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Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775

1775

Coalbrookdale by Night by Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg

1801

Dental Pelican for Tooth Pulling

1701-1800

Dental instruments used for tooth pulling, France, 1700-1800

1700-1800

Rotative Steam Engine by Boulton and Watt, 1788

1788

Watch in a puddingstone, gold and diamond case by John Leroux

1775-1785

Islamic horary quadrant, 1727-1728

1727-1728

Lunardi's second balloon ascending from St. George's Fields, 1785

1785-1790

Cubical polyhedral sundial

1751-1800

Original preparation of quinine by Pelletier and Caveton

1820

Dental key

1725-1780

Arkwright's prototype spinning machine, 1769.

1769

Theodolite used for the Principal Triangulation of Great Britain

1791

Orrery made by John Rowley for the Earl of Orrery

1712-1713

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

1770

Medal commemorating the Montgolfier unmanned balloon ascent

1783

Medal, Blanchard's balloon ascent, Nuremberg, Germany, 1787

1785

Medal commemorating balloon flight of Blanchard at Frankfurt

1785

Pharmacy storage jar used for theriac

1725-1755

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Watt's end measuring machine

1776

Remains of Little Eaton Gangway coal wagon, c 1798

1793-1803

Seal die, Ashby De La Zouch Canal Company

1794

Drug jar for cinchona bark

1701-1730

Leber-pattern dental forceps

1770-1800

Wooden figure of man practising moxibustion

1750-1800

Netsuke depicting man with moxa on leg

1771-1800

Tall mortar with flared rim and accompanying pestle

1700-1800

6 lancets

1701-1800

Spoon with folding handle

1778

Petit type tourniquet

1701-1800

'Bell-crank' engine, c. 1799

1795-1805 (original)

Conjectural model of Trevithick's locomotive 'Catch-me-who-can'

1808

Infant feeding bottle, Germany, 1701-1800

1701-1800

Memento mori ring remembering Augusta Bruce, Europe, 1701-1800

1701-1800

Silver eye bath, Europe, 1701-1800

1701-1800

Carved ivory model of a skull, with teeth present

1701-1800

Cow's horn infant feeder

1701-1800

Porcelain eye bath painted gold

1701-1800

Tinder pistol

1750-1800

Oval enamelled box, England, 1761-1820

1761-1820

Model of William Murdock's Oscillating Engine, 1785.

1785

Wood and iron truss for sculpture machine

1790-1819

9" Dovetail saw with open mahogany handle, brass back and steel blade

1790-1819

Perspective drawing apparatus, incomplete, in integral mahogany case

1760-1770

Piece of wood, one side partly cut out

1790-1819

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

1701-1800

Silver vinaigrette in the shape of a skull

1701-1800

Marble reproduction of bust

1790-1819

Plaster urn

1790-1819