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Model of William Murdock's Oscillating Engine, 1785.

1785

Wax male figure showing the arteries of the body, Florence, Italy, 1776-1780

1776-1780

Wax male figure showing the veins and some organs of the body, Florence, Italy, 1776-1780

1776-1780

Wax male figure showing the muscles of the body

1776-1780

Portrait mezzotint print from engraving of Phelps Thomas and Bartlett John, 1778

1778

Medal commemorating the Montgolfier unmanned balloon ascent

1783

Medal, Blanchard's balloon ascent, Nuremberg, Germany, 1787

1785

Medal commemorating balloon flight of Blanchard at Frankfurt

1785

Section of lightning conductor from St Paul’s cathedral

1769

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Watt's end measuring machine

1776

100 Link Steel Surveying Chain, 1784.

1784

Satirical print of a failed balloon launch from Foley House, London in 1784

1784

Rawhide bag for storing cinchona bark

1777-1785

Spoon with folding handle

1778

Joseph Priestley LLD FRS

1782

Mural arc made for King George III

1770

Porcelain eyebath

1775-1785

English wooden doll

circa 1780

Wax male anatomical figure

1776-1780

Wax male figure showing the muscles and bones of the body, Florence, Italy, 1776-1780

1776-1780

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Mezzotint: Portrait of John Arnold

1770

Medal, commemorating the first balloon ascents in Italy

1784

Medal, 'Le Flesselles' Montgolfier balloon flight, Lyon, France, 19 January 1784

1784

Medal commemorating the first manned balloon flights

1784

Medal commemorating the Montgolfier unmanned balloon ascent

1783

Mezzotint portrait of John Bird

1776

Octagonal wooden telescope with slot down one side and moveable eyepice

1772-1773

Engraving of a demonstration to compare lightning conductor designs

1778-1780

Mrs. Sage

1785

Magnetic toy by George Adams

1765

Mr Lunardi's New Balloon

1785

Achromatic doublet lens with a focal length of 52 inches

1780

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Ornate circumcision knife with ivory handle

1775-1785

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

1705-1737

Arkwright's Water Frame

1775

Wood moulding plane, dated 1771

1771

Arkwright's prototype spinning machine, 1769.

1769

Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775

1775

Viewer microscope, with bead lens, in square body

1888-185

Silver bleeding bowl

1765-1775

Shaving bowl

1767

Empty wooden case, varnished, inscribed H.L.1772

1772

Glass Prism (c.1770-80)

1770-1780

Six's maximum and minimum thermometer

1780

Six's maximum and minimum thermometer

1780

Six's maximum and minimum thermometer

1780