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Moon globe by John Russell;England;1797

Astronomy

1797

Theodolite used for the Principal Triangulation of Great Britain

Surveying

1791

Verge watch in Staffordshire enamelled case by Ann Phillips

Clockmakers

1790

Machine-Screw thread making tool, by Henry Maudslay

Hand and Machine Tools

c.1800

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

Half-penny coin

Textile Industry

1799

Marine chronometer by John Arnold and Son

Clockmakers

1795

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

Clockmakers

1794

Terrestrial globe by John and William Cary, London

Clockmakers

1790-1794

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

Hand and Machine Tools

c. 1800

Collycroft worsted textile mill, 1790

Motive Power

1790

Millwright's measuring tool

Weighing & Measuring

around 1790

Silver pill box, Birmingham, England, 1797

Wellcome (general)

1797

Half-penny coin

Textile Industry

1799

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

Hand and Machine Tools

c.1795

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

Clockmakers

1791

Under-painted horn pair-cased watch by George Flote

Clockmakers

1800

Divers Projets

Art

1798

Straight spectacles, silver, hallmarked London 179

Ophthalmology

1796-1797

Transverse folding spectacles, silver, hallmarked

Ophthalmology

1796-1798

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

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

Geophysics

1798 (original); 1977 (model)

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

Dentistry

1795

Two Guillotine blades

Wellcome (general)

1790-1794

The Rev Dr Priestley's House and Elaboratory

Joseph Johnson

1792

Stipple-engraved portrait of Margaret Bryan and two children

William Nutter

1797

Coalbrookdale Halfpenny Token

Coins, Medals & Tokens

1792
1790- about 1946, pencil manufacturer, Vienna

L&C Hardtmuth

1790 - 1946
Babbage, Charles

Babbage, Charles

1791 - 1871
1790-1852, printing engineer; university teacher, British

Cowper, Edward Shickle

1790 - 1852

Oil jar, Egypt, 1580-1350BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1350 BCE

Rutherford maximum and minimum thermometer, 1794

Meteorology

1794

Commemorative Halfpenny Token, Isaac Newton

Coins, Medals & Tokens

1793

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

Motive Power

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

Veneer cut by machinery invented by Sir Samuel Ben

Hand and Machine Tools

1791-3

Wilkinson halfpenny token, 1790.

Coins, Medals & Tokens

1790

Movement of turret clock

Time Measurement

1795

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

Coins, Medals & Tokens

1795

Lackington's halfpenny token

Coins, Medals & Tokens

1794

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

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

Manchester halfpenny token

Coins, Medals & Tokens

1793

Brass framed sextant.

Navigation

1790-1800

Coventry halfpenny token, 1793

Coins, Medals & Tokens

1793

Astronomy

Art

1790-1799

Telescopic study of the Moon

John Russell

1796