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

1770

Sans Pareil

1829

Rocket locomotive

1829

Laennec's stethoscope

1815-1825

Electrical chimes by George Adams

1781-1790

Rawhide bag for storing cinchona bark

1777-1785

Set of sixty miniature heads used in phrenology

1831

Vaginal Speculum for Applying Leeches

1801-1830

Theodolite used for the Principal Triangulation of Great Britain

1791

Marine chronometer by John Arnold and Son

1795

Arkwright's Water Frame

1775

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Phrenological head

1821

Snuff Box, England, 1771-1830

1771-1830

Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775

1775

Seal die, Ashby De La Zouch Canal Company

1794

Cranial trephine

1771-1830

Tire fonds, part of trephination set

1771-1830

Lenticular, part of trephination set

1771-1830

Divers Projets

1798

Stipple-engraved portrait of Margaret Bryan and two children

1797

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

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

Automaton watch by Jean Robert Soret

1812

Deck watch by Breguet et Fils

1830

Repeating watch with unusual escapement by Abraham-Louis Breguet

1795

Quarter-repeating gold watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet

circa 1808

Gold and enamel watch by Robert Robin

1785-1795

Leber-pattern dental forceps

1770-1800

Skull saw, part of trephination set

1771-1830

Schwann's microscope (no case)

1835

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

1785

model steam locomotive

1826

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

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

1808

Swannington Incline Winding Engine, Leicester & Swannington Railway, 1832

1832

Remains of Little Eaton Gangway coal wagon, c 1798

1793-1803

Cramlington Colliery chaldron wagon, c 1826

1821-1831

Slotting machine

1835

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