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