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Coalbrookdale by Night by Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg

1801

Souscription watch, by Abraham-Louis Breguet

1805

'Souscription' watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet

1800

Quarter-repeating gold watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet

circa 1808

Stanhope square demonstrator, c.1805.

circa 1805

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

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

Automaton watch by Jean Robert Soret

1812

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

Gold watch by Robert Roskell

1814

Marine chronometer by John Arnold

1802

Eight-day marine chronometer by Barrauds, London

1816

Marine chronometer by Brockbanks

1802

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Copy of Chamberlen obstetric forceps

1813

Five wooden molecular model balls

circa 1810

East Indiaman Herefordshire

1815

Half-penny coin

1806

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

1808

Cylinder electrical machine, 1810-1817

1810-1817

Souscription watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet

circa 1801

Marine barometer by R.B. Bate

mid-1800s

Set of 8 brass nested cup weights for the Mark of Alicante from the Castlereagh Collection for Alicante

1800-1818

Set of 7 square brass grain weights and two folded pieces of paper: one of which is inscribed with ‘Alicante’, for the Mark of Alicante from the Castlereagh Collection

1800-1818

Sycamore (wood) case with lid, for the Mark of Alicante from the Castlereagh Collection

1800-1818

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

1705-1737

Repeating watch movement by Vulliamy

1800

Gold watch with spring detent escapement by Ellicott and Taylor

1815

Gold and enamel half-quarter repeater watch by Brockbanks

1812

Watch with chaff-cutter escapement by John Grant

1804

Watch movement by John Grant

1800

Silver vinaigrette with hinged lid

1809

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

1801

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Half-penny coin

1806

'Puffing Billy' Locomotive with Tender and Rails

1813-1814

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

1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)