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Coalbrookdale by Night by Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg

1801

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

'Bell-crank' engine, c. 1799

1795-1805 (original)

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

1808

Reproduction in wood. No 127

1808

Reproduction in wood, Dr Joseph Black

1809

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

1797-1804

Oval snuff box, England, 1807

1807

Half-penny coin

1806

Half-penny coin

1799

Weights and measures

1805

Straight spectacles

1796-1797

Transverse folding spectacles

1796-1798

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

circa 1800

Five wooden molecular model balls

circa 1810

Two Perkins 'tractors'

1795-1805

Stanhope square demonstrator, c.1805.

circa 1805

Ready reckoner for ship's cargoes

1807

Divers Projets

1798

Pocket globe in case by Dudley Adams

1799-1802

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

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Gold watch by John Gibson, Royal Exchange

1808

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

Souscription watch, by Abraham-Louis Breguet

1805

Spring-detent escapement watch with gold case by John Arnold and Son

1796

Spring-detent escapement watch with gold case by John Barwise

1800

'Souscription' watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet

1800

Compass

1800

Under-painted horn pair cased watch by George Flote

1800

Marine chronometer by Thomas Earnshaw

1795-1805

Gold watch by Recordon

1807

Repeating watch with unusual escapement by Abraham-Louis Breguet

1795

Lever escapement watch by John Grant

1795

A skeleton clock designed to represent the terrestial globe by Henry Gratte

1800

Quarter-repeating gold watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet

circa 1808

A Royal watch by Samuel Houston

1807

Marine chronometer by John Arnold

1802

Chronometer movement by John Arnold & Son

1795

Eight-day marine chronometer by John Arnold & Son

1795

Marine chronometer by Brockbanks

1802

Herschel, William, head and shoulders

1808

Silver pill box engraved with a triangular pattern, Birmingham, England, 1801

1801

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Silver vinaigrette with hinged lid

1809

Plaster cast of Matthew Boulton

1809