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Coalbrookdale by Night by Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg

1801

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Machine-Screw thread making tool, by Henry Maudslay

circa 1800

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

1808

Souscription watch, by Abraham-Louis Breguet

1805

'Souscription' watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet

1800

Automaton watch by Jean Robert Soret

1812

Quarter-repeating gold watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet

circa 1808

Reproduction in wood. No 127

1808

Reproduction in wood, Dr Joseph Black

1809

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

circa 1800

Stanhope square demonstrator, c.1805.

circa 1805

Gold watch by Robert Roskell

1814

Five wooden molecular model balls

circa 1810

Hedley's experimental model for testing adhesion.

1812

Weights and measures

1805

Oval snuff box, England, 1807

1807

Ready reckoner for ship's cargoes

1807

Stipple-engraved portrait of Benjamin Martin

1815

Slide rule for exchange of weights and measures

1815

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

Spring-detent escapement watch with gold case by John Barwise

1800

Compass

1800

Under-painted horn pair cased watch by George Flote

1800

Watch with enamel case made for the Turkish market

1805-1815

Gold watch by Recordon

1807

Silver one-minute tourbillon watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet, sold to the Princess de Valençay in 1812.

1812

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

Marine chronometer by Brockbanks

1802

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Copy of Chamberlen obstetric forceps

1813

East Indiaman Herefordshire

1815

Half-penny coin

1806

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Herschel, William, head and shoulders

1808

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

1801

Ebony and brass octant.

1805-1815

Souscription watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet

circa 1801

Piston and Rod, from Newcomen Pumping Engine 'Old Sarah'

1815

Plaster cast of Matthew Boulton

1809

Sunderland ware jug decorated with pink lustre bands and splashes

1813

'Puffing Billy' Locomotive with Tender and Rails

1813-1814

Silver vinaigrette with hinged lid

1809