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Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775

1775

Cubical polyhedral sundial

1751-1800

Marine Timekeeper known as 'H5' by John Harrison and Son 1770

1770

Napier's Bones

1690

Rotative Steam Engine by Boulton and Watt, 1788

1788

Wooden Acupuncture Model

1681

Celestial globe by Willem Janszoon Blaeu

1603

Silver star-shaped verge watch by David Ramsay

1625

Earthenware jug

1601-1700

Plane table outfit by Benjamin Cole

1750-1766

Compound microscope

1700

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 in a puddingstone, gold and diamond case by John Leroux

1775-1785

Cash sword of coins for protecting new born baby from harmful spirits

1701-1800

Amputation saw, Europe, 1501-1600

1501-1600

Arkwright's Water Frame

1775

Arkwright's prototype spinning machine, 1769.

1769

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Boot for torture purposes, probably English, 1501-1600

1501-1700

Scold's Bridle Mask which partially covers face

1550-1800

Artificial nose, Europe, 1601-1800

1601-1800

Belt made of spiked metal, Europe, 1501-1700

1501-1700

Watt's end measuring machine

1776

Seal die, Ashby De La Zouch Canal Company

1794

Chronometer watch in silver case by John Arnold and Son

hallmarked 1788

Model of William Murdock's Oscillating Engine, 1785.

1785

Pair of ebony violin fingerboard shape and sized hollow fabrications

1758-1773

Long mahogany strip brass pin gauge with five pins

1758-1769

Short mahogany strip brass pin gauge with eight pins

1758-1769

Perspective drawing apparatus, incomplete, in integral mahogany case

1760-1770

Long mahogany strip brass pin gauge with eight pins

1758-1769

Silver vinaigrette in the shape of a harp, France, 1701-1800

1701-1800

Doorcase 56 Lincoln’s Inn Fields

circa 1750

Combined graphometer and plummet clinometer, 1663.

1663

Cutter, Alert

1755

Demainbray's model scorpion catapult

1745-1755

Demainbray's Archimedean screw

1752

Mezzotint portrait of Benjamin Franklin

1762

wheel cutting machine

1668-1672 Probable

Telescope by John Yarwell.

1685-1695

Demainbray's convex lens

1750

‘Medico-Electrical Machine’ by Nairne and Blunt

1782-1793

Sector signed John Allen

1630-1642

Pocket microscope by Jeremiah Sisson

1752

Dover Castle turret clock

1632-1640

Gunter quadrant by Walter Hayes

1648-1687

Telescope by Christopher Cock

1673

Mural arc made for King George III

1770

Demainbray's syphon

1701-1752