Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775
1775
Rotative Steam Engine by Boulton and Watt, 1788
1788
Watch in a puddingstone, gold and diamond case by John Leroux
1775-1785
Theodolite used for the Principal Triangulation of Great Britain
1791
Watt's end measuring machine
1776
Half-penny coin
1799
Compass
1800
Wax male figure showing the veins and some organs of the body, Florence, Italy, 1776-1780
1776-1780
Wax male figure showing the muscles of the body
1776-1780
Arkwright's Water Frame
1775
'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799
1775-1799 (original); 1900-1907 (model)
Machine-Screw thread making tool, by Henry Maudslay
circa 1800
Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)
1668; 1924
Telescope by Galileo (replica)
1610; 1923
Seal die, Ashby De La Zouch Canal Company
1794
Small screw-cutting device or fusee engine for clock-maker's use
circa 1800
Creamware plate
1771-1800
Model of William Murdock's Oscillating Engine, 1785.
1785
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
‘Medico-Electrical Machine’ by Nairne and Blunt
1782-1793
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
Gold and enamel watch by Robert Robin
1785-1795
Joseph Priestley LLD FRS
1782
Praeclarissimus Isaacus Newton Eques
1787
Chronometer watch in silver case by John Arnold and Son
hallmarked 1788
Straight spectacles
1796-1797
Transverse folding spectacles
1796-1798
Pendulum clock designed by Galileo in 1642 and made by his son in 1649, model.
1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)
Child's spinal support, Europe, 1771-1800
1771-1800
Small musical table clock
1775-1799
Electrical chimes by George Adams
1781-1790
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
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