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Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

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

Rotative Steam Engine by Boulton and Watt, 1788

1788

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

1705-1737

Set of magnetical apparatus in case, by Adams

1790

Richard Arkwright

1790

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

The Rev Dr Priestley's House and Elaboratory

1792

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Toothbrush set

1791-1792

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

1787

Theodolite used for the Principal Triangulation of Great Britain

1791

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

circa 1795

Vacuum Gauge by Boulton and Watt

1794

Marine timekeeper with constant force escapement by Josiah Emery

1792

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

Lever escapement watch by Josiah Emery

1792

Deck-watch used by Capt. George Vancouver on board HMS Discovery 1791-5

1791

Spring detent watch by John Arnold, used by Ruth Bellville and family to distribute GMT c.1834-1940

1794

Watch movement with spring detent escapement by John Arnold and Son

1787

Deck watch by John Arnold and Son

1790

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

1790

The Coal Viewer and Engine Builder's Companion / John Curr of Sheffield

1795

Extending spectacles and case

1790-1793

Jonathan Hull's 'A Description and Draught of a Newly-Invented Machine'

1850-1899

Irish Linen Industry

1791

View of the Boiling Spring in Iceland Called the Great Geyser

1789

Medicine chest and contents

1786-1795

Pivoted-detent escapement watch by Larcum Kendall

1786

Model of Ggantija megalithic temple on the Maltese island of Gozo, 3000-2500 BC.

3000-2500 BCE

John Wilkinson, Iron Master, Token

1787-1793

Ancient Egyptian flint saw, replica

circa 3000 BCE

Friar Bacon

1786

Ticket issued for the Edinburgh-Newcastle Fly to London

1795

Commemorative Halfpenny Token, Isaac Newton

1793

Barton Aqueduct

circa 1793

Coalbrookdale Halfpenny Token

1792

Reversible axe on adze, green stone blade, North Papua (Astrolabe Bay)

2000 BCE

Ipswich halfpenny token, 1794

1794

Board of Agriculture, admittance to Honorary Membership

1793

Bronze trade token

1792

Silver medal

1786

The body of a Young Man Taken Out Of The Water Apparently Dead In The Sight Of The Distressed Parents

1787

John Whitehurst F.R.S.

1788