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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

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

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

Deck watch by John Arnold and Son

1790

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

1796

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

Under-painted horn pair cased watch by George Flote

1800

Lever escapement watch by Josiah Emery

1792

Lever escapement watch by John Grant

1795

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

1800

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

Pedometer by Spencer and Perkins

1775-1800

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

Half-penny coin

1799

Divers Projets

1798

Stipple-engraved portrait of Margaret Bryan and two children

1797

'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

Repeating watch with unusual escapement by Abraham-Louis Breguet

1795

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

Netsuke depicting man with moxa on leg

1771-1800

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