Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775
1775
Marine Timekeeper known as 'H5' by John Harrison and Son 1770
1770
Gold lever escapement watch by John Leroux
1785
Arkwright's prototype spinning machine, 1769.
1769
Rotative Steam Engine by Boulton and Watt, 1788
1788
Watch movement with spring detent escapement by John Arnold and Son
1787
Spring-detent escapement watch with gold case by John Arnold and Son
1796
Marine chronometer by John Arnold
1771
Arkwright's Water Frame
1775
'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799
1775-1799 (original); 1900-1907 (model)
Orrery planetary model
1789-1795
Seal die, Ashby De La Zouch Canal Company
1794
Joseph Priestley LLD FRS
1782
Praeclarissimus Isaacus Newton Eques
1787
Chronometer watch in silver case by John Arnold and Son
hallmarked 1788
Portrait mezzotint print from engraving of Phelps Thomas and Bartlett John, 1778
1778
Watt's end measuring machine
1776
Straight spectacles
1796-1797
Transverse folding spectacles
1796-1798
Hydrostatic balance by Jesse Ramsden, London, 1785-1789
1785-1789
Flintlock pistol belonging to John Roger Arnold
1770-1780
Silver watch with unusual Robin escapement
1792
Porcelain eyebath
1775-1785
‘Medico-Electrical Machine’ by Nairne and Blunt
1782-1793
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
100 Link Steel Surveying Chain, 1784.
1784
Section of lightning conductor from St Paul’s cathedral
1769
Stipple-engraved portrait of Margaret Bryan and two children
1797
Deck-watch used by Capt. George Vancouver on board HMS Discovery 1791-5
1791
Pivoted-detent escapement watch by Larcum Kendall
1786
Pivoted-detent escapement watch by John Arnold
1776
Deck watch by John Arnold and Son
1790
Spring detent watch by John Arnold, used by Ruth Bellville and family to distribute GMT c.1834-1940
1794
Repeating clock-watch with dials on front and back by Gautrin, Paris
1780
Gold repoussé watch depicting the Choice of Hercules, by John Ellicott
1767
Lever escapement watch by Josiah Emery
1792
Lever escapement watch by John Grant
1795
Repeating watch with unusual escapement by Abraham-Louis Breguet
1795
Verge watch in Staffordshire enamelled case by Ann Phillips
1790
Musical table clock by Thwaites for Barraud
1767
Chronometer movement by John Arnold & Son
1795
Eight-day marine chronometer by John Arnold & Son
1795
Small musical table clock
1775-1799
Silver watch by Brockbanks
1790
Gold and enamel watch by Robert Robin
1785-1795
Marine timekeeper with constant force escapement by Josiah Emery
1792
Guilloché enamel watch displaying solar and sidereal time, by George Margetts
1790