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
Section of lightning conductor from St Paul’s cathedral
1769
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
Joseph Priestley LLD FRS
1782
Praeclarissimus Isaacus Newton Eques
1787
Expedition Crane
1764
Chronometer watch in silver case by John Arnold and Son
hallmarked 1788
Mural arc made for King George III
1770
Portrait mezzotint print from engraving of Phelps Thomas and Bartlett John, 1778
1778
Lunardi's second balloon ascending from St. George's Fields, 1785
1785-1790
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Spoon with folding handle
1778
Watt's end measuring machine
1776
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
Porcelain eyebath
1775-1785
Model of William Murdock's Oscillating Engine, 1785.
1785
Hydrostatic balance by Jesse Ramsden, London, 1785-1789
1785-1789
English wooden doll
circa 1780
Mezzotint: Portrait of John Arnold
1770
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Wood moulding plane, dated 1771
1771
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
Arkwright's Water Frame
1775
Engraving Carte de la Rade e Cherbourg levée en l'année 1787
1787
Set of magnetical apparatus in case, by Adams
1790
Engraving of a demonstration to compare lightning conductor designs
1778-1780
Print, ascent of a Montgolfier balloon
1783
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
Silver microscope by George Adams, c. 1761.
1763
Mezzotint portrait of John Bird
1776
Magnetic toy by George Adams
1765
Mr Lunardi's New Balloon
1785
Octagonal wooden telescope with slot down one side and moveable eyepice
1772-1773
Wax male anatomical figure
1776-1780
Wax male figure showing the muscles and bones of the body, Florence, Italy, 1776-1780
1776-1780
Rotative Steam Engine by Boulton and Watt, 1788
1788
Richard Arkwright
1790
Theodolite used for the Principal Triangulation of Great Britain
1791