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Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775

1775

Coalbrookdale by Night by Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg

1801

Rotative Steam Engine by Boulton and Watt, 1788

1788

Arkwright's Water Frame

1775

Theodolite used for the Principal Triangulation of Great Britain

1791

Watt's end measuring machine

1776

Maudslay 's Lord Chancellor bench micrometer

1805

'Puffing Billy' Locomotive with Tender and Rails

1813-1814

Ornate circumcision knife with ivory handle

1775-1785

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

1775-1799 (original); 1900-1907 (model)

Machine-Screw thread making tool, by Henry Maudslay

circa 1800

Pendulum clock designed by Galileo in 1642 and made by his son in 1649, model.

1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

'Bell-crank' engine, c. 1799

1795-1805 (original)

Model of William Murdock's Oscillating Engine, 1785.

1785

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

1808

Parkes, Alexander

1813 - 1890

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

Wax male figure showing the muscles of the body

1776-1780

‘Medico-Electrical Machine’ by Nairne and Blunt

1782-1793

Pocket globe in case by Dudley Adams

1799-1802

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Vacuum Gauge by Boulton and Watt

1794

Two Perkins 'tractors'

1795-1805

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Model of Rotative Beam Engine by William Tongue, c. 1804

1797-1804

East Indiaman Herefordshire

1815

Surveyor's pocket sextant.

1795-1805

Babbage, Charles

1791 - 1871

Wax male figure showing the veins and some organs of the body, Florence, Italy, 1776-1780

1776-1780

Cuff-type compound microscope

1790-1810

Copy of Chamberlen obstetric forceps

1813

100 Link Steel Surveying Chain, 1784.

1784

Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB

1990-95

Patient of Edward Jenner; First person to received Vaccination

Phipps, James

1788 - 1853

Chronometer watch in silver case by John Arnold and Son

hallmarked 1788

Chronometer in Gold Case by Thomas Earnsham, 1795-1810

1795-1810

Richard Arkwright

1790

1800-1890, social reformer; civil servant, British

Chadwick, Sir Edwin

1800 - 1890

Filar micrometer by William Herschel, 1780-1800

1780-1800

Remains of Little Eaton Gangway coal wagon, c 1798

1793-1803

Satirical print of a failed balloon launch from Foley House, London in 1784

1784

Piston and Rod, from Newcomen Pumping Engine 'Old Sarah'

1815

Wax male figure showing the muscles and bones of the body, Florence, Italy, 1776-1780

1776-1780

Watch in a puddingstone, gold and diamond case by John Leroux

1775-1785

Mr Lunardi's New Balloon

1785

Boring machine, Yard No. 642

1804-1807

Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement

1705-1737

1786-1901, brand name used to 1990s, cigarette manufacturer; tobacco company, Bristol, England

W D and H O Wills Limited

1786 - 1901