Marine Timekeeper known as 'H5' by John Harrison and Son 1770
1770
Electrical chimes by George Adams
1781-1790
Rawhide bag for storing cinchona bark
1777-1785
Theodolite used for the Principal Triangulation of Great Britain
1791
Marine chronometer by John Arnold and Son
1795
Arkwright's Water Frame
1775
Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775
1775
Seal die, Ashby De La Zouch Canal Company
1794
‘Medico-Electrical Machine’ by Nairne and Blunt
1782-1793
Mural arc made for King George III
1770
Lunardi's second balloon ascending from St. George's Fields, 1785
1785-1790
Satirical print of a failed balloon launch from Foley House, London in 1784
1784
100 Link Steel Surveying Chain, 1784.
1784
Section of lightning conductor from St Paul’s cathedral
1769
Deck-watch used by Capt. George Vancouver on board HMS Discovery 1791-5
1791
Pivoted-detent escapement watch by Larcum Kendall
1786
Pivoted-detent escapement watch by John Arnold
1776
Watch movement with spring detent escapement by John Arnold and Son
1787
Flintlock pistol belonging to John Roger Arnold
1770-1780
Deck watch by John Arnold and Son
1790
Spring detent watch by John Arnold, used by Ruth Bellville and family to distribute GMT c.1834-1940
1794
Gold repoussé watch depicting the Choice of Hercules, by John Ellicott
1767
Lever escapement watch by Josiah Emery
1792
Lever escapement watch by John Grant
1795
Verge watch in Staffordshire enamelled case by Ann Phillips
1790
Chronometer movement by John Arnold & Son
1795
Eight-day marine chronometer by John Arnold & Son
1795
Silver watch by Brockbanks
1790
Silver watch with unusual Robin escapement
1792
Marine timekeeper with constant force escapement by Josiah Emery
1792
Guilloché enamel watch displaying solar and sidereal time, by George Margetts
1790
Gold and enamel watch by Andrews
1785-1795
Porcelain eyebath
1775-1785
Repeating clock-watch with dials on front and back by Gautrin, Paris
1780
Repeating watch with unusual escapement by Abraham-Louis Breguet
1795
Gold and enamel watch by Robert Robin
1785-1795
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Spoon with folding handle
1778
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
Musical table clock by Thwaites for Barraud
1788
Achromatic doublet lens with a focal length of 52 inches
1780
Mezzotint portrait of John Bird
1776
Beam compass by George Adams
1775-1795
Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement
1705-1737
Pedometer by Spencer & Perkins
1775-1794