Image
Category
Collection
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Object type
Place
Material
Date

Snuff Box, England, 1771-1830

1771-1830

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

1770

Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775

1775

Difference Engine No. 1

circa 1832

Coalbrookdale by Night by Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg

1801

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

1775-1785

Rocket locomotive

1829

Laennec's stethoscope

1815-1825

Cranial trephine

1771-1830

Divers Projets

1798

Vaginal Speculum for Applying Leeches

1801-1830

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Huskisson Memorial

1831

Rotative Steam Engine by Boulton and Watt, 1788

1788

Original preparation of quinine by Pelletier and Caveton

1820

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Theodolite used for the Principal Triangulation of Great Britain

1791

Swannington Incline Winding Engine, Leicester & Swannington Railway, 1832

1832

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

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

Marine chronometer by E. Barthet, found on an abandoned ship

1840

Gold and enamel watch by Robert Robin

1785-1795

Leber-pattern dental forceps

1770-1800

Netsuke depicting man with moxa on leg

1771-1800

Skull saw, part of trephination set

1771-1830

Schwann's microscope (no case)

1835

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

Wooden stool with four legs and octagonal seat

1830-1840

Tire fonds, part of trephination set

1771-1830

Lenticular, part of trephination set

1771-1830

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Copy of Chamberlen obstetric forceps

1813

Spoon with folding handle

1778

Slamannan Railway commemorative plaque

1840

Wax plaque showing foetus in the womb

1801-1830

Wax plaque showing a dissected female figure

1801-1830

Wax plaque showing a dissected female figure

1801-1830

Plaque showing the development of a human embryo

1801-1830

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

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