Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775
1775
Rotative Steam Engine by Boulton and Watt, 1788
1788
Theodolite used for the Principal Triangulation of Great Britain
1791
Marine Timekeeper known as 'H5' by John Harrison and Son 1770
1770
Watt's end measuring machine
1776
Seal die, Ashby De La Zouch Canal Company
1794
Chronometer watch in silver case by John Arnold and Son
hallmarked 1788
Transverse folding spectacles
1796-1798
Joseph Priestley LLD FRS
1782
Filar micrometer by William Herschel, 1780-1800
1780-1800
Straight spectacles
1796-1797
Expedition Crane
1764
Child's spinal support, Europe, 1771-1800
1771-1800
Creamware plate
1771-1800
Hydrostatic balance by Jesse Ramsden, London, 1785-1789
1785-1789
Portrait mezzotint print from engraving of Phelps Thomas and Bartlett John, 1778
1778
Praeclarissimus Isaacus Newton Eques
1787
Small screw-cutting device or fusee engine for clock-maker's use
circa 1800
‘Visual glasses’ designed by Benjamin Martin
1756-1800
Flintlock pistol belonging to John Roger Arnold
1770-1780
Portrait of Benjamin Vulliamy (1747 – 1811)
1770-1800
Watch with double dial
1760
Portrait of Francois Justin Vulliamy (1712 – 1797)
1760-1790
Lever escapement watch by John Grant
1795
Small musical table clock
1775-1799
Quarter repeating watch by Ellicott, London
1765-1775
Silver watch with unusual Robin escapement
1792
Gold and enamel watch by Andrews
1785-1795
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Spoon with folding handle
1778
Rawhide bag for storing cinchona bark
1777-1785
Cutter, Alert
1755
Demainbray's Archimedean screw
1752
Mezzotint portrait of Benjamin Franklin
1762
‘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
Divers Projets
1798
Etching of an electrically powered garden
1755
100 Link Steel Surveying Chain, 1784.
1784
Clarke's Hydrometer (c. 1755)
1755
George III's weighted cylinder
1762
Unweighted cylinder in frame
1762
Section of lightning conductor from St Paul’s cathedral
1769
Square signed "J.Ramsden, 1757"
1757
Hindley's pyrometer and three expansion tubes made by Henry Hindley
1752
Glass bell jar with a brass collar
1761
Stipple-engraved portrait of Margaret Bryan and two children
1797