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

Frame saw

1700-1800

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

1702

Model of William Murdock's Oscillating Engine, 1785.

1785

Transverse folding spectacles

1796-1798

Dental Pelican for Tooth Pulling

1701-1800

Refracting telescope with achromatic lens, made by the Dollond family

1760-1775

Napier's Bones

1690

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

Tumbler, horn, with silver strip around rim, 1742

1742

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

1701-1750

Spoon

1701-1800

Small amputation saw by Braun, c.1730

1701-1800

Model 'Maximum machine', before 1753.

1740-1753

compass

1700-1800

Saw used by Samuel Crompton

1750-1770

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

circa 1800

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

1778

Leber-pattern dental forceps

1770-1800

Pharmacy jar for bugloss

1725-1775

Pharmacy storage jar used for theriac

1725-1755

Netsuke depicting man with moxa on leg

1771-1800

Wooden figure of man practising moxibustion

1750-1800

Lancet owned by Edward Jenner

1720-1800

Wax male figure showing the veins and some organs of the body, Florence, Italy, 1776-1780

1776-1780

Wax male figure showing the arteries of the body, Florence, Italy, 1776-1780

1776-1780

Wax male figure showing the muscles of the body

1776-1780

Watt's end measuring machine

1776

Earthenware plate, depicting the circumcision of Jesus

1701-1800

Le Cabinet de M. Le Clerc

circa 1711

Cutter, Alert

1755

Portrait of Benjamin Gray (1676 – 1764)

1745-1755

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

Demainbray's Archimedean screw

1752

Mezzotint portrait of Benjamin Franklin

1762

Demainbray's convex lens

1750