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
Repeating watch with unusual escapement by Abraham-Louis Breguet
1795
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
Lever escapement watch by John Grant
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
Silver watch by Brockbanks
1790
Silver watch with unusual Robin escapement
1792
Marine timekeeper with constant force escapement by Josiah Emery
1792
Guilloché enamel watch displaying solar and sidereal time, by George Margetts
1790
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement
1705-1737
Half-quarter repeating gold watch by Mudge and Dutton
1791
Terrestrial globe by John and William Cary, London
1790-1794
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
Richard Arkwright
1790
Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)
1668; 1924
Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB
1990-95
Telescope by Galileo (replica)
1610; 1923
Pendulum clock designed by Galileo in 1642 and made by his son in 1649, model.
1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)
Two Guillotine blades and plinth
1790-1794
Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936
1936
Collycroft worsted textile mill, 1790
1790
Ancient Egyptian flint saw, replica
circa 3000 BCE
Ticket issued for the Edinburgh-Newcastle Fly to London
1795
Barton Aqueduct
circa 1793
Board of Agriculture, admittance to Honorary Membership
1793
Trade token
1791
Copper engraving
1792
Plaster model of tomb plaque
100 BCE-300 CE; 1890-1920
Alabaster mortar
2000-1350
Harpenden pocket stadiometer sent out to Ludlow Boys' School as part of a series of nationwide measurements
1972-3
Wheel cutting machine with milling cutter
1789
Small stone scarab pierced longitudinally with flat base engraved with design of standing harpist and seated figure
2000-1000
Tobacco box
1792
Letter from George Washington to his dentist, United States, 1795
1795
Egyptian weight, 12th Dynasty
circa 1800 BCE
Plaster copy of a plaque bearing the portrait of John Hunter
1793
Pocket watch in silver case
hallmarked 1795
Two washers
15/7/27
Mezzotint, `The Lamplighter'
1790
Two washers
15/7/27
Engraving of Graving dock
1840-160
Polished stone (Chert) weight from excavations at Mohenjodaro
circa 3000 BCE