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Theodolite used for the Principal Triangulation of Great Britain

1791

Arkwright's Water Frame

1775

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Laennec's stethoscope

1815-1825

Two Perkins 'tractors'

1795-1805

Sans Pareil

1829

Steam locomotive used at Hetton Colliery

1822

'Dutch forgery' watch signed John Wilter

1780

Vaginal Speculum for Applying Leeches

1801-1830

Phrenological head

1821

Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775

1775

Rocket locomotive

1829

Coalbrookdale by Night by Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg

1801

Water Pipe, for Smoking Opium or Tobacco, China, 1801-1830

1801-1830

Seal die, Ashby De La Zouch Canal Company

1794

Divers Projets

1798

Stipple-engraved portrait of Margaret Bryan and two children

1797

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

Gold and enamel watch by Robert Robin

1785-1795

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

Remains of Little Eaton Gangway coal wagon, c 1798

1793-1803

Cramlington Colliery chaldron wagon, c 1826

1821-1831

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Stanhope square demonstrator, c.1805.

circa 1805

Ready reckoner for ship's cargoes

1807

‘Medico-Electrical Machine’ by Nairne and Blunt

1782-1793

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

Stipple-engraved portrait of Benjamin Martin

1815

100 Link Steel Surveying Chain, 1784.

1784

Slide rule for exchange of weights and measures

1815

Chronometer in Gold Case by Thomas Earnsham, 1795-1810

1795-1810

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Deck-watch used by Capt. George Vancouver on board HMS Discovery 1791-5

1791

Gold watch by John Gibson, Royal Exchange

1808

Pivoted-detent escapement watch by Larcum Kendall

1786

Watch with four outer cases, made by Edward Prior for the Turkish export market

1800

Pivoted-detent escapement watch by John Arnold

1776

Spring-detent escapement watch in a gold case by Reid & Co. London

1807

Watch movement with spring detent escapement by John Arnold and Son

1787