Image
Category
Collection
Maker
On Display
Object type
Place
Material
Date

Praeclarissimus Isaacus Newton Eques

1787

Chronometer watch in silver case by John Arnold and Son

hallmarked 1788

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement

1705-1737

Set of magnetical apparatus in case, by Adams

1790

Richard Arkwright

1790

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Rotative Steam Engine by Boulton and Watt, 1788

1788

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Axe head shaped flint

10000-5000 BCE

Iron Weight

1910-130

Token. Copper; 29mm diameter

1790

Token, Anglesey halfpenny, Wales, 1788

1788

Token issued by John Wilkinson

1787

A view of the black-lead mine in Cumberland

1787

Verge repeating watch

1713-1750

Joseph Priestley

1788

Cylinder watch in pair case

1692-1730

Print, etching of Night scene in European city

1940-1050

Hydrostatical and Chemical Balance (c. 1790)

1790

Token issued by John Wilkinson, 18th century Ironmaster

1788

Flint hand tool

8500-2000 BCE

Spindle with Whorl, Stone Age

5000-500 BCE

Red granite drill core

2686-2613 BCE

Diorama of Grimes Graves Flint Mine, 2000 BC

2000 BCE

Small Stone Age

8500-2000 BCE

A view of the mouth of a coal pit...

1788

Flint hand tool, flake type, Stone Age.

8500-2000 BCE

John Whitehurst F.R.S.

1788

Flint hand tool, side-scraper, made in the Stone Age.

8500-2000 BCE

Small Stone Age

8500-2000 BCE

Flint hand tool, side-scraper, made in the Stone Age.

8500-2000 BCE

A view of the black-lead mine in Cumberland

1787

Engraving, balloon from Dover Castle to Calais

1789

Flint hand tool, core-type, Stone Age.

8500-2000 BCE

Flint hand tool

8500-2000 BCE

Flint hand tool

8500-2000 BCE

Flint hand tool, core-type, Stone Age.

8500-2000 BCE

Reversible axe on adze, green stone blade, North Papua (Astrolabe Bay)

2000 BCE

Altazimuth theodolite, British, 1785-1795

1790

Water colour painting showing the ascent of a Montgolfier or hot-air balloon

1790

Lunardi's invention

1787

Silver vinaigrette

1790

Urethrotome, steel, poor condition

1801-1700

Forceps, spring-action, steel

1801-190

Plaque showing dental and surgical operations, Europe, 1801-1900

1300-1700; 1801-1900

Two washers

15/7/27

Two washers

15/7/27

Engraving of Graving dock

1840-160