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Small orrery by Benjamin Martin

1738-1777

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

1770

Sans Pareil

1829

Rocket locomotive

1829

Laennec's stethoscope

1815-1825

Electrical chimes by George Adams

1781-1790

Rawhide bag for storing cinchona bark

1777-1785

Anamorphosis Painting of Perspective View of a Ship Model

1744-1774

Vaginal Speculum for Applying Leeches

1801-1830

Refracting telescope with achromatic lens, made by the Dollond family

1760-1775

Theodolite used for the Principal Triangulation of Great Britain

1791

Marine chronometer by John Arnold and Son

1795

Arkwright's Water Frame

1775

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Phrenological head

1821

Snuff Box, England, 1771-1830

1771-1830

Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775

1775

Seal die, Ashby De La Zouch Canal Company

1794

Cranial trephine

1771-1830

Tire fonds, part of trephination set

1771-1830

Lenticular, part of trephination set

1771-1830

Doorcase 56 Lincoln’s Inn Fields

circa 1750

Mezzotint portrait of Benjamin Franklin

1762

Pair of bar magnets in box

1750-1795

Divers Projets

1798

Etching of an electrically powered garden

1755

Demainbray's hydrostatic paradox vessels

1735-1752

Demainbray's turquoise disc

1745-1755

Demainbray's yellow disc

1745-1755

Stipple-engraved portrait of Margaret Bryan and two children

1797

Souscription watch, by Abraham-Louis Breguet

1805

'Souscription' watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet

1800

Repeating clock-watch with dials on front and back by Gautrin, Paris

1780

'Early 'perpetuelle' watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet

1783-1800

Automaton watch by Jean Robert Soret

1812

Deck watch by Breguet et Fils

1830

Repeating watch with unusual escapement by Abraham-Louis Breguet

1795

Quarter-repeating gold watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet

circa 1808

Gold and enamel watch by Robert Robin

1785-1795

Leber-pattern dental forceps

1770-1800

Wooden figure of man practising moxibustion

1750-1800

Skull saw, part of trephination set

1771-1830

Medal, Blanchard's balloon ascent, Nuremberg, Germany, 1787

1785

model steam locomotive

1826

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

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

1808

Remains of Little Eaton Gangway coal wagon, c 1798

1793-1803

Stanhope square demonstrator, c.1805.

circa 1805