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'Early 'perpetuelle' watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet

1783-1800

Rawhide bag for storing cinchona bark

1777-1785

Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775

1775

Replica of Islamic Astrolabe

1066; 1876

Rotative Steam Engine by Boulton and Watt, 1788

1788

Divers Projets

1798

Stipple-engraved portrait of Margaret Bryan and two children

1797

'Souscription' watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet

1800

Repeating clock-watch with dials on front and back by Gautrin, Paris

1780

Repeating watch with unusual escapement by Abraham-Louis Breguet

1795

Small musical table clock

1775-1799

Gold and enamel watch by Robert Robin

1785-1795

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Spoon with folding handle

1778

Medal commemorating the Montgolfier unmanned balloon ascent

1783

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

Pendulum clock designed by Galileo in 1642 and made by his son in 1649, model.

1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)

Seal die, Ashby De La Zouch Canal Company

1794

‘Medico-Electrical Machine’ by Nairne and Blunt

1782-1793

Silver watch with unusual Robin escapement

1792

Electrical chimes by George Adams

1781-1790

Porcelain eyebath

1775-1785

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

1785

Medal commemorating balloon flight of Blanchard at Frankfurt

1785

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

100 Link Steel Surveying Chain, 1784.

1784

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

1791

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

Watch movement with spring detent escapement by John Arnold and Son

1787

Deck watch by John Arnold and Son

1790

Spring-detent escapement watch with gold case by John Arnold and Son

1796

Spring detent watch by John Arnold, used by Ruth Bellville and family to distribute GMT c.1834-1940

1794

Spring-detent escapement watch with gold case by John Barwise

1800

Compass

1800

Under-painted horn pair cased watch by George Flote

1800

Lever escapement watch by Josiah Emery

1792

Lever escapement watch by John Grant

1795

A skeleton clock designed to represent the terrestial globe by Henry Gratte

1800

Verge watch in Staffordshire enamelled case by Ann Phillips

1790

Chronometer movement by John Arnold & Son

1795

Eight-day marine chronometer by John Arnold & Son

1795

Pedometer by Spencer and Perkins

1775-1800

Silver watch by Brockbanks

1790

Marine timekeeper with constant force escapement by Josiah Emery

1792

Guilloché enamel watch displaying solar and sidereal time, by George Margetts

1790