Image
Category
Collection
Maker
On Display
Object type
Place
Material
Date

Set of magnetical apparatus in case, by Adams

1790

Wood moulding plane, dated 1771

1771

Mezzotint: Portrait of John Arnold

1770

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

English wooden doll

circa 1780

Watch with spring detent escapement by John Arnold and Son

1788

Half-quarter repeating gold watch by Mudge and Dutton

1791

Terrestrial globe by John and William Cary, London

1790-1794

Gold minute repeating watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet

1784

Gold watch by Raymont

1772

Gold lever escapement watch by John Leroux

1785

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

1775-1785

Gold and enamel pair cased watch by Justin Vulliamy

1775

Parts from a constant-force escapement by Thomas Mudge

1785

Marine chronometer by John Arnold and Son

1795

Chronometer movement by John Arnold

1775

Marine chronometer movement by Brockbanks

1787

Marine chronometer by John Arnold

1771

Medal commemorating the first manned balloon flights

1784

Medal commemorating the Montgolfier unmanned balloon ascent

1783

Medal, 'Le Flesselles' Montgolfier balloon flight, Lyon, France, 19 January 1784

1784

Medal, commemorating the first balloon ascents in Italy

1784

Wax male anatomical figure

1776-1780

Wax male figure showing the muscles and bones of the body, Florence, Italy, 1776-1780

1776-1780

Arkwright's Water Frame

1775

Six Bramah lock drilling templates, on pine (wood) board

circa 1795

Mr Lunardi's New Balloon

1785

Toothbrush set

1791-1792

The Rev Dr Priestley's House and Elaboratory

1792

Mezzotint portrait of John Bird

1776

Vacuum Gauge by Boulton and Watt

1794

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Octagonal wooden telescope with slot down one side and moveable eyepice

1772-1773

Mrs. Sage

1785

Portrait oil painting of John Arnold and family 1783-1787

1783-1787

Richard Arkwright

1790

Beam compass by George Adams

1775-1795

Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement

1705-1737

Pedometer by Spencer & Perkins

1775-1794

Achromatic doublet lens with a focal length of 52 inches

1780

Table clock by Johnson

1775-1785

Portrait of Thomas Mudge (c.1715 – 1794) after Nathaniel Dance

1770-1775

Watch incorporated into a ring

1785-1795

'Dutch forgery' watch signed John Wilter

1780

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Ornate circumcision knife with ivory handle

1775-1785

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

Ethereal Match or Philosophic Taper

1790

Copy of Roman artificial leg, London, England, 1905-1915

300 BCE; 1905-1915

Chevalier Humguffier and the Marquis de Gull; excursion to the Moon in their new Aerial vehicle

1784