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
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
Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)
1668; 1924
Telescope by Galileo (replica)
1610; 1923
Seal die, Ashby De La Zouch Canal Company
1794
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
Repeating clock-watch with dials on front and back by Gautrin, Paris
1780
Joseph Priestley LLD FRS
1782
Praeclarissimus Isaacus Newton Eques
1787
Chronometer watch in silver case by John Arnold and Son
hallmarked 1788
Pendulum clock designed by Galileo in 1642 and made by his son in 1649, model.
1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)
Electrical chimes by George Adams
1781-1790
Hydrostatic balance by Jesse Ramsden, London, 1785-1789
1785-1789
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
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 watch by John Arnold, used by Ruth Bellville and family to distribute GMT c.1834-1940
1794
Lever escapement watch by Josiah Emery
1792
Verge watch in Staffordshire enamelled case by Ann Phillips
1790
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 amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Spoon with folding handle
1778
Rawhide bag for storing cinchona bark
1777-1785
Porcelain eyebath
1775-1785
Wax male figure showing the arteries of the body, Florence, Italy, 1776-1780
1776-1780
Vacuum Gauge by Boulton and Watt
1794
Richard Arkwright
1790
Mr Lunardi's New Balloon
1785
Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772
1772 (original); 1919 (model)
The Rev Dr Priestley's House and Elaboratory
1792
Toothbrush set
1791-1792