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Coalbrookdale by Night by Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg

1801

Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775

1775

Vaginal Speculum for Applying Leeches

1801-1830

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

1770

Snuff Box, England, 1771-1830

1771-1830

Laennec's stethoscope

1815-1825

Original preparation of quinine by Pelletier and Caveton

1820

Rotative Steam Engine by Boulton and Watt, 1788

1788

Model, of Woolf's Water Tube Boiler, 1819

1819

Arkwright's prototype spinning machine, 1769.

1769

Gold lever escapement watch by John Leroux

1785

Phrenological head

1821

Edward Jenner's lancets

1801-1823

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

Two Perkins 'tractors'

1795-1805

Shaving by Steam

1800-1830

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Maudslay 's Lord Chancellor bench micrometer

1805

Marine chronometer by John Arnold

1771

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Arkwright's Water Frame

1775

Rocket locomotive

1829

Orrery planetary model

1789-1795

'Puffing Billy' Locomotive with Tender and Rails

1813-1814

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

'Dr Syntax and his wife making an experiment in pneumatics', print, London, England, 1820

1820

Joseph Priestley LLD FRS

1782

Praeclarissimus Isaacus Newton Eques

1787

Metric volumetric rule, with 0.05 to 100 litres graduations

1803-1828

Expedition Crane

1764

Chronometer watch in silver case by John Arnold and Son

hallmarked 1788

'Bell-crank' engine, c. 1799

1795-1805 (original)

Novelty model

1955; 1830

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

1808

Weights and measures

1805

Dudley Adams

1796-1826

Calculating rule by Lenoir in centimetres with conversions

1800-1830

Straight spectacles

1796-1797

Transverse folding spectacles

1796-1798

Transverse folding spectacles

1790-1830

White boat shaped infant's feeding bottle

1801-1830

Child's spinal support, Europe, 1771-1800

1771-1800

Breast pump, Europe, 1771-1830

1771-1830

Oval snuff box, England, 1807

1807

Oval enamelled box, England, 1761-1820

1761-1820

Model of William Murdock's Oscillating Engine, 1785.

1785

Small crucible, large broken piece missing

1790-1819