Silver one-minute tourbillon watch by Breguet et Fils, sold to the Princess de Valencay in 1812. Clockmakers 1812
Silver Regency tripod mustard pot, with blue glass liner and plate spoon Wellcome (general) 1811-1812
Copy of clay liver used for divination, original from Babylon, 2050-1750 BCE Classical & Medieval Medicine 2050-1750 BCE
The original engine of Henry Bell's paddle steamer, ‘Comet’, by John Robertson and David Napier, Glasgow, Scotland, 1812 The original engine of Henry Bell's paddle steamer, ‘Comet’ Marine Engines 1812
Drawing. 2 views: “Guide pulley[s] for beam? of paralel lath Feby 12th 1811” pulleys on arm to be keyed to tube. ink drawing with endorsements. 10" x 8" no watermark. Drawing. Two views, guide pulleys, ostensibly for beam James Watt's Garret Workshop 1811
Drawings of brackets to carry pulleys for driving bands. 5 views with annotations, all in black ink, and some further pencilled annotations. “Apl 26th 1809”. 15 ¾ x 10 1/8, watermark C WILMOTT / 1805. Drawings of brackets to carry pulleys for driving bands James Watt's Garret Workshop 1809
Lathe bench, with bar lathe on top, and footwheel and treadle below. Lathe bench, bar lathe on top, footwheel and treadle below. James Watt's Garret Workshop 1810
Drawing. 2 views but “Improved guide pullies Feby 26 [struck through] Mar 20th 1811” ink drawing with endorsements, 10" x 8" watermark. I.PARSONS / 1807. Drawing. Two views, but “Improved guide pullies Feby 26" struck through James Watt's Garret Workshop 1811
Drawing. 2 drilling instruments, large and small spindles, each with 3-step pulley; and fixture for tubular bar (4 views) which was to have rack & pinion adjustment for advancing the drill, by James Watt, ink with some pencil annotations. “drawn Mar 14th 1810”, 13 3/8" x 9 ½" Drawing.Two drilling instruments, large and small spindles James Watt's Garret Workshop 1810
Drawing. Design for hinged boards with pulleys for a driving band, 2 views and section of “Pulley frame No 1” that is shown fixed to one of the boards. Also 2 views and section of “No 2” that appears to have been intended to be fixed elsewhere. Endorsed in ink: “J. Watt / Apl. 5th 1810, 22 ¾" x 15 ¼", Coarse laid paper, no watermark. Drawing. Design for hinged boards with pulleys James Watt's Garret Workshop 1810
Drawing. Press copy of drawings and instructions for the making of two drill spindles and collars (and drills?), similar designs but of different diameters, for the equal size sculpture copying machine present in Watt's workshop, by James Watt, 1810. Copy drawings and instructions for making two drill spindles and collars James Watt's Garret Workshop 1810
Drawing. Arranged along one long edge: “Scheme for diminishing machine with triangular rod / the Sockets sliding by proportional screws / Jany 19th 1809”. 5 views in black ink; and along the other long edge (the sheet turned around): “Scheme for diminishing machine with double tubes / the Sockets sliding by proportional screws / Jany 20th 1809”. 4 views in black ink, and a further unfinished drawing in pencil, probably related to these. Annotated in black ink: “abandoned for difficulty of execution”. Endorsed by J.W. on reverse in black ink: “Sliding Sockets 1809”. 21 ¾" x 17 3/8", watermark J WHATMAN / 1805. Drawing. “Scheme for diminishing machine with triangular rod" and “Scheme for diminishing machine with double tubes" James Watt's Garret Workshop 1809