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Column dial by Henry Robert

1831-1870

George III's pendulum

1762

James Watt and the Steam Engine Print

1860

Cubical polyhedral sundial

1751-1800

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

Charles Green Aeronaut

1836

Dye Sample

circa 1890

Dye Sample

circa 1890

Dye Sample

circa 1890

Sample of Acid Yellow Dye

circa 1890

Scutcher, made by Platt Brothers & Co. Ltd

1889

Half-penny coin

1806

East Indiaman Herefordshire

1815

Architect's model of S&J Watts' warehouse

1850-1856

Colour lithograph of the S.S. 'Great Eastern'

1850-1859

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

1778

Signal Block Bell, South Eastern Railway

1862

Silver medal, commemorates the International Health Exhibition

1884

King George III's central forces machine

1762

Small printing forme representing Linotype set matter

1886

Marine thermometer by Negretti and Zambra

1890

Section of lightning conductor from St Paul’s cathedral

1769

The Improved Pedometer or Waywiser

1765-1806

Etching of an electrically powered garden

1755

Ready reckoner for ship's cargoes

1807

Model of Arthur Parsey's compressed air locomotive, 1845

1845

Socrates

1790-1819

Experimental carbon block microphone, 1878-1890

1878-1890

Glass bell jar with a brass collar

1761

'Pock-marked faces: A curious illusion', anti-vaccination leaflet

1880-1890

Pair of dental forceps

1820-1855

Plaster mould of head of Apollo

1790-1819

Edison telephone, 1879

1879

Double brass stand for bell jars on a brass pillar

1761

Model steam locomotive

1890

Plaster bust

1790-1819

‘Medico-Electrical Machine’ by Nairne and Blunt

1782-1793

Plaster mould

1790-1819

The Great Exhibition Polka 1851

1851

Watt's end measuring machine

1776

Two Perkins 'tractors'

1795-1805

Square signed "J.Ramsden, 1757"

1757

100 Link Steel Surveying Chain, 1784.

1784

George III's weighted cylinder

1762

Powdered graphite microphone, 1878-1890

1878-1890

Satirical print of a failed balloon launch from Foley House, London in 1784

1784

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

1785-1790

model carriage chassis with two axles, 1762

1762