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Plaster copy of Bust of James Watt, by Sir. Francis Chantrey, 1815

Plaster copy of Bust of James Watt, by Sir. Franci

Motive Power

1815

Gold Balance

Weighing & Measuring

1800-1805

Hand held magnifier, English

Microscopy (Wellcome)

1800-1820

Egyptian weight, 12th Dynasty

Weighing & Measuring

c. 1800 BCE

Set of 9 nested brass cup weights and 15 small flat weights for a Mark of 8 ounces, both for weighing gold and silver from the Castlereagh Collection for Amsterdam (Netherlands).

nested brass cup weights

Weighing & Measuring

1800-1818

Set of incomplete set of 5 brass nested cup weights from the Castlereagh Collection for Nice (France).

Nested cup weights, brass

Weighing & Measuring

1800-1818

Set of 11 brass nested cup weights equal to 4 Marks from the Castlereagh Collection for Amsterdam (Netherlands).

Nested cup weights, brass

Weighing & Measuring

1800-1818

Set of 9 nested cup weights with hinged case for the Peso Sottile, a pound of 12 ounces from the Castereagh Collection for Genoa (Italy).

nested cup weights

Weighing & Measuring

1800-1820

Set of 8 brass nested cup weights for the Castilian Mark for weighing gold or silver from the Castlereagh Collection for Madrid (Spain).

Nested cup weights, brass

Weighing & Measuring

1800-1818

Set of 10 flat grain weights from the Castlereagh Collection for Maranham (Brasil).

Castlereagh Collection weights

Weighing & Measuring

1800-1818

Set of 9 flat grain weights for the metric Livre from the Castlereagh Collection for Nantes (France).

Flat grain weights

Weighing & Measuring

1800-1818

Set 4 round flat knobbed weights from the Castlereagh Collection for Malaga (Spain).

flat knobbed weights

Weighing & Measuring

1800-1818

Set of 8 brass nested cup weights for the livre from the Castlereagh Collection for Charante (France).

Nested cup weights, brass

Weighing & Measuring

1800-1820

Set of 9 brass nested cup weights for the commercial pound from the Castlereagh Collection for Libau (Russia).

Nested cup weights, brass

Weighing & Measuring

1800-1820

Weights from the Castlereagh Collection for Tunis (Tunisia). Set of 10 circular flat brass weights for the Rotul (commercial pound).

Weights from the Castlereagh Collection for Tunis (Tunisia)

Weighing & Measuring

1800-1818

Short sword, used by mail coach guard, c. 1810.

Short sword, used by mail coach guard, 1810

Road Transport

c. 1810

Boxed set of 14 cylindrical brass knobbed weights for the Roman Pound from the Castlereagh Collection for Rome (Italy).

cylindrical brass knobbed weights

Weighing & Measuring

1800-1818

Bubble-tube level, by Fraser and Son, c. 1800

Bubble-tube level, 1795-1805

Surveying

1800

[One of 820 civil and engineering drawings, chiefly of Bramah & Robinson. Drawing no. 1/23: 'Plan and Sections of a Tread Mill, by J. Bramah & Sons, Engineers, Pimlico, proposed for the Gaol at Norwich'. ca.1820. Line drawing with wash. Scale 1" : 4']

Plans and Sections of a Tread Mill ...

Wilkinson-type folding coin balance in brass case

Weighing & Measuring

1800

Set 9 brass knobbed cylindrical weights for the metric livre with 6 flat brass grain weights in hinged wooden box from the Castlereagh Collection for Paris (France).

brass knobbed cylindrical weights

Weighing & Measuring

1800-1818

Coin scale

Weighing & Measuring

c.1817

Boxed set of 14 brass cylindrical knobbed weights for the Roman Pound of 12 ounces from the Castlereagh Collection for Ancona (Italy).

cylindrical knobbed weights

Weighing & Measuring

1800-1818

Brass circular slide rule 30cm diameter with two s

Mathematics

1818-1820

Movement with lever escapement, no.8802, Daniels,

Time Measurement

1820

28lb weight

Weighing & Measuring

1819

Carved bone spatula, possibly for the application

Pharmacy-ware

1-1800

Tobacco pipe, carved wooden bowl depicting coat of

Smoking

1800-1820

Autograph letter from William Brunton, Engineer, giving a description of his Steam Horse, Butterley Iron Works

Archive Collections

1813-04-28

Horn snuff mull tapering and curling round at base

Smoking

1810-1813

Weights from the Castlereagh Collection for Stettin (Poland). Set of 9 brass nested cup weights with hinged case.

Weights from the Castlereagh Collection for Stettin (Poland)

Weighing & Measuring

1800-1818

Weights from the Castlereagh Collection for Rotterdam (Netherlands). Set of 10 brass nested cup weights in decorated hinged case for eight Dutch Marks.

Weights from the Castlereagh Collection for Rotterdam (Netherlands

Weighing & Measuring

1800-1820

Weights and original correspondence from the Castlereagh Collection

Weighing & Measuring

1800-1819

Weights from the Castlereagh Collection for Madeira (Portugal). Set of 9 brass nested cup weights for a pound of 16 oncas in a wooden box.

Weights from the Castlereagh Collection for Madeira (Portugal)

Weighing & Measuring

1800-1818

Model, of Sir Edward Belcher's anchor

Water Transport

1815

Model, of modified form of Wyatt's cart weighing machine

Weighing & Measuring

1800-1810

Toothed drive wheel on proper left side. Comes with own set of rails, one toothed to accommodate the drive wheel which projects below the others, so has to sit on these rails. Internal gauge = 115mm, and wheels have 2mm flange.

Salamanca

Temporary Exhibitions

c.1811

Small mouldmade brick from courtyard around barn at Turnours Hall, Chigwell, chrome yellow colour, uneven shape c1800, 6" x 2 .5" x 1.5" approx.

Small mouldmade brick from courtyard around barn a

Building Construction

1800

Silver vinaigrette, oval, with perforated hinged inner lid, engraved with name "Amy Clarke", by I.S., hallmarked in Birmingham, 1804

Silver vinaigrette engraved with the name "Amy Clarke"

Pharmacy-ware

1804

Silver vinaigrette, rectangular, gilt lined, with perforated hinged inner lid, hallmarked in Birmingham, by S and S, 1810

Silver vinaigrette

Pharmacy-ware

1810

Token, copper, 35mm diameter. Keighley penny, 1812

Coins, Medals & Tokens

1812

Brass die with corresponding paper conversion scale

Experimental Chemistry

1816

Ratstail burner jet, in iron, c.1820s.

Gas Industry

1820

Pap boat

Nursing & Hospital Furnishings

1800-1810

Thermometer, with ivory scale (c.1820), by BATE LO

Heat

1820

Early Chemical Match Box (c.1810), by GILBERTSON L

Firemaking

1810

Amuletic ivory pendant in form of hand

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1-1800

Base for replica of Oersted's compass

Electricity and Magnetism

1820

2 carved pieces of bone, handle in form of a foot and a spoon bowl

Pharmacy-ware

1-1800

Small squat bronze mortar, flared rim

Pharmacy-ware

1801-1800