Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775
1775
Rotative Steam Engine by Boulton and Watt, 1788
1788
Theodolite used for the Principal Triangulation of Great Britain
1791
Watt's end measuring machine
1776
Remains of Little Eaton Gangway coal wagon, c 1798
1793-1803
Seal die, Ashby De La Zouch Canal Company
1794
Chronometer watch in silver case by John Arnold and Son
hallmarked 1788
'Bell-crank' engine, c. 1799
1795-1805 (original)
Transverse folding spectacles
1796-1798
Joseph Priestley LLD FRS
1782
Filar micrometer by William Herschel, 1780-1800
1780-1800
Straight spectacles
1796-1797
Hedley's experimental model for testing adhesion.
1812
Weights and measures
1805
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
Oval snuff box, England, 1807
1807
Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7
1863-7
Gold watch by John Gibson, Royal Exchange
1808
Watch with enamel case made for the Turkish market
1805-1815
Lever escapement watch by John Grant
1795
Small musical table clock
1775-1799
Silver watch with unusual Robin escapement
1792
Gold and enamel watch by Andrews
1785-1795
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Copy of Chamberlen obstetric forceps
1813
Spoon with folding handle
1778
Rawhide bag for storing cinchona bark
1777-1785
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
Divers Projets
1798
100 Link Steel Surveying Chain, 1784.
1784
Slide rule for exchange of weights and measures
1815
Stipple-engraved portrait of Margaret Bryan and two children
1797
Chronometer in Gold Case by Thomas Earnsham, 1795-1810
1795-1810
Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894
1893-4
Scientific Researches! - New Discoveries in Pneumaticks! - or, an Experimental Lecture on the Powers of Air
1802
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
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
Souscription watch, by Abraham-Louis Breguet
1805