Rotative Steam Engine by Boulton and Watt, 1788
1788
Theodolite used for the Principal Triangulation of Great Britain
1791
Half-penny coin
1799
Compass
1800
'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799
1775-1799 (original); 1900-1907 (model)
Machine-Screw thread making tool, by Henry Maudslay
circa 1800
Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)
1668; 1924
Telescope by Galileo (replica)
1610; 1923
Seal die, Ashby De La Zouch Canal Company
1794
Joseph Priestley LLD FRS
1782
Praeclarissimus Isaacus Newton Eques
1787
Chronometer watch in silver case by John Arnold and Son
hallmarked 1788
Straight spectacles
1796-1797
Transverse folding spectacles
1796-1798
Small screw-cutting device or fusee engine for clock-maker's use
circa 1800
Hydrostatic balance by Jesse Ramsden, London, 1785-1789
1785-1789
Filar micrometer by William Herschel, 1780-1800
1780-1800
Model of William Murdock's Oscillating Engine, 1785.
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
‘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
Divers Projets
1798
100 Link Steel Surveying Chain, 1784.
1784
Stipple-engraved portrait of Margaret Bryan and two children
1797
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
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 escapement watch with gold case by John Barwise
1800
'Souscription' watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet
1800
Spring detent watch by John Arnold, used by Ruth Bellville and family to distribute GMT c.1834-1940
1794
Repeating clock-watch with dials on front and back by Gautrin, Paris
1780
'Early 'perpetuelle' watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet
1783-1800
Under-painted horn pair cased watch by George Flote
1800
Lever escapement watch by Josiah Emery
1792
Repeating watch with unusual escapement by Abraham-Louis Breguet
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
Silver watch by Brockbanks
1790
Gold and enamel watch by Robert Robin
1785-1795
Marine timekeeper with constant force escapement by Josiah Emery
1792
Guilloché enamel watch displaying solar and sidereal time, by George Margetts
1790
Electrical chimes by George Adams
1781-1790