1750-1774

George III's inclined plane and Horse-way

King George III

1762

Sand glass in four pillared wooden mount

Time Measurement

1750-1800

Half-penny coin

Textile Industry

1799

Wax male figure showing the muscles of the body

Anatomy & Pathology

1776-1780

Demainbray's optical model

King George III

1752

Demainbray's cometarium

King George III

1750-1760

Lunardi's second balloon ascending from St. George's Fields, 1785

Julius Caesar Ibbetson

1785-1790

Cup and ball toy

Public Health & Hygiene

1750-1800

Textile printing block, rectangular

Textiles Machinery

1760-1775 probable date

Mr Lunardi's New Balloon

Art

1785

Richard Arkwright

Joseph Wright of

1790

Millwright's measuring tool

Weighing & Measuring

around 1790

Square signed "J.Ramsden, 1757"

Mathematics

1757

Wooden figure of man practising moxibustion

Asian Medicine

1750-1800

George III's pendulum

King George III

1762