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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

Machine-Screw thread making tool, by Henry Maudslay

Hand and Machine Tools

c.1800

Reflecting telescope by William Herschel

Astronomy

1783-1785

Sextant by Jesse Ramsden

Astronomy

c. 1772

Watt's end measuring machine

Industrial Metrology

1776

Marine chronometer by John Arnold and Son, 1787-1799

Time Measurement

1787-1799

Theodolite used for the Principal Triangulation of Great Britain

Surveying

1791

'Early 'perpetuelle' watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet

Clockmakers

1783-1800

Moon globe by John Russell;England;1797

Astronomy

1797

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

Motive Power

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

Filar micrometer by William Herschel, 1780-1800

Astronomy

1780-1800

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

Motive Power

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Mrs. Sage

.Unattributed

1785

Wax anatomical figure of reclining woman

Anatomy & Pathology

1771-1800

Millwright's measuring tool

Weighing & Measuring

around 1790

Pivoted-detent escapement watch by John Arnold

Clockmakers

1776

Ornate circumcision knife with ivory handle

Surgery

1775-1785

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

Pedometer by Spencer & Perkins

Surveying

1775-1794

Silver pill box, Birmingham, England, 1797

Wellcome (general)

1797

Marine chronometer by John Arnold and Son

Clockmakers

1795

Electrical chimes by George Adams

King George III

1781-1790

Rawhide bag for storing cinchona bark

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1777-1785

Gold lever escapement watch by John Leroux

Clockmakers

1785

Set of magnetical apparatus in case, by Adams

Electricity and Magnetism

1790

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

Anatomy & Pathology

1776-1780

Medal commemorating the first manned balloon flights

Coins, Medals & Tokens

1784
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

Mechanical Powers Apparatus consisting of an inclined plane and endless screw

King George III

1775-1800

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

Anatomy & Pathology

1776-1780

Vacuum Gauge by Boulton and Watt

Motive Power

1794

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

Hand and Machine Tools

c.1795

Spring-detent escapement watch with gold case by John Arnold and Son

Clockmakers

1796

Beam compass by George Adams

King George III

1775-1795

Child's spinal support, Europe, 1771-1800

Orthopaedics

1771-1800

Netsuke depicting man with moxa on leg

Asian Medicine

1771-1800

‘Medico-Electrical Machine’ by Nairne and Blunt

Electricity and Magnetism

1782-1793

Wax male anatomical figure

Anatomy & Pathology

1776-1780

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

Clockmakers

1791

Coalbrookdale Halfpenny Token

Coins, Medals & Tokens

1792

Arm for dividing apparatus built by James Watt

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1772-1774

Brass casting, roughly cylindrical, three sinkings in surface

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1782

Verge watch in Staffordshire enamelled case by Ann Phillips

Clockmakers

1790

Steel dental key, England, 1771-1800

Dentistry

1771-1800

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

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1772-1773

Half-penny coin

Textile Industry

1799