Image
Category
Collection
Maker
On Display
Object type
Place
Material
Date

Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775

1775

Marine Timekeeper known as 'H5' by John Harrison and Son 1770

1770

Cubical polyhedral sundial

1751-1800

Small orrery by Benjamin Martin

1738-1777

Rotative Steam Engine by Boulton and Watt, 1788

1788

Transverse folding spectacles

1796-1798

Model of William Murdock's Oscillating Engine, 1785.

1785

Frame saw

1700-1800

Gold pair-cased watch with outer case chased in a basket-weave pattern by Charles Gretton

1702

Wells Cathedral clock, 1392

1392

Brass-bound lodestone

1675-1700

Dental Pelican for Tooth Pulling

1701-1800

Scold's Bridle Mask which partially covers face

1550-1800

Napier's Bones

1690

Amputation saw, Europe, 1501-1600

1501-1600

Early balance spring watch by Thomas Tompion

1675-1679

Refracting telescope with achromatic lens, made by the Dollond family

1760-1775

Belt made of spiked metal, Europe, 1501-1700

1501-1700

Boot for torture purposes, probably English, 1501-1600

1501-1700

Small white cup in soft paste porcelain

1748-1763

Seal die, Ashby De La Zouch Canal Company

1794

Joseph Priestley LLD FRS

1782

Praeclarissimus Isaacus Newton Eques

1787

Expedition Crane

1764

Chronometer watch in silver case by John Arnold and Son

hallmarked 1788

Half-penny coin

1799

Straight spectacles

1796-1797

Tumbler, horn, with silver strip around rim, 1742

1742

Pewter teapot, with straight and turned wooden handle, 1701-1750

1701-1750

Spoon

1701-1800

Double stocks, for restraining heads and hands

1601-1800

Small amputation saw by Braun, c.1730

1701-1800

Model 'Maximum machine', before 1753.

1740-1753

Clay tobacco pipe, 1720-1770, English

1720-1770

compass

1700-1800

Pair of ebony violin fingerboard shape and sized hollow fabrications

1758-1773

Long mahogany strip brass pin gauge with five pins

1758-1769

Short mahogany strip brass pin gauge with eight pins

1758-1769

Perspective drawing apparatus, incomplete, in integral mahogany case

1760-1770

Long mahogany strip brass pin gauge with eight pins

1758-1769

Saw used by Samuel Crompton

1750-1770

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

circa 1800

Hydrostatic balance by Jesse Ramsden, London, 1785-1789

1785-1789

Filar micrometer by William Herschel, 1780-1800

1780-1800

Portrait mezzotint print from engraving of Phelps Thomas and Bartlett John, 1778

1778

Creamware plate

1771-1800

Rectangular wooden board, for stamping out lozenges

1701-1800

Plane table outfit by Benjamin Cole

1750-1766

Doorcase 56 Lincoln’s Inn Fields

circa 1750

Sector by Bion

1700-1720