Rotative Steam Engine by Boulton and Watt, 1788
1788
Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement
1705-1737
Theodolite used for the Principal Triangulation of Great Britain
1791
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Seal die, Ashby De La Zouch Canal Company
1794
Chronometer watch in silver case by John Arnold and Son
hallmarked 1788
Model of William Murdock's Oscillating Engine, 1785.
1785
‘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 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
Repeating clock-watch with dials on front and back by Gautrin, Paris
1780
Lever escapement watch by Josiah Emery
1792
Lever escapement watch by John Grant
1795
Repeating watch with unusual escapement by Abraham-Louis Breguet
1795
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
Silver watch by Brockbanks
1790
Silver watch with unusual Robin escapement
1792
Gold and enamel watch by Robert Robin
1785-1795
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
Electrical chimes by George Adams
1781-1790
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
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
Joseph Priestley LLD FRS
1782
Hydrostatic balance by Jesse Ramsden, London, 1785-1789
1785-1789
Praeclarissimus Isaacus Newton Eques
1787
Vacuum Gauge by Boulton and Watt
1794
Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772
1772 (original); 1919 (model)
Achromatic doublet lens with a focal length of 52 inches
1780
Watch with spring detent escapement by John Arnold and Son
1788
Half-quarter repeating gold watch by Mudge and Dutton
1791
Terrestrial globe by John and William Cary, London
1790-1794
Gold minute repeating watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet
1784
Gold lever escapement watch by John Leroux
1785
Portrait oil painting of John Arnold and family 1783-1787
1783-1787
Watch incorporated into a ring
1785-1795
Parts from a constant-force escapement by Thomas Mudge
1785
Marine chronometer by John Arnold and Son
1795
Marine chronometer movement by Brockbanks
1787