Marine Timekeeper known as 'H5' by John Harrison and Son 1770
1770
Theodolite used for the Principal Triangulation of Great Britain
1791
Arkwright's Water Frame
1775
Laennec's stethoscope
1815-1825
Two Perkins 'tractors'
1795-1805
Steam locomotive used at Hetton Colliery
1822
'Dutch forgery' watch signed John Wilter
1780
Phrenological head
1821
Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775
1775
Coalbrookdale by Night by Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg
1801
Seal die, Ashby De La Zouch Canal Company
1794
Demainbray's Archimedean screw
1752
Mezzotint portrait of Benjamin Franklin
1762
Divers Projets
1798
Etching of an electrically powered garden
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
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
Conjectural model of Trevithick's locomotive 'Catch-me-who-can'
1808
‘Visual glasses’ designed by Benjamin Martin
1756-1800
Portrait of Benjamin Vulliamy (1747 – 1811)
1770-1800
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
Remains of Little Eaton Gangway coal wagon, c 1798
1793-1803
Stanhope square demonstrator, c.1805.
circa 1805
Cutter, Alert
1755
Ready reckoner for ship's cargoes
1807
‘Medico-Electrical Machine’ by Nairne and Blunt
1782-1793
Pocket microscope by Jeremiah Sisson
1752
Mural arc made for King George III
1770
Lunardi's second balloon ascending from St. George's Fields, 1785
1785-1790
Satirical print of a failed balloon launch from Foley House, London in 1784
1784