Model of William Murdock's Oscillating Engine, 1785.
1785
Seal die, Ashby De La Zouch Canal Company
1794
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Watt's end measuring machine
1776
Spoon with folding handle
1778
Small screw-cutting device or fusee engine for clock-maker's use
circa 1800
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
Filar micrometer by William Herschel, 1780-1800
1780-1800
Electrical chimes by George Adams
1781-1790
‘Medico-Electrical Machine’ by Nairne and Blunt
1782-1793
100 Link Steel Surveying Chain, 1784.
1784
Satirical print of a failed balloon launch from Foley House, London in 1784
1784
Lunardi's second balloon ascending from St. George's Fields, 1785
1785-1790
Divers Projets
1798
Stipple-engraved portrait of Margaret Bryan and two children
1797
Rawhide bag for storing cinchona bark
1777-1785
Joseph Priestley LLD FRS
1782
Praeclarissimus Isaacus Newton Eques
1787
Chronometer watch in silver case by John Arnold and Son
hallmarked 1788
Half-penny coin
1799
Hydrostatic balance by Jesse Ramsden, London, 1785-1789
1785-1789
Straight spectacles
1796-1797
Transverse folding spectacles
1796-1798
Vacuum Gauge by Boulton and Watt
1794
English wooden doll
circa 1780
Set of magnetical apparatus in case, by Adams
1790
Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772
1772 (original); 1919 (model)
'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799
1775-1799 (original); 1900-1907 (model)
Achromatic doublet lens with a focal length of 52 inches
1780
Replica of 16th century German 'Hund' wagon, 1986
1986 (replica); 1501-1600 (original)
Wax male anatomical figure
1776-1780
Wax male figure showing the muscles and bones of the body, Florence, Italy, 1776-1780
1776-1780
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
Half-penny coin
1799
Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement
1705-1737
Marine barometer by R.B. Bate
mid-1800s
Mezzotint portrait of John Bird
1776
Engraving of a demonstration to compare lightning conductor designs
1778-1780
Richard Arkwright
1790
Mrs. Sage
1785
Moon globe by John Russell;England;1797
1797