Coalbrookdale by Night by Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg
1801
Rotative Steam Engine by Boulton and Watt, 1788
1788
'Bell-crank' engine, c. 1799
1795-1805 (original)
Theodolite used for the Principal Triangulation of Great Britain
1791
Half-penny coin
1799
Model of Rotative Beam Engine by William Tongue, c. 1804
1797-1804
Two Perkins 'tractors'
1795-1805
Compass
1800
Marine chronometer by Brockbanks
1802
Pocket globe in case by Dudley Adams
1799-1802
'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
Remains of Little Eaton Gangway coal wagon, c 1798
1793-1803
Seal die, Ashby De La Zouch Canal Company
1794
Joseph Priestley LLD FRS
1782
Praeclarissimus Isaacus Newton Eques
1787
Chronometer watch in silver case by John Arnold and Son
hallmarked 1788
Conjectural model of Trevithick's locomotive 'Catch-me-who-can'
1808
Weights and measures
1805
Straight spectacles
1796-1797
Transverse folding spectacles
1796-1798
Cuff-type compound microscope
1790-1810
Small screw-cutting device or fusee engine for clock-maker's use
circa 1800
Hydrostatic balance by Jesse Ramsden, London, 1785-1789
1785-1789
Filar micrometer by William Herschel, 1780-1800
1780-1800
Reproduction in wood. No 127
1808
Reproduction in wood, Dr Joseph Black
1809
Five wooden molecular model balls
circa 1810
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
Half-penny coin
1806
Stanhope square demonstrator, c.1805.
circa 1805
Ready reckoner for ship's cargoes
1807
‘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
Divers Projets
1798
100 Link Steel Surveying Chain, 1784.
1784
Stipple-engraved portrait of Margaret Bryan and two children
1797
Chronometer in Gold Case by Thomas Earnsham, 1795-1810
1795-1810
Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894
1893-4
Scientific Researches! - New Discoveries in Pneumaticks! - or, an Experimental Lecture on the Powers of Air
1802
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
Spring-detent escapement watch in a gold case by Reid & Co. London
1807