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Moon globe by John Russell;England;1797

Astronomy

1797

Machine-Screw thread making tool, by Henry Maudslay

Hand and Machine Tools

c.1800

Theodolite used for the Principal Triangulation of Great Britain

Surveying

1791

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

Motive Power

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

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

Clockmakers

1794

Two Guillotine blades and plinth

Wellcome (general)

1790-1794

Vacuum Gauge by Boulton and Watt

Motive Power

1794

Marine chronometer by John Arnold and Son

Clockmakers

1795

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

Clockmakers

1791

Silver pill box, Birmingham, England, 1797

Wellcome (general)

1797

Lever escapement watch by Josiah Emery

Clockmakers

1792

Terrestrial globe by John and William Cary, London

Clockmakers

1790-1794

Millwright's measuring tool

Weighing & Measuring

around 1790

Half-penny coin

Textile Industry

1799

Verge watch in Staffordshire enamelled case by Ann Phillips

Clockmakers

1790

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

Rutherford maximum and minimum thermometer, 1794

Meteorology

1794

Half-penny coin

Textile Industry

1799

Lever escapement watch by John Grant

Clockmakers

1795

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

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2050-1750 BCE
Newcomen Engine built by Francis Thompson of Ashover near Chesterfield 1791. Re-erected in house built with materials taken from the engine house at Pentrich, Derbyshire, where it was last worked

Newcomen Atmospheric Engine

Motive Power

1791

The Rev Dr Priestley's House and Elaboratory

William Ellis

1792

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

Hand and Machine Tools

c. 1800

Transverse folding spectacles

Ophthalmology

1796-1798

Straight spectacles

Ophthalmology

1796-1797

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

Dentistry

1791-1792

Under-painted horn pair-cased watch by George Flote

Clockmakers

1800

Richard Arkwright

Joseph Wright of

1790
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

A Singular Operation

James Wales

1795

Divers Projets

Art

1798

Stipple-engraved portrait of Margaret Bryan and two children

William Nutter

1797

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

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

Oil jar, Egypt, 1580-1350BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1350 BCE

Model of Henry Cavendish's Torsion Balance Gravitational Apparatus, 1798

Geophysics

1798 (original); 1977 (model)
Babbage, Charles

Babbage, Charles

1791 - 1871
1800-1890, social reformer; civil servant, British

Chadwick, Sir Edwin

1800 - 1890

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

Wellcome Medals

1793

Collycroft worsted textile mill, 1790

Motive Power

1790

Silver toothbrush set, Birmingham, England, 1793

Dentistry

1793

Withering's botanic simple microscope

Optics

1790-1800
1791-1871, mathematician; computer pioneer, England, English; British

Babbage, Charles

1791 - 1871

Movement of turret clock

Time Measurement

1795

Coalbrookdale Halfpenny Token

Coins, Medals & Tokens

1792

Commemorative Halfpenny Token, Isaac Newton

Coins, Medals & Tokens

1793

Leeds halfpenny token

Coins, Medals & Tokens

1793

The Comforts of a Rumford Stove

James Gillray

1800