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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

Refracting telescope with achromatic lens, made by the Dollond family

1760-1775

Gold lever escapement watch by John Leroux

1785

Arkwright's prototype spinning machine, 1769.

1769

Rotative Steam Engine by Boulton and Watt, 1788

1788

Watch movement with spring detent escapement by John Arnold and Son

1787

Spring-detent escapement watch with gold case by John Arnold and Son

1796

Marine chronometer by John Arnold

1771

Arkwright's Water Frame

1775

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

1775-1799 (original); 1900-1907 (model)

Orrery planetary model

1789-1795

Seal die, Ashby De La Zouch Canal Company

1794

Joseph Priestley LLD FRS

1782

Praeclarissimus Isaacus Newton Eques

1787

Expedition Crane

1764

Chronometer watch in silver case by John Arnold and Son

hallmarked 1788

Child's spinal support, Europe, 1771-1800

1771-1800

Tinder pistol

1750-1800

Small white cup in soft paste porcelain

1748-1763

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

Saw used by Samuel Crompton

1750-1770

Small screw-cutting device or fusee engine for clock-maker's use

circa 1800

Portrait mezzotint print from engraving of Phelps Thomas and Bartlett John, 1778

1778

Watt's end measuring machine

1776

Straight spectacles

1796-1797

Transverse folding spectacles

1796-1798

Pair of ebony violin fingerboard shape and sized hollow fabrications

1758-1773

Hydrostatic balance by Jesse Ramsden, London, 1785-1789

1785-1789

Filar micrometer by William Herschel, 1780-1800

1780-1800

Cutter, Alert

1755

Demainbray's cometarium

1750-1760

model carriage chassis with two axles, 1762

1762

Flintlock pistol belonging to John Roger Arnold

1770-1780

Watch with double dial

1760

Portrait of Benjamin Gray (1676 – 1764)

1745-1755

Silver watch with unusual Robin escapement

1792

Earthenware pill tile

1751-1800

Pair of obstetrical forceps

1751-1800

Porcelain eyebath

1775-1785

Creamware plate

1771-1800

Plane table outfit by Benjamin Cole

1750-1766

Doorcase 56 Lincoln’s Inn Fields

circa 1750

Demainbray's model scorpion catapult

1745-1755

Demainbray's Archimedean screw

1752

Mezzotint portrait of Benjamin Franklin

1762