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Category
Collection
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Object type
Maker
Place of origin
Archive
Date

Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775

1775

Rotative Steam Engine by Boulton and Watt, 1788

1788

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

1770

Theodolite used for the Principal Triangulation of Great Britain

1791

Seal die, Ashby De La Zouch Canal Company

1794

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

circa 1800

Divers Projets

1798

Stipple-engraved portrait of Margaret Bryan and two children

1797

Netsuke depicting man with moxa on leg

1771-1800

Stanhope square demonstrator, c.1805.

circa 1805

‘Medico-Electrical Machine’ by Nairne and Blunt

1782-1793

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

1784

Section of lightning conductor from St Paul’s cathedral

1769

The Improved Pedometer or Waywiser

1765-1806

Deck-watch used by Capt. George Vancouver on board HMS Discovery 1791-5

1791

Pivoted-detent escapement watch by Larcum Kendall

1786

Watch with four outer cases, made by Edward Prior for the Turkish export market

1800

Pivoted-detent escapement watch by John Arnold

1776

Watch movement with spring detent escapement by John Arnold and Son

1787

Souscription watch, by Abraham-Louis Breguet

1805

Deck watch by John Arnold and Son

1790

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

1796

'Souscription' watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet

1800

Spring detent watch by John Arnold, used by Ruth Bellville and family to distribute GMT c.1834-1940

1794

Spring-detent escapement watch with gold case by John Barwise

1800

Compass

1800

Repeating clock-watch with dials on front and back by Gautrin, Paris

1780

'Early 'perpetuelle' watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet

1783-1800

Gold repoussé watch depicting the Choice of Hercules, by John Ellicott

1767

Under-painted horn pair cased watch by George Flote

1800

Marine chronometer by Thomas Earnshaw

1795-1805

Lever escapement watch by Josiah Emery

1792

Repeating watch with unusual escapement by Abraham-Louis Breguet

1795

A skeleton clock designed to represent the terrestial globe by Henry Gratte

1800

Verge watch in Staffordshire enamelled case by Ann Phillips

1790

Musical table clock by Thwaites for Barraud

1767

Marine chronometer by John Arnold

1802

Chronometer movement by John Arnold & Son

1795

Eight-day marine chronometer by John Arnold & Son

1795

Pedometer by Spencer and Perkins

1775-1800

Silver watch by Brockbanks

1790

Gold and enamel watch by Robert Robin

1785-1795

Marine timekeeper with constant force escapement by Josiah Emery

1792

Marine chronometer by Brockbanks

1802

Guilloché enamel watch displaying solar and sidereal time, by George Margetts

1790

Pocket globe in case by Dudley Adams

1799-1802

Leber-pattern dental forceps

1770-1800

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

1785

Model of Rotative Beam Engine by William Tongue, c. 1804

1797-1804

Remains of Little Eaton Gangway coal wagon, c 1798

1793-1803