Rotative Steam Engine by Boulton and Watt, 1788
1788
Seal die, Ashby De La Zouch Canal Company
1794
Chronometer watch in silver case by John Arnold and Son
hallmarked 1788
Deck-watch used by Capt. George Vancouver on board HMS Discovery 1791-5
1791
Deck watch by John Arnold and Son
1790
Spring detent watch by John Arnold, used by Ruth Bellville and family to distribute GMT c.1834-1940
1794
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
Silver watch with unusual Robin escapement
1792
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Set of magnetical apparatus in case, by Adams
1790
The Rev Dr Priestley's House and Elaboratory
1792
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Toothbrush set
1791-1792
Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement
1705-1737
Theodolite used for the Principal Triangulation of Great Britain
1791
Watch with spring detent escapement by John Arnold and Son
1788
Half-quarter repeating gold watch by Mudge and Dutton
1791
Terrestrial globe by John and William Cary, London
1790-1794
Vacuum Gauge by Boulton and Watt
1794
Richard Arkwright
1790
Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772
1772 (original); 1919 (model)
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
Pendulum clock designed by Galileo in 1642 and made by his son in 1649, model.
1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)
Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB
1990-95
Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)
1668; 1924
Model of submersible 'Turtle'
1976; 1776
Telescope by Galileo (replica)
1610; 1923
Copy of Roman artificial leg, London, England, 1905-1915
300 BCE; 1905-1915
Copy of Lodestone believed to have been used by Queen Anne
1929 (copy); 1702-1714 (original)
Physionotrace of Madam Roland
1793
Lancaster canal shipping note
1794-03-03
Irish Linen Industry
1791
Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936
1936
Wooden backstaff or Davis quadrant made by John Gilbert on Tower Hill
1730; 1967
Iron Weight
1910-130
One of two Sumerian solid cylindrical weights
circa 2000 BCE
2 circular plaster casts of the 2 halves of a Greek coin
700-100 BCE; 1930-1950
Crossing for Edge Rails, 1793.
1793
Roman stone water main
30
Replica of Roman equal-arm balance, from Pompeii, 79 AD
1-79 CE; before 1914
Gilt bronze medal to commemorate revolutionary France
1792
View of the Boiling Spring in Iceland Called the Great Geyser
1789
Circular white metal medal
1789
Earthenware jug
2000-1350
Alabaster bottle
2000-1350
Earthenware jug
2000-1350