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Theodolite used for the Principal Triangulation of Great Britain

Surveying

1791

Marine chronometer by John Arnold and Son

Clockmakers

1795

Rutherford maximum and minimum thermometer, 1794

Meteorology

1794

Two Guillotine blades

Wellcome (general)

1790-1794

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

Clockmakers

1794

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

Clockmakers

1791

Terrestrial globe by John and William Cary, London

Clockmakers

1790-1794

Millwright's measuring tool

Weighing & Measuring

around 1790

Verge watch in Staffordshire enamelled case by Ann Phillips

Clockmakers

1790

Set of magnetical apparatus in case, by Adams

Electricity and Magnetism

1790

Seal die, Ashby De La Zouch Canal Company

Railway Heraldry

1794

Toothbrush set, in rectangular red leather tooled

Dentistry

1791-1792

Richard Arkwright

Joseph Wright of

1790

Letter from George Washington to his dentist, United States, 1795

Dentistry

1795

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

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2050-1750 BCE

The Rev Dr Priestley's House and Elaboratory

Joseph Johnson

1792

Collycroft worsted textile mill, 1790

Motive Power

1790

Hereford halfpenny token,

Coins, Medals & Tokens

1794
1791-1871, mathematician; computer pioneer, England, English; British

Babbage, Charles

1791 - 1871
1790- about 1946, pencil manufacturer, Vienna

L&C Hardtmuth

1790 - 1946

Silver medal commemorating the execution of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, Germany, 1793

Wellcome Medals

1793

Movement of turret clock

Time Measurement

1795

Middlesex token, Newgate, 1795.

Coins, Medals & Tokens

1795

Oil jar, Egypt, 1580-1350BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1350 BCE

Lackington's halfpenny token

Coins, Medals & Tokens

1794

Norwich halfpenny for haberdasher, 1793

Coins, Medals & Tokens

1793

Canterbury halfpenny token

Coins, Medals & Tokens

1794

Hippopotamus ivory teeth, lower denture on stand, England, 1795

Dentistry

1795

Commemorative Halfpenny Token, Isaac Newton

Coins, Medals & Tokens

1793

A Singular Operation

William Nutter

1795

Gatehouse halfpenny, 1793.

Coins, Medals & Tokens

1793

Beccles halfpenny token, 1795

Coins, Medals & Tokens

1795
Babbage, Charles

Babbage, Charles

1791 - 1871

Pocket Watch in Silver Case by Ward, 1750-1794

Time Measurement

hallmarked 1794

Leek halfpenny token for silk, 1793

Coins, Medals & Tokens

1793

Wilkinson halfpenny token, 1790.

Coins, Medals & Tokens

1790

Huddersfield halfpenny token for tea dealer, 1793

Coins, Medals & Tokens

1793

Coventry halfpenny token, 1793

Coins, Medals & Tokens

1793

Plaster copy of a plaque bearing the portrait of J

Surgery

1793

Emsworth halfpenny token, 'The wooden walls of old England', 1795.

Coins, Medals & Tokens

1795

Token, copper, 28mm diameter. Wilkinson halfpenny

Coins, Medals & Tokens

1791

Carmarthen halfpenny token

Coins, Medals & Tokens

1791

Portsmouth and Chichester halfpenny token

Coins, Medals & Tokens

1794

Coalbrookdale Halfpenny Token

Coins, Medals & Tokens

1792

'How Merrily We Live', print, London, England, 1793

Carington Bowles

1793

Vacuum Gauge by Boulton and Watt

Motive Power

1794

Square pavement brick from Babylonia (Southern Iraq), 2nd millennium BC.

Building Construction

2000-1001 BCE

Silver toothbrush set, Birmingham, England, 1793

Dentistry

1793

Mummy of a peregrine falcon, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

Rochdale halfpenny token,

Coins, Medals & Tokens

1792