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

1770

Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775

1775

Coalbrookdale by Night by Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg

1801

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

1775-1785

Laennec's stethoscope

1815-1825

Divers Projets

1798

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Rotative Steam Engine by Boulton and Watt, 1788

1788

Original preparation of quinine by Pelletier and Caveton

1820

Theodolite used for the Principal Triangulation of Great Britain

1791

Demainbray's Archimedean screw

1752

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

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

Netsuke depicting man with moxa on leg

1771-1800

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

1785

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

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Copy of Chamberlen obstetric forceps

1813

Spoon with folding handle

1778

‘Visual glasses’ designed by Benjamin Martin

1756-1800

Automaton watch by Jean Robert Soret

1812

Watch with enamel case made for the Turkish market

1805-1815

Portrait of Francois Justin Vulliamy (1712 – 1797)

1760-1790

Small musical table clock

1775-1799

Medal commemorating the Montgolfier unmanned balloon ascent

1783

Medal commemorating balloon flight of Blanchard at Frankfurt

1785

Scientific Researches! - New Discoveries in Pneumaticks! - or, an Experimental Lecture on the Powers of Air

1802

Transverse folding spectacles

1796-1798

Joseph Priestley LLD FRS

1782

Cubical polyhedral sundial

1751-1800

Oval enamelled box, England, 1761-1820

1761-1820

Model of Rotative Beam Engine by William Tongue, c. 1804

1797-1804

Straight spectacles

1796-1797

Plaster cast of Venus

1790-1819

'Dr Syntax and his wife making an experiment in pneumatics', print, London, England, 1820

1820

Hydrostatic balance by Jesse Ramsden, London, 1785-1789

1785-1789

Reproduction alabaster bust of Homer

1790-1819

Hedley's experimental model for testing adhesion.

1812

Piece of wood ,

1790-1819

Piece of wood, one side partly cut out

1790-1819

Wood and iron truss for sculpture machine

1790-1819

Short mahogany strip brass pin gauge with eight pins

1758-1769