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Pocket globe in case by Dudley Adams

1799-1802

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Spoon with folding handle

1778

Rawhide bag for storing cinchona bark

1777-1785

Porcelain eyebath

1775-1785

Medal commemorating the Montgolfier unmanned balloon ascent

1783

Medal, Blanchard's balloon ascent, Nuremberg, Germany, 1787

1785

Medal commemorating balloon flight of Blanchard at Frankfurt

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

Half-penny coin

1799

Transverse folding spectacles

1796-1798

Joseph Priestley LLD FRS

1782

Filar micrometer by William Herschel, 1780-1800

1780-1800

Straight spectacles

1796-1797

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

Scientific Researches! - New Discoveries in Pneumaticks! - or, an Experimental Lecture on the Powers of Air

1802

Vacuum Gauge by Boulton and Watt

1794

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Marine barometer by R.B. Bate

mid-1800s

Achromatic doublet lens with a focal length of 52 inches

1780

Mezzotint portrait of John Bird

1776

Beam compass by George Adams

1775-1795

Moon globe by John Russell;England;1797

1797

Pedometer by Spencer & Perkins

1775-1794

Engraving of a demonstration to compare lightning conductor designs

1778-1780

Repeating watch movement by Vulliamy

1800

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

Table clock by Johnson

1775-1785

Watch in an enamel case by Herbeau

1775-1800

Gold lever escapement watch by John Leroux

1785

Portrait oil painting of John Arnold and family 1783-1787

1783-1787

Watch and compass by Benjamin Webb

1799

Watch incorporated into a ring

1785-1795

Gold and enamel pair cased watch by Justin Vulliamy

1775

Parts from a constant-force escapement by Thomas Mudge

1785

Marine chronometer by Vissière

1780-1799

Marine chronometer by John Arnold and Son

1795

Chronometer movement by John Arnold

1775

Marine chronometer movement by Brockbanks

1787

Watch movement by John Grant

1800

Souscription watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet

circa 1801