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Rotative steam engine by Boulton and Watt, 1788.

Motive Power

1788

Arkwright's water frame, 1775.

Textiles Machinery

1775

Arkwright's Water Frame

Textile Industry

1775

Moon globe by John Russell;England;1797

Astronomy

1797

Theodolite used for the Principal Triangulation of Great Britain

Surveying

1791

Watt's end measuring machine

Industrial Metrology

1776

Reflecting telescope by William Herschel

Astronomy

1783-1785

Sextant by Jesse Ramsden

Astronomy

c. 1772

Verge watch in Staffordshire enamelled case by Ann Phillips

Clockmakers

1790

Ornate circumcision knife with ivory handle

Surgery

1775-1785

Rawhide bag for storing cinchona bark

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1777-1785

Marine chronometer by John Arnold and Son, 1787-1799

Time Measurement

1787-1799

Model of William Murdock's Oscillating Engine, 1785.

Motive Power

1785

Mrs. Sage

.Unattributed

1785

Electrical chimes by George Adams

King George III

1781-1790

Machine-Screw thread making tool, by Henry Maudslay

Hand and Machine Tools

c.1800

Wax anatomical figure of reclining woman

Anatomy & Pathology

1771-1800

Richard Arkwright

Joseph Wright of

1790

Copy of clay liver used for divination, original from Babylon, 2050-1750 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2050-1750 BCE
1800-1890, social reformer; civil servant, British

Chadwick, Sir Edwin

1800 - 1890
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

Infant feeding bottle, Europe, 1701-1800

Nursing & Hospital Furnishings

1771-1800

Wax model of a decomposing body in a walnut coffin, Italy, 1774-1800

Anatomy & Pathology

1774-1800

Half-penny coin

Textile Industry

1799

Wax male anatomical figure

Anatomy & Pathology

1776-1780

Textile printing block, rectangular

Textiles Machinery

1760-1775 probable date

Pedometer by Spencer & Perkins

Surveying

1775-1794

Mechanical Powers Apparatus

King George III

1775-1800

'Early 'perpetuelle' watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet

Clockmakers

1783

Steel dental key, England, 1771-1800

Dentistry

1771-1800

Beam compass by George Adams

King George III

1775-1795

Marine chronometer by John Arnold and Son

Clockmakers

1795

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

Clockmakers

1794

One packet, 'experiment paper on copying', from James Watt's workshop

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1780

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

Julius Caesar Ibbetson

1785-1790

Terrestrial globe by John and William Cary, London

Clockmakers

1790-1794

Watch in a puddingstone, gold and diamond case by John Le Roux

Clockmakers

1775-1785

Small screw-cutting device or fusee engine for clock-maker's use

Hand and Machine Tools

c. 1800

Model of Sun and Planet Gearing

Motive Power

1782-1784

Collycroft worsted textile mill, 1790

Motive Power

1790

Portrait oil painting of John Arnold and family 1783-1787

Robert Davy

1783-1787

Silver pill box, Birmingham, England, 1797

Wellcome (general)

1797

Millwright's measuring tool

Weighing & Measuring

around 1790

Half-penny coin

Textile Industry

1799

Wax male figure showing the muscles and bones of the body, Florence, Italy, 1776-1780

Anatomy & Pathology

1776-1780

Silver gilt eye bath with case, London, England, 1786

Ophthalmology

1786

Six Bramah lock drilling templates, on pine (wood) board

Hand and Machine Tools

c.1795

Zinc discs, painted one side white with broad red line across the centre

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1772-1773

Hydrostatic balance by Jesse Ramsden, London, 1785-1789

Experimental Chemistry

1785-1789

Pivoted-detent escapement watch by John Arnold 1776-7

Clockmakers

1776