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Hydrostatic balance by Jesse Ramsden, London, 1785-1789

1785-1789

Straight spectacles

1796-1797

Transverse folding spectacles

1796-1798

Chronometer in Gold Case by Thomas Earnsham, 1795-1810

1795-1810

Stanhope square demonstrator, c.1805.

circa 1805

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

1797-1804

Small screw-cutting device or fusee engine for clock-maker's use

circa 1800

Reproduction in wood. No 127

1808

Reproduction in wood, Dr Joseph Black

1809

Five wooden molecular model balls

circa 1810

Remains of Little Eaton Gangway coal wagon, c 1798

1793-1803

Seal die, Ashby De La Zouch Canal Company

1794

Praeclarissimus Isaacus Newton Eques

1787

Chronometer watch in silver case by John Arnold and Son

hallmarked 1788

'Bell-crank' engine, c. 1799

1795-1805 (original)

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

1808

Half-penny coin

1799

Scientific Researches! - New Discoveries in Pneumaticks! - or, an Experimental Lecture on the Powers of Air

1802

Weights and measures

1805

Cuff-type compound microscope

1790-1810

Model of William Murdock's Oscillating Engine, 1785.

1785

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

1785

Medal commemorating balloon flight of Blanchard at Frankfurt

1785

Half-penny coin

1806

Two Perkins 'tractors'

1795-1805

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Ready reckoner for ship's cargoes

1807

Stipple-engraved portrait of Margaret Bryan and two children

1797

Lunardi's second balloon ascending from St. George's Fields, 1785

1785-1790

Divers Projets

1798

Pocket globe in case by Dudley Adams

1799-1802

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Oval snuff box, England, 1807

1807

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Marine barometer by R.B. Bate

mid-1800s

Engraving Carte de la Rade e Cherbourg levée en l'année 1787

1787

Model, press for cutting out coin blanks

circa 1808

Vacuum Gauge by Boulton and Watt

1794

Half-penny coin

1806

Half-penny coin

1799

Rotative Steam Engine by Boulton and Watt, 1788

1788

Herschel, William, head and shoulders

1808

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Six Bramah lock drilling templates, on pine (wood) board

circa 1795

Maudslay 's Lord Chancellor bench micrometer

1805

Machine-Screw thread making tool, by Henry Maudslay

circa 1800

Silver vinaigrette with hinged lid

1809

Plaster cast of Matthew Boulton

1809

Silver pill box, Birmingham, England, 1797

1797

Surveyor's pocket sextant.

1795-1805