Image
Category
Collection
Maker
On Display
Object type
Place
Material
Date

Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775

1775

Rotative Steam Engine by Boulton and Watt, 1788

1788

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

1775-1785

Islamic horary quadrant, 1727-1728

1727-1728

Lunardi's second balloon ascending from St. George's Fields, 1785

1785-1790

Cubical polyhedral sundial

1751-1800

Dental key

1725-1780

Arkwright's prototype spinning machine, 1769.

1769

Theodolite used for the Principal Triangulation of Great Britain

1791

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

1770

Medal commemorating the Montgolfier unmanned balloon ascent

1783

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

1785

Medal commemorating balloon flight of Blanchard at Frankfurt

1785

Pharmacy storage jar used for theriac

1725-1755

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Watt's end measuring machine

1776

Seal die, Ashby De La Zouch Canal Company

1794

Leber-pattern dental forceps

1770-1800

Wooden figure of man practising moxibustion

1750-1800

Netsuke depicting man with moxa on leg

1771-1800

Spoon with folding handle

1778

Tinder pistol

1750-1800

Model of William Murdock's Oscillating Engine, 1785.

1785

Perspective drawing apparatus, incomplete, in integral mahogany case

1760-1770

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

1776-1780

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

1776-1780

Wax male figure showing the muscles of the body

1776-1780

Rawhide bag for storing cinchona bark

1777-1785

Porcelain eyebath

1775-1785

Pair of obstetrical forceps

1751-1800

Small white cup in soft paste porcelain

1748-1763

Lancet owned by Edward Jenner

1720-1800

Adjustable dental pelican with two claws

1720-1800

Earthenware pill tile

1751-1800

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

Transverse folding spectacles

1796-1798

Tumbler, horn, with silver strip around rim, 1742

1742

Sheraton medicine chest, Europe, 1720-1800

1720-1800

Model 'Maximum machine', before 1753.

1740-1753

Child's spinal support, Europe, 1771-1800

1771-1800

Clay tobacco pipe, 1720-1770, English

1720-1770

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

Long mahogany strip brass pin gauge with eight pins

1758-1769