2d ‘cartwheel’ coin, gilt, made by Soho mint 1797. The gilt versions of the standard copper coin were intended as marketing tools by Matthew Boulton, and were circulated to movers and shakers alongside the circulation version. Coin 1797
Newcomen Engine built by Francis Thompson of Ashover near Chesterfield 1791. Re-erected in house built with materials taken from the engine house at Pentrich, Derbyshire, where it was last worked Newcomen Atmospheric Engine 1791
Portrait of Jesse Ramsden by Robert Home, ca. 1791 Portrait of Jesse Ramsden by Robert Home circa 1791
Harpenden pocket stadiometer sent out to Ludlow Boys' School as part of a series of nationwide measurements 1972-3