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Coalbrookdale by Night by Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg

1801

Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775

1775

Theodolite used for the Principal Triangulation of Great Britain

1791

Rotative Steam Engine by Boulton and Watt, 1788

1788

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

1770

Watt's end measuring machine

1776

Marine chronometer by Brockbanks

1802

Watch in a puddingstone, gold and diamond case by John Leroux

1775-1785

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

circa 1800

Creamware plate

1771-1800

Divers Projets

1798

Stipple-engraved portrait of Margaret Bryan and two children

1797

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Souscription watch, by Abraham-Louis Breguet

1805

'Souscription' watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet

1800

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

1780

'Early 'perpetuelle' watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet

1783-1800

Portrait of Benjamin Vulliamy (1747 – 1811)

1770-1800

Automaton watch by Jean Robert Soret

1812

Repeating watch with unusual escapement by Abraham-Louis Breguet

1795

Quarter-repeating gold watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet

circa 1808

Small musical table clock

1775-1799

Gold and enamel watch by Robert Robin

1785-1795

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Leber-pattern dental forceps

1770-1800

Copy of Chamberlen obstetric forceps

1813

Netsuke depicting man with moxa on leg

1771-1800

Spoon with folding handle

1778

Child's spinal support, Europe, 1771-1800

1771-1800

Seal die, Ashby De La Zouch Canal Company

1794

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

1808

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

Wax male figure showing the veins and some organs of the body, Florence, Italy, 1776-1780

1776-1780

Wax male figure showing the arteries of the body, Florence, Italy, 1776-1780

1776-1780

Wax male figure showing the muscles of the body

1776-1780

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

Remains of Little Eaton Gangway coal wagon, c 1798

1793-1803

Joseph Priestley LLD FRS

1782

Praeclarissimus Isaacus Newton Eques

1787

Chronometer watch in silver case by John Arnold and Son

hallmarked 1788

'Bell-crank' engine, c. 1799

1795-1805 (original)

Weights and measures

1805

Straight spectacles

1796-1797

Transverse folding spectacles

1796-1798

Oval snuff box, England, 1807

1807

Model of William Murdock's Oscillating Engine, 1785.

1785

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

1797-1804

Hydrostatic balance by Jesse Ramsden, London, 1785-1789

1785-1789