Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775
1775
Coalbrookdale by Night by Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg
1801
Marine Timekeeper known as 'H5' by John Harrison and Son 1770
1770
Cubical polyhedral sundial
1751-1800
Rotative Steam Engine by Boulton and Watt, 1788
1788
'Bell-crank' engine, c. 1799
1795-1805 (original)
Watch in a puddingstone, gold and diamond case by John Leroux
1775-1785
Theodolite used for the Principal Triangulation of Great Britain
1791
Model of Rotative Beam Engine by William Tongue, c. 1804
1797-1804
Watt's end measuring machine
1776
Half-penny coin
1799
Small orrery by Benjamin Martin
1738-1777
Clarke's Hydrometer (c. 1755)
1755
Compass
1800
Marine chronometer by Brockbanks
1802
Pocket globe in case by Dudley Adams
1799-1802
Lancet owned by Edward Jenner
1720-1800
Wax male figure showing the veins and some organs of the body, Florence, Italy, 1776-1780
1776-1780
Wax male figure showing the muscles of the body
1776-1780
Two Perkins 'tractors'
1795-1805
Model, of Woolf's Water Tube Boiler, 1819
1819
Arkwright's Water Frame
1775
Anamorphosis Painting of Perspective View of a Ship Model
1744-1774
Longcase clock by James and John Harrison
1728
Longcase clock movement by John and James Harrison
1726-1728
'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799
1775-1799 (original); 1900-1907 (model)
Machine-Screw thread making tool, by Henry Maudslay
circa 1800
Arkwright's prototype spinning machine, 1769.
1769
Refracting telescope with achromatic lens, made by the Dollond family
1760-1775
George III's compound engine
1762
Silver microscope by George Adams, c. 1761.
1763
George III's double-barrelled air pump
1761
Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)
1668; 1924
Telescope by Galileo (replica)
1610; 1923
'Puffing Billy' Locomotive with Tender and Rails
1813-1814
Remains of Little Eaton Gangway coal wagon, c 1798
1793-1803
Seal die, Ashby De La Zouch Canal Company
1794
Conjectural model of Trevithick's locomotive 'Catch-me-who-can'
1808
Tumbler, horn, with silver strip around rim, 1742
1742
Model 'Maximum machine', before 1753.
1740-1753
Saw used by Samuel Crompton
1750-1770
Small screw-cutting device or fusee engine for clock-maker's use
circa 1800
Marble reproduction of bust
1790-1819
Plaster urn
1790-1819
Plaster cast of Venus
1790-1819
Reproduction in wood. No 127
1808
Plaster mould of head of Apollo
1790-1819
Socrates
1790-1819
plaster cast of Apollo
1790-1819
Reproduction alabaster bust of Homer
1790-1819