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Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775

Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775

1775

Coalbrookdale by Night by Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg

Coalbrookdale by Night by Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg

1801

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

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

1770

Snuff Box, England, 1771-1830

Snuff Box, England, 1771-1830

1771-1830

Rotative Steam Engine by Boulton and Watt, 1788

Rotative Steam Engine by Boulton and Watt, 1788

1788

Vaginal Speculum for Applying Leeches

Vaginal Speculum for Applying Leeches

1801-1830

Difference Engine No. 1

Difference Engine No. 1

circa 1832

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

Cubical polyhedral sundial

Cubical polyhedral sundial

1751-1800

Laennec's stethoscope

Laennec's stethoscope

1815-1825

Arkwright's Water Frame

Arkwright's Water Frame

1775

Theodolite used for the Principal Triangulation of Great Britain

Theodolite used for the Principal Triangulation of Great Britain

1791

Mousetrap Camera

Mousetrap Camera

1834-1836

Dental key

Dental key

1725-1780

Arkwright's prototype spinning machine, 1769.

Arkwright's prototype spinning machine, 1769.

1769

Rocket locomotive

Rocket locomotive

1829

Model of Henry Maudslay's screw-cutting lathe

Model of Henry Maudslay's screw-cutting lathe

1800-1820

Anamorphosis Painting of Perspective View of a Ship Model

Anamorphosis Painting of Perspective View of a Ship Model

1744-1774

Phrenological head

Phrenological head

1821

Small orrery by Benjamin Martin

Small orrery by Benjamin Martin

1738-1777

Original preparation of quinine by Pelletier and Caveton

Original preparation of quinine by Pelletier and Caveton

1820

Watch in a puddingstone, gold and diamond case by John Leroux

Watch in a puddingstone, gold and diamond case by John Leroux

1775-1785

Watt's end measuring machine

Watt's end measuring machine

1776

Maudslay 's Lord Chancellor bench micrometer

Maudslay 's Lord Chancellor bench micrometer

1805

Sans Pareil

Sans Pareil

1829

Refracting telescope with achromatic lens, made by the Dollond family

Refracting telescope with achromatic lens, made by the Dollond family

1760-1775

Shutt End Colliery Railway steam locomotive 'Agenoria'

Shutt End Colliery Railway steam locomotive 'Agenoria'

1829

Machine-Screw thread making tool, by Henry Maudslay

Machine-Screw thread making tool, by Henry Maudslay

circa 1800

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

1775-1799 (original); 1900-1907 (model)

Longcase clock by James and John Harrison

Longcase clock by James and John Harrison

1728

Huskisson Memorial

Huskisson Memorial

1831

Orrery by Thomas Wright

Orrery by Thomas Wright

1735-1745

'Bell-crank' engine, c. 1799

'Bell-crank' engine, c. 1799

1795-1805 (original)

Moon globe by John Russell, England, 1797

Moon globe by John Russell, England, 1797

1797

Set of sixty miniature heads used in phrenology

Set of sixty miniature heads used in phrenology

1831

Gold lever escapement watch by John Leroux

Gold lever escapement watch by John Leroux

1785

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

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

1808

Pocket globe in case by Dudley Adams

Pocket globe in case by Dudley Adams

1799-1802

Cranial trephine

Cranial trephine

1771-1830

Ornate circumcision knife with ivory handle

Ornate circumcision knife with ivory handle

1775-1785

Print of Henry Beighton's Engraving of a Newcomen Engine

Print of Henry Beighton's Engraving of a Newcomen Engine

1717-1725

Demainbray's Newcomen engine model

Demainbray's Newcomen engine model

1720

Two Perkins 'tractors'

Two Perkins 'tractors'

1795-1805

Freud electronic laughing ball

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Silver microscope by George Adams, c. 1761.

Silver microscope by George Adams, c. 1761.

1763

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Model, of Woolf's Water Tube Boiler, 1819

Model, of Woolf's Water Tube Boiler, 1819

1819

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

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

1705-1737

'Early 'perpetuelle' watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet

'Early 'perpetuelle' watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet

1783-1800