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Rotative Steam Engine by Boulton and Watt, 1788

1788

Repeating watch with unusual escapement by Abraham-Louis Breguet

1795

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

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

1791

Deck watch by John Arnold and Son

1790

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

1796

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

1794

Lever escapement watch by Josiah Emery

1792

Lever escapement watch by John Grant

1795

Verge watch in Staffordshire enamelled case by Ann Phillips

1790

Chronometer movement by John Arnold & Son

1795

Eight-day marine chronometer by John Arnold & Son

1795

Silver watch by Brockbanks

1790

Marine timekeeper with constant force escapement by Josiah Emery

1792

Guilloché enamel watch displaying solar and sidereal time, by George Margetts

1790

Musical table clock by Thwaites for Barraud

1788

Silver watch with unusual Robin escapement

1792

Chronometer watch in silver case by John Arnold and Son

hallmarked 1788

Seal die, Ashby De La Zouch Canal Company

1794

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Vacuum Gauge by Boulton and Watt

1794

Set of magnetical apparatus in case, by Adams

1790

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Richard Arkwright

1790

Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement

1705-1737

Theodolite used for the Principal Triangulation of Great Britain

1791

Watch with spring detent escapement by John Arnold and Son

1788

Half-quarter repeating gold watch by Mudge and Dutton

1791

Terrestrial globe by John and William Cary, London

1790-1794

Marine chronometer by John Arnold and Son

1795

The Rev Dr Priestley's House and Elaboratory

1792

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

circa 1795

Toothbrush set

1791-1792

Pendulum clock designed by Galileo in 1642 and made by his son in 1649, model.

1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB

1990-95

Two Guillotine blades and plinth

1790-1794

Model of a Montgolfier Balloon, 1783

First Public Demonstration of a Montgolfier Balloon, 4th June, 1783.

1783; 1914

Middlesex token

1794

Halfpenny token

1793

Improved Withering Botanic microscope

1790

Thaler coin of Leopold II (Austria-Hungary)

1790

Fourteen-Kreutzer coin of Francis I (Austria)

1793

Half-Guinea 'Spade' coin of George III

1790

Spade' coin Guinea of George III

1788

Spade' coin Guinea of George III

1789

Spade' coin Guinea of George III

1790

Spade' coin Guinea of George III

1790

Spade' coin Guinea of George III

1788