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Coalbrookdale by Night by Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg

1801

Rotative Steam Engine by Boulton and Watt, 1788

1788

Theodolite used for the Principal Triangulation of Great Britain

1791

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Remains of Little Eaton Gangway coal wagon, c 1798

1793-1803

Seal die, Ashby De La Zouch Canal Company

1794

'Bell-crank' engine, c. 1799

1795-1805 (original)

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

1808

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

1797-1804

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

circa 1800

Reproduction in wood. No 127

1808

Reproduction in wood, Dr Joseph Black

1809

Stanhope square demonstrator, c.1805.

circa 1805

Divers Projets

1798

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Half-penny coin

1806

Chronometer watch in silver case by John Arnold and Son

hallmarked 1788

Half-penny coin

1799

Weights and measures

1805

Straight spectacles

1796-1797

Transverse folding spectacles

1796-1798

Cuff-type compound microscope

1790-1810

Oval snuff box, England, 1807

1807

Five wooden molecular model balls

circa 1810

Two Perkins 'tractors'

1795-1805

Ready reckoner for ship's cargoes

1807

Pocket globe in case by Dudley Adams

1799-1802

Stipple-engraved portrait of Margaret Bryan and two children

1797

Chronometer in Gold Case by Thomas Earnsham, 1795-1810

1795-1810

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Scientific Researches! - New Discoveries in Pneumaticks! - or, an Experimental Lecture on the Powers of Air

1802

Set of magnetical apparatus in case, by Adams

1790

Herschel, William, head and shoulders

1808

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Silver pill box engraved with a triangular pattern, Birmingham, England, 1801

1801

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

1775-1799 (original); 1900-1907 (model)

Silver vinaigrette with hinged lid

1809

Plaster cast of Matthew Boulton

1809

Silver pill box, Birmingham, England, 1797

1797

Vacuum Gauge by Boulton and Watt

1794

Half-penny coin

1806

Half-penny coin

1799

Richard Arkwright

1790

Leaflet for a work entitled 'Cases of successful practice with Perkin's Patent Metallic Tractors'.

1801

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

The Rev Dr Priestley's House and Elaboratory

1792

Chemical Lectures

circa 1810

Toothbrush set

1791-1792

Model, press for cutting out coin blanks

circa 1808

Six Bramah lock drilling templates, on pine (wood) board

circa 1795