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

1770

Vaginal Speculum for Applying Leeches

1801-1830

Napier's Bones

1690

Orrery made by John Rowley for the Earl of Orrery

1712-1713

'Early 'perpetuelle' watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet

1783-1800

Small orrery by Benjamin Martin

1738-1777

Pocket globe in case by Dudley Adams

1799-1802

Dental Pelican for Tooth Pulling

1701-1800

Rawhide bag for storing cinchona bark

1777-1785

Barber's chair modified for dental extractions

1701-1800

Anamorphosis Painting of Perspective View of a Ship Model

1744-1774

Compound microscope

1700

Refracting telescope with achromatic lens, made by the Dollond family

1760-1775

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

1701-1800

Rocket locomotive

1829

Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775

1775

Coalbrookdale by Night by Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg

1801

Cubical polyhedral sundial

1751-1800

Replica of Islamic Astrolabe

1066; 1876

Rotative Steam Engine by Boulton and Watt, 1788

1788

Doorcase 56 Lincoln’s Inn Fields

circa 1750

Mezzotint portrait of Benjamin Franklin

1762

Demainbray's convex lens

1750

Demainbray's syphon

1701-1752

Pair of bar magnets in box

1750-1795

Divers Projets

1798

Etching of an electrically powered garden

1755

Demainbray's polemoscope

1701-1752

Demainbray's speaking trumpet

1700-1752

Demainbray's hydrostatic paradox vessels

1735-1752

Demainbray's turquoise disc

1745-1755

Demainbray's yellow disc

1745-1755

Stipple-engraved portrait of Margaret Bryan and two children

1797

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Souscription watch, by Abraham-Louis Breguet

1805

'Souscription' watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet

1800

Repeating clock-watch with dials on front and back by Gautrin, Paris

1780

Automaton watch by Jean Robert Soret

1812

Deck watch by Breguet et Fils

1830

Repeating watch by William Andreas Enderlin with enamel in the manner of Jean Mussard V

1700-1725

Wandering hour watch by Sinclare, Dublin, c.1690

1690

Repeating watch with unusual escapement by Abraham-Louis Breguet

1795

Quarter-repeating gold watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet

circa 1808

Hexagonal table clock by Johann Schmidtbaur

1700-1725

Gold and enamel watch by Robert Robin

1785-1795

Pharmacy storage jar used for theriac

1725-1755

Netsuke depicting man with moxa on leg

1771-1800

Wooden figure of man practising moxibustion

1750-1800

Skull saw, part of trephination set

1771-1830

Medal commemorating the Montgolfier unmanned balloon ascent

1783