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Model of William Murdock's Oscillating Engine, 1785.

1785

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

Electrical chimes by George Adams

1781-1790

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

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

Joseph Priestley LLD FRS

1782

Praeclarissimus Isaacus Newton Eques

1787

Chronometer watch in silver case by John Arnold and Son

hallmarked 1788

Hydrostatic balance by Jesse Ramsden, London, 1785-1789

1785-1789

Set of magnetical apparatus in case, by Adams

1790

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Replica of 16th century German 'Hund' wagon, 1986

1986 (replica); 1501-1600 (original)

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

Richard Arkwright

1790

Mrs. Sage

1785

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Rotative Steam Engine by Boulton and Watt, 1788

1788

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

1705-1737

Theodolite used for the Principal Triangulation of Great Britain

1791

Mr Lunardi's New Balloon

1785

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Viewer microscope, with bead lens, in square body

1888-185

Silver vinaigrette

1790

Medal commemorating Joseph Priestley

1783

Haystack Steam Boiler, with accessories

1791

Improved Withering Botanic microscope

1790

Medal, silver, commemorating some operation for the King by Johann Chr. Ant. Theden

1787

Medal commemorating 50th anniversary of Joseph Priestley

1783

Bronze trade token

1791

Silver medal commemorating surgeon

1787

Circular silver medal

1783-1788

Circular silver medal

1787

Medal commemorating Carl Wilhelm Scheele

1786

Gold pendant

1789

Italian albarello vase

1791

Alabaster kohl pot

2000-1350

Albarello vase

1788

De Luc whalebone hygrometer by Hausmann, 1781.

1781

Harpenden pocket stadiometer sent out to Ludlow Boys' School as part of a series of nationwide measurements

1972-3

Chevalier Humguffier and the Marquis de Gull; excursion to the Moon in their new Aerial vehicle

1784

NEMA cryptography machine type T-D

1945-50

Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB

1990-95

Jean Pierre Blanchard

1785