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Coalbrookdale by Night by Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg

1801

Original preparation of quinine by Pelletier and Caveton

1820

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

'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

East Indiaman Herefordshire

1815

Cylinder electrical machine, 1810-1817

1810-1817

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Half-penny coin

1806

'Dr Syntax and his wife making an experiment in pneumatics', print, London, England, 1820

1820

Half-penny coin

1799

Weights and measures

1805

Straight spectacles

1796-1797

Transverse folding spectacles

1796-1798

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

Stipple-engraved portrait of Benjamin Martin

1815

Pocket globe in case by Dudley Adams

1799-1802

Slide rule for exchange of weights and measures

1815

Hedley's experimental model for testing adhesion.

1812

Stipple-engraved portrait of Margaret Bryan and two children

1797

Chronometer in Gold Case by Thomas Earnsham, 1795-1810

1795-1810

Copy of Chamberlen obstetric forceps

1813

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

Pearwood snuff box stamped with skulls

1796-1815

Silver Regency tripod mustard pot

1811-1812

Herschel, William, head and shoulders

1808

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

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

1801

Richard Grindall's combined knife and fork, Europe, 1795-1820

1795-1820

'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

Set of 7 square brass grain weights and two folded pieces of paper: one of which is inscribed with ‘Alicante’, for the Mark of Alicante from the Castlereagh Collection

1800-1818

Set of 8 brass nested cup weights for the Mark of Alicante from the Castlereagh Collection for Alicante

1800-1818

Sycamore (wood) case with lid, for the Mark of Alicante from the Castlereagh Collection

1800-1818

Sunderland ware jug decorated with pink lustre bands and splashes

1813

Half-penny coin

1806

Half-penny coin

1799

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

1801