Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775
1775
Rotative Steam Engine by Boulton and Watt, 1788
1788
Theodolite used for the Principal Triangulation of Great Britain
1791
Marine Timekeeper known as 'H5' by John Harrison and Son 1770
1770
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
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
Child's spinal support, Europe, 1771-1800
1771-1800
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
Small screw-cutting device or fusee engine for clock-maker's use
circa 1800
Hydrostatic balance by Jesse Ramsden, London, 1785-1789
1785-1789
Filar micrometer by William Herschel, 1780-1800
1780-1800
Portrait mezzotint print from engraving of Phelps Thomas and Bartlett John, 1778
1778
Reproduction in wood. No 127
1808
Reproduction in wood, Dr Joseph Black
1809
Creamware plate
1771-1800
Stanhope square demonstrator, c.1805.
circa 1805
Ready reckoner for ship's cargoes
1807
‘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
Divers Projets
1798
100 Link Steel Surveying Chain, 1784.
1784
Stipple-engraved portrait of Margaret Bryan and two children
1797
Chronometer in Gold Case by Thomas Earnsham, 1795-1810
1795-1810
Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894
1893-4
Scientific Researches! - New Discoveries in Pneumaticks! - or, an Experimental Lecture on the Powers of Air
1802
Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7
1863-7
Deck-watch used by Capt. George Vancouver on board HMS Discovery 1791-5
1791
Gold watch by John Gibson, Royal Exchange
1808
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
Spring-detent escapement watch in a gold case by Reid & Co. London
1807
Watch movement with spring detent escapement by John Arnold and Son
1787
Flintlock pistol belonging to John Roger Arnold
1770-1780
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