Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775
1775
Watt's end measuring machine
1776
Medal commemorating the first manned balloon flights
1784
Gold lever escapement watch by John Leroux
1785
Watch in a puddingstone, gold and diamond case by John Leroux
1775-1785
Repeating clock-watch with dials on front and back by Gautrin, Paris
1780
Medal, Blanchard's balloon ascent, Nuremberg, Germany, 1787
1785
Medal commemorating balloon flight of Blanchard at Frankfurt
1785
Wax male figure showing the veins and some organs of the body, Florence, Italy, 1776-1780
1776-1780
Wax male figure showing the arteries of the body, Florence, Italy, 1776-1780
1776-1780
Wax male figure showing the muscles of the body
1776-1780
Model of William Murdock's Oscillating Engine, 1785.
1785
Portrait mezzotint print from engraving of Phelps Thomas and Bartlett John, 1778
1778
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Spoon with folding handle
1778
Medal commemorating the Montgolfier unmanned balloon ascent
1783
Satirical print of a failed balloon launch from Foley House, London in 1784
1784
100 Link Steel Surveying Chain, 1784.
1784
Pivoted-detent escapement watch by John Arnold
1776
Porcelain eyebath
1775-1785
Joseph Priestley LLD FRS
1782
Rawhide bag for storing cinchona bark
1777-1785
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
English wooden doll
circa 1780
Engraving of a demonstration to compare lightning conductor designs
1778-1780
Gold minute repeating watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet
1784
Medal, commemorating the first balloon ascents in Italy
1784
Wax male anatomical figure
1776-1780
Wax male figure showing the muscles and bones of the body, Florence, Italy, 1776-1780
1776-1780
Mr Lunardi's New Balloon
1785
Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772
1772 (original); 1919 (model)
Mrs. Sage
1785
Achromatic doublet lens with a focal length of 52 inches
1780
Mezzotint portrait of John Bird
1776
Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement
1705-1737
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
Medal, 'Le Flesselles' Montgolfier balloon flight, Lyon, France, 19 January 1784
1784
Medal commemorating the Montgolfier unmanned balloon ascent
1783
Ornate circumcision knife with ivory handle
1775-1785
Table clock by Johnson
1775-1785
Gold and enamel pair cased watch by Justin Vulliamy
1775
Parts from a constant-force escapement by Thomas Mudge
1785
Chronometer movement by John Arnold
1775
'Dutch forgery' watch signed John Wilter
1780
Arkwright's Water Frame
1775
Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)
1668; 1924
View of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
1783
Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB
1990-95
Pendulum clock designed by Galileo in 1642 and made by his son in 1649, model.
1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)
Telescope by Galileo (replica)
1610; 1923