Image
Category
Collection
Maker
On Display
Object type
Place
Material
Date

Theodolite used for the Principal Triangulation of Great Britain

1791

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

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

1791

Watch movement with spring detent escapement by John Arnold and Son

1787

Deck watch by John Arnold and Son

1790

Lever escapement watch by Josiah Emery

1792

Verge watch in Staffordshire enamelled case by Ann Phillips

1790

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

Musical table clock by Thwaites for Barraud

1788

Silver watch with unusual Robin escapement

1792

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

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

1705-1737

Watch with spring detent escapement by John Arnold and Son

1788

Half-quarter repeating gold watch by Mudge and Dutton

1791

Marine chronometer movement by Brockbanks

1787

Richard Arkwright

1790

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

1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB

1990-95

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

Rotative Steam Engine by Boulton and Watt, 1788

1788

Model of Gutenberg's Press, 1430

1960-1979

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

Model of a Montgolfier Balloon, 1783

First Public Demonstration of a Montgolfier Balloon, 4th June, 1783.

1783; 1914

Silver medal

1790

Bronze medal to commemorate Louis XVI and the National Assembly

1789

Yellow metal (copper ?) medal, Deans medal of Pari

1787

Medal, silver, commemorating Edmond-Claude Bourru

1788

Metal trade token struck by the revolutionary government at Paris

1792

Circular silver medal

1787

Silver medal commemorating the execution of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, Germany, 1793

1793

Silver medal to commemorate Philippe Joseph

1793

Silver medal

1789

Medal, silver, obverse strike only

1676; 1840-1865

Circular gilt medal

1790

Bronze medal to commemorate Marat, France, 1793

1793

Medal, silvered, Hippocrates

1789

Coalbrookdale halfpenny token, 1792.

1792

Halfpenny token

1793

Birmingham halfpenny token, 1793

1793

Norwich halfpenny for haberdasher, 1793

1793

Leek halfpenny token for silk, 1793

1793

Manchester halfpenny token

1793

Print: etching

1787

Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle

1791

Aquatint - sepia toned

1792

Aquatint - sepia toned

1792

Coalbrookdale halfpenny token

1793