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Coalbrookdale by Night by Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg

1801

Compass

1800

Marine chronometer by Brockbanks

1802

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Machine-Screw thread making tool, by Henry Maudslay

circa 1800

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

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

1808

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

Stanhope square demonstrator, c.1805.

circa 1805

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Souscription watch, by Abraham-Louis Breguet

1805

'Souscription' watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet

1800

Quarter-repeating gold watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet

circa 1808

Half-penny coin

1806

Weights and measures

1805

Oval snuff box, England, 1807

1807

Pendulum clock designed by Galileo in 1642 and made by his son in 1649, model.

1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)

Ready reckoner for ship's cargoes

1807

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

Spring-detent escapement watch with gold case by John Barwise

1800

Under-painted horn pair cased watch by George Flote

1800

Gold watch by Recordon

1807

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

1800

A Royal watch by Samuel Houston

1807

Marine chronometer by John Arnold

1802

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Half-penny coin

1806

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Model, press for cutting out coin blanks

circa 1808

Plaster cast of Matthew Boulton

1809

Souscription watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet

circa 1801

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

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

1801

Herschel, William, head and shoulders

1808

Maudslay 's Lord Chancellor bench micrometer

1805

Marine barometer by R.B. Bate

mid-1800s

Boring machine, Yard No. 642

1804-1807

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

1705-1737

Repeating watch movement by Vulliamy

1800

Watch with chaff-cutter escapement by John Grant

1804

Watch movement by John Grant

1800

Leaflet for a work entitled 'Cases of successful practice with Perkin's Patent Metallic Tractors'.

1801

Silver vinaigrette with hinged lid

1809