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Category
Collection
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Object type
Place
Material
Date

Rotative Steam Engine by Boulton and Watt, 1788

1788

Theodolite used for the Principal Triangulation of Great Britain

1791

Seal die, Ashby De La Zouch Canal Company

1794

Small screw-cutting device or fusee engine for clock-maker's use

circa 1800

Divers Projets

1798

Stipple-engraved portrait of Margaret Bryan and two children

1797

Conjectural model of Trevithick's locomotive 'Catch-me-who-can'

1808

Reproduction in wood. No 127

1808

Reproduction in wood, Dr Joseph Black

1809

Stanhope square demonstrator, c.1805.

circa 1805

Ready reckoner for ship's cargoes

1807

Satirical print of a failed balloon launch from Foley House, London in 1784

1784

Chronometer in Gold Case by Thomas Earnsham, 1795-1810

1795-1810

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

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

Deck watch by John Arnold and Son

1790

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

1796

'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

Spring-detent escapement watch with gold case by John Barwise

1800

Compass

1800

Under-painted horn pair cased watch by George Flote

1800

Marine chronometer by Thomas Earnshaw

1795-1805

Gold watch by Recordon

1807

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

Quarter-repeating gold watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet

circa 1808

Verge watch in Staffordshire enamelled case by Ann Phillips

1790

A Royal watch by Samuel Houston

1807

Marine chronometer by John Arnold

1802

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

Marine chronometer by Brockbanks

1802

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

1790

Pocket globe in case by Dudley Adams

1799-1802

Cuff-type compound microscope

1790-1810

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

1785

Model of Rotative Beam Engine by William Tongue, c. 1804

1797-1804

Remains of Little Eaton Gangway coal wagon, c 1798

1793-1803

Chronometer watch in silver case by John Arnold and Son

hallmarked 1788

'Bell-crank' engine, c. 1799

1795-1805 (original)

Model of William Murdock's Oscillating Engine, 1785.

1785