Model of William Murdock's Oscillating Engine, 1785.
1785
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
100 Link Steel Surveying Chain, 1784.
1784
Spoon with folding handle
1778
Rawhide bag for storing cinchona bark
1777-1785
Joseph Priestley LLD FRS
1782
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
Satirical print of a failed balloon launch from Foley House, London in 1784
1784
English wooden doll
circa 1780
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
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
Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement
1705-1737
Mr Lunardi's New Balloon
1785
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
Engraving of a demonstration to compare lightning conductor designs
1778-1780
Mrs. Sage
1785
Medal, commemorating the first balloon ascents in Italy
1784
Chevalier Humguffier and the Marquis de Gull; excursion to the Moon in their new Aerial vehicle
1784
Universal microscope with case and lid
1782
Wooden backstaff or Davis quadrant made by John Gilbert on Tower Hill
1730; 1967
Mortar, stoneware, impressed "Wedgwood & Bentley" and "2"
1780
Harpenden pocket stadiometer sent out to Ludlow Boys' School as part of a series of nationwide measurements
1972-3
Plano-convex brick, Ubaid, Iraq, c 2500 BC.
2500 BCE
Length of red silk ribbon worn as a belt to promote general good health
1880-120
Two bladed fleam
1781
Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB
1990-95
Replica of Islamic Astrolabe
1066; 1876
M. Charles and M. Robert leaving the Tuilleries by balloon
1783
The Aerostatic Globe
1783
The blacksmith and knifegrinder, with ... Wortley's pavilion etc. in Hyde Park
1780
Viewer microscope, with bead lens, in square body
1888-185
NEMA cryptography machine type T-D
1945-50
One ticket. Entry ticket
1784
Compound microscope signed J. D. V. Fokkenberg Fecit Utrecht 1777
1777
Frictional electrostatic machine
1780
Coin balance with iron beam
1779
Excavated neolithic flint perhaps used for trephination
3000-1500
Dicas hydrometer with weights
1781
Ascent of the 19th September 1783, at Versailles
1783
Water-colour, oval, contemporary. Montgolfier at Annonay
1783
Aerostat le Marseillois
1784
Ascension du ballon des freres Montgolfier a Paris 1783
1783
[Montgolfier] Voyage Aerien faite a Lyon 1784
1784