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Rotative Steam Engine by Boulton and Watt, 1788

1788

Theodolite used for the Principal Triangulation of Great Britain

1791

Seal die, Ashby De La Zouch Canal Company

1794

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

1791

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

Lever escapement watch by Josiah Emery

1792

Verge watch in Staffordshire enamelled case by Ann Phillips

1790

Silver watch by Brockbanks

1790

Marine timekeeper with constant force escapement by Josiah Emery

1792

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

1790

Chronometer watch in silver case by John Arnold and Son

hallmarked 1788

Silver watch with unusual Robin escapement

1792

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Set of magnetical apparatus in case, by Adams

1790

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

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

Toothbrush set

1791-1792

The Rev Dr Priestley's House and Elaboratory

1792

Vacuum Gauge by Boulton and Watt

1794

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Richard Arkwright

1790

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

1705-1737

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

Ethereal Match or Philosophic Taper

1790

Copy of Roman artificial leg, London, England, 1905-1915

300 BCE; 1905-1915

Barton Aqueduct

circa 1793

Board of Agriculture, admittance to Honorary Membership

1793

John Whitehurst F.R.S.

1788

Copper engraving

1792

Middlesex token

1794

Halfpenny token

1793

Aquatint - sepia toned

1792

Aquatint - sepia toned

1792

Improved Withering Botanic microscope

1790

Thaler coin of Leopold II (Austria-Hungary)

1790

Fourteen-Kreutzer coin of Francis I (Austria)

1793

Half-Guinea 'Spade' coin of George III

1790

Spade' coin Guinea of George III

1788

Spade' coin Guinea of George III

1789

Spade' coin Guinea of George III

1790

Spade' coin Guinea of George III

1790

Spade' coin Guinea of George III

1788

Spade' coin Guinea of George III

1789

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Spade' Guinea coin of George III

1790

Token - JOHN WILKINSON IRON MASTER

1788