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Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775

Textiles Machinery

1775

Rotative steam engine by Boulton and Watt, 1788

Motive Power

1788

Coalbrookdale by Night by Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg

Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg

1801

Marine Timekeeper known as 'H5' by John Harrison and Son 1770

Clockmakers

1770

Arkwright's Water Frame

Textile Industry

1775

Moon globe by John Russell;England;1797

Astronomy

1797

Arkwright's prototype spinning machine, 1769.

Textiles Machinery

1769

Machine-Screw thread making tool, by Henry Maudslay

Hand and Machine Tools

c.1800

Wax male figure showing the arteries of the body, Florence, Italy, 1776-1780

Anatomy & Pathology

1776-1780

Maudslay 's Lord Chancellor bench micrometer

Industrial Metrology

1805

Theodolite used for the Principal Triangulation of Great Britain

Surveying

1791

Stanhope square demonstrator, c.1805.

Mathematics

c.1805

Reflecting telescope by William Herschel

Astronomy

1783-1785

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

Motive Power

1775-1799 (original); 1900-1907 (model)

Pocket globe in case by Dudley Adams

Astronomy

1799-1802

Sextant by Jesse Ramsden

Astronomy

c. 1772

Scientific Researches! - New Discoveries in Pneumaticks! - or, an Experimental Lecture on the Powers of Air

Hannah Humphrey

1802

Barograph clock by Alexander Cumming

Time Measurement

1766

Marine chronometer by John Arnold and Son, 1787-1799

Time Measurement

1787-1799

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

Motive Power

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Pedometer by Spencer & Perkins

Surveying

1775-1794

Spring detent watch by John Arnold, used by Ruth Bellville and family to distribute GMT c.1834-1940

Clockmakers

1794

Filar micrometer by William Herschel, 1780-1800

Astronomy

1780-1800

Watt's end measuring machine

Industrial Metrology

1776

Model of a 28 gun frigate

Water Transport

1770-1780

Section of lightning conductor from St Paul’s cathedral

Geophysics

1769

Trevithick's model road locomotive engine

Road Transport

1796-1802

Wax anatomical figure of reclining woman

Anatomy & Pathology

1771-1800

Terrestrial Globe by George Adams

King George III

1766

Vacuum Gauge by Boulton and Watt

Motive Power

1794

Two Guillotine blades and plinth

Wellcome (general)

1790-1794

'Bell-crank' engine, c. 1799

Motive Power

1795-1805 (original)

Pivoted-detent escapement watch by John Arnold

Clockmakers

1776

Marine chronometer by John Arnold and Son

Clockmakers

1795

Deck-watch used by Capt. George Vancouver on board HMS Discovery 1791-5

Clockmakers

1791

Gold lever escapement watch by John Leroux

Clockmakers

1785

Trevithick's High Pressure Steam Engine and Boiler, c. 1806

Motive Power

1805-1806

Mrs. Sage

.Unattributed

1785

'Early 'perpetuelle' watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet

Clockmakers

1783

Wax male figure showing the veins and some organs of the body, Florence, Italy, 1776-1780

Anatomy & Pathology

1776-1780

Model of Rotative Beam Engine by William Tongue, c. 1804

Motive Power

1797-1804

Trevithick's High Pressure Steam Engine and Boiler excluding flywheel

Motive Power

1805-1806

Silver pill box, Birmingham, England, 1797

Wellcome (general)

1797

Two pitchers marked: “Fine black Japan” and “1 pint of best black Japan”

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1780-1801

Pieces of Wedgwood ware

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1768-1780

Infant feeding bottle, Europe, 1701-1800

Nursing & Hospital Furnishings

1771-1800

Brass casting, roughly cylindrical, three sinkings in surface

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1782

Beam compass by George Adams

King George III

1775-1795

Lever escapement watch by Josiah Emery

Clockmakers

1792

Wax male figure showing the muscles of the body

Anatomy & Pathology

1776-1780