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Energy Hall: James Watt and Our World

Trace the remarkable story of steam and how it shaped the world we live in today. Discover an unparalleled collection of engines and models on display in the Energy Hall: James Watt and Our World.

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Marble reproduction of bust

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1790-1819

Plaster cast, Venus

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1790-1819

Wooden tuning key for a stringed instrument

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1758-1769

Plaster mould of head of Apollo

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1790-1819

Long mahogany strip brass pin gauge with eight pins

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1758-1769

Flute foot-joint end

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1758-1769

Ceramic jar with leather lid labelled "Red Lead"

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1790-1819

Jar: “Calcined Wad”

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1790-1819

Jar: “Indian Borax”

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1790-1819

Cream ceramic jar labelled "Logwood"

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1790-1819

Paper packet, labelled 'Blue Stone'

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1790-1819

Folded paper packet labelled 'cochenilla'

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1790-1819

Hack saw

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1790-1819

Pieces of Wedgwood ware

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1768-1780

Pear shaped glass, curved tube from top, straight tube from bottom

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1790-1819

Silver vinaigrette in the shape of a harp, France, 1701-1800

Pharmacy-ware

1701-1800

Three circular saw blades

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1758-1773

Plaster bust of boy, head missing

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1790-1819

Four-part plaster leg, knee, shin and foot split mould

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1790-1819

Pair of Tongs

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1790-1819

Plaster bust of Aristotle

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1790-1819

Plaster bust

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1790-1819

Reproduction alabaster bust of Homer

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1790-1819

Packet of fine gold, 4/6 24 grs

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1790-1819

One box of chalk

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1790-1819

Packet of Tragacanth, (Orchal)

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1790-1819

Memo: “These are fired by 80 degrees of Wedgwood’s thermometer."

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1790-1819

Head joint from flute

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1758-1769

Pair of ebony violin fingerboard shape and sized hollow fabrications

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1758-1773

Part of four-part plaster split mould, rear of head and neck of James Watt, by James Watt

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1790-1819

reproduction

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1808

Reproduction in wood, Dr Joseph Black

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1809

Zinc discs, painted one side white with broad red line across the centre

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1772-1773

Name stamp for James Watt

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1758-1773

plaster cast of hand

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1790-1819

Three small steel set-squares, with brass stocks

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1756-1773

Box labelled 'bile', containing a red powdery lump

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1790-1819

One piece of Wedgwood ware

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1768-1780

Box, containing brown lumps and powder

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1790-1819

White ceramic jar with lid, containing white power, labelled "Sachm. Saturni"

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1790-1819

Packet of Ornoto

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1790-1819

Paper packet of emery, tied with string

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1790-1819

Folded paper packet of 'Epsom Salt'

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1790-1819

1¼” steel firmer chisel in octagonal wood handle

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1758-1769

Piece of pewter plate, engraved at back, with piece of brass rivetted on

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1790-1819

Steel bradawl, hickory handle, brass ferrule

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1758-1819

Steel bradawl with turned badly split wood handle

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1758-1819

Crucible, traces of fused substance within

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1790-1819

Tobacco jar, England, 1801-1900

Smoking

1801-1900

26 pairs of small brass hinges

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1758-1773