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Arkwright's water frame, 1775.

Textiles Machinery

1775

Rotative steam engine by Boulton and Watt, 1788.

Motive Power

1788

Arkwright's Water Frame

Textile Industry

1775

Theodolite used for the Principal Triangulation of Great Britain

Surveying

1791

Rawhide bag for storing cinchona bark

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1777-1785

Moon globe by John Russell;England;1797

Astronomy

1797

Watt's end measuring machine

Industrial Metrology

1776
1800-1890, social reformer; civil servant, British

Chadwick, Sir Edwin

1800 - 1890

Sextant by Jesse Ramsden

Astronomy

c. 1772

Ornate circumcision knife with ivory handle

Surgery

1775-1785

'Early 'perpetuelle' watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet

Clockmakers

1783

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

Clockmakers

1794

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

Hand and Machine Tools

c. 1800

Satirical print of a failed balloon launch from Foley House, London in 1784

Paul Sandby

1784

Under-painted horn pair-cased watch by George Flote

Clockmakers

1800

Wax anatomical figure of reclining woman

Anatomy & Pathology

1771-1800

Marine chronometer by John Arnold and Son

Clockmakers

1795

Praeclarissimus Isaacus Newton Eques

Art

1787

Pivoted-detent escapement watch by John Arnold 1776-7

Clockmakers

1776

Reflecting telescope by William Herschel

Astronomy

1783-1785

Richard Arkwright

Joseph Wright of

1790

Pivoted-detent escapement watch by Larcum Kendall 1786-7

Clockmakers

1786

Mrs. Sage

.Unattributed

1785

Pedometer by Spencer & Perkins

Surveying

1775-1794

Model of William Murdock's Oscillating Engine, 1785.

Motive Power

1785

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

Clockmakers

1791

Toothbrush set, in rectangular red leather tooled

Dentistry

1791-1792

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

Printing & Writing

1780-1800

Verge watch in Staffordshire enamelled case by Ann Phillips

Clockmakers

1790

Beam compass by George Adams

King George III

1775-1795

Achromatic doublet lens

King George III

1780

Wax male anatomical figure

Anatomy & Pathology

1776-1780

Netsuke depicting man with moxa on leg

Asian Medicine

1771-1800

Two Guillotine blades

Wellcome (general)

1790-1794

English wooden doll,circa 1780, of simple skittle

Materials Science Gallery

c. 1780

Textile printing block, rectangular

Textiles Machinery

1760-1775 probable date
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

Silver pill box, Birmingham, England, 1797

Wellcome (general)

1797

Divers Projets

Art

1798

Silver toothbrush set, Birmingham, England, 1793

Dentistry

1793

Hydrostatic balance by Jesse Ramsden, London, 1785-1789

Experimental Chemistry

1785-1789

Electrical chimes by George Adams

King George III

1781-1790

Wax male figure showing the muscles of the body

Anatomy & Pathology

1776-1780

Half-penny coin

Textile Industry

1799

Marine chronometer by John Arnold and Son, 1787-1799

Time Measurement

1787-1799

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

Clockmakers

1775-1785

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

Anatomy & Pathology

1774-1800

Millwright's measuring tool

Weighing & Measuring

around 1790

Half-penny coin

Textile Industry

1799