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Electrical chimes by George Adams

1781-1790

Theodolite used for the Principal Triangulation of Great Britain

1791

Marine chronometer by John Arnold and Son

1795

Seal die, Ashby De La Zouch Canal Company

1794

Stanhope square demonstrator, c.1805.

circa 1805

‘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

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

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

Marine chronometer by Thomas Earnshaw

1795-1805

Lever escapement watch by Josiah Emery

1792

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

1800

Verge watch in Staffordshire enamelled case by Ann Phillips

1790

Marine chronometer by John Arnold

1802

Chronometer movement by John Arnold & Son

1795

Eight-day marine chronometer by John Arnold & Son

1795

Silver watch by Brockbanks

1790

Marine timekeeper with constant force escapement by Josiah Emery

1792

Marine chronometer by Brockbanks

1802

Guilloché enamel watch displaying solar and sidereal time, by George Margetts

1790

Pocket globe in case by Dudley Adams

1799-1802

Half-penny coin

1799

Two Perkins 'tractors'

1795-1805

Remains of Little Eaton Gangway coal wagon, c 1798

1793-1803

Divers Projets

1798

Stipple-engraved portrait of Margaret Bryan and two children

1797

Souscription watch, by Abraham-Louis Breguet

1805

'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

Medal, Blanchard's balloon ascent, Nuremberg, Germany, 1787

1785

Musical table clock by Thwaites for Barraud

1788

100 Link Steel Surveying Chain, 1784.

1784

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Lever escapement watch by John Grant

1795

Silver watch with unusual Robin escapement

1792

Gold and enamel watch by Andrews

1785-1795

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Medal commemorating the Montgolfier unmanned balloon ascent

1783