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Rotative steam engine by Boulton and Watt, 1788.

Motive Power

1788

Coalbrookdale by Night

Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg

1801

'Puffing Billy' locomotive

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1813-1814

Musical transposition calculator, in circular slide-rule format

Mathematics

1820

Old Spitalfields hand loom with jacquard mechanism

Textiles Machinery

1810

Moon globe by John Russell;England;1797

Astronomy

1797

Trevithick's model road locomotive engine

Road Transport

1796-1802

Maudslay 's Lord Chancellor bench micrometer

Industrial Metrology

1805

Theodolite used for the Principal Triangulation of Great Britain

Surveying

1791

Wax anatomical model of a female showing internal organs, Florence, Italy, 1818

Anatomy & Pathology

1818

Part of electrostatic telegraph, 1816

Telecommunications

1816

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

Hannah Humphrey

1802

'Dr Syntax and his wife making an experiment in pneumatics', print, London, England, 1820

Thomas Rowlandson

1820

Reflecting telescope by William Herschel

Astronomy

1783-1785

Davy Safety lamp

Mining & Ore Dressing

before 1815

Pocket globe in case by Dudley Adams

Astronomy

1799-1802

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

Motive Power

1797-1804

Verge watch in Staffordshire enamelled case by Ann Phillips

Clockmakers

1790

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
1818-1865, physician, Hungarian

Semmelweis, Ignaz Philipp

1818 - 1865

Stanhope square demonstrator, c.1805.

Mathematics

c.1805

Electrical chimes by George Adams

King George III

1781-1790

'Bell-crank' engine, c. 1799

Motive Power

1795-1805 (original)

Machine-Screw thread making tool, by Henry Maudslay

Hand and Machine Tools

c.1800

Original preparation of quinine

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1820

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

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2050-1750 BCE

Richard Arkwright

Joseph Wright of

1790
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

Brass quadrant by Peter and John Dollond of 18-inch radius with optical sights on a tripod

Astronomy

1780-1820

Half-penny coin

Textile Industry

1799
1813-1858, anaesthetist; epidemiologist; physician, British; English

Snow, John

1813 - 1858

Chronometer in Gold Case by Thomas Earnsham, 1795-1810

Time Measurement

1795-1810

Castlereagh cabinet for weights

Weighing & Measuring

1815-1818

Chemical Lectures

Thomas Rowlandson

c.1810

Tin can used for the early preservation of food

Hand and Machine Tools

1812

Pear shaped glass built with curved tube from top

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1790-1819

Cream ceramic jar labelled "Logwood"

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1790-1819

cylinder electrical machine, 1810-1817

Telecommunications

1810-1817

'Early 'perpetuelle' watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet

Clockmakers

1783

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

Motive Power

1805-1806

Ivory Scales

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1790-1819

Copy of Chamberlen obstetric forceps

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1813

Marine chronometer by John Arnold and Son

Clockmakers

1795

Paper packet of Manganese, tied with string

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1790-1819

Ceramic jar with lid, containing brown plant flakes, labelled "Argal"

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1790-1819

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

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1780

Oval snuff box, England, 1807

Smoking

1807