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
Portrait mezzotint print from engraving of Phelps Thomas and Bartlett John, 1778
1778
Section of lightning conductor from St Paul’s cathedral
1769
‘Medico-Electrical Machine’ by Nairne and Blunt
1782-1793
Watt's end measuring machine
1776
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
Expedition Crane
1764
Chronometer watch in silver case by John Arnold and Son
hallmarked 1788
Mural arc made for King George III
1770
Hydrostatic balance by Jesse Ramsden, London, 1785-1789
1785-1789
Electrical chimes by George Adams
1781-1790
Wax male figure showing the arteries of the body, Florence, Italy, 1776-1780
1776-1780
Spoon with folding handle
1778
Model of William Murdock's Oscillating Engine, 1785.
1785
Wax male figure showing the muscles of the body
1776-1780
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Rawhide bag for storing cinchona bark
1777-1785
Porcelain eyebath
1775-1785
Wax male figure showing the veins and some organs of the body, Florence, Italy, 1776-1780
1776-1780
Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement
1705-1737
Set of magnetical apparatus in case, by Adams
1790
Silver microscope by George Adams, c. 1761.
1763
Mezzotint portrait of John Bird
1776
English wooden doll
circa 1780
Engraving of a demonstration to compare lightning conductor designs
1778-1780
Richard Arkwright
1790
Mrs. Sage
1785
Magnetic toy by George Adams
1765
Theodolite used for the Principal Triangulation of Great Britain
1791
Mr Lunardi's New Balloon
1785
Mezzotint: Portrait of John Arnold
1770
Achromatic doublet lens with a focal length of 52 inches
1780
Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772
1772 (original); 1919 (model)
The Rev Dr Priestley's House and Elaboratory
1792
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Ornate circumcision knife with ivory handle
1775-1785
Toothbrush set
1791-1792
Wood moulding plane, dated 1771
1771
Arkwright's prototype spinning machine, 1769.
1769
Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775
1775
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
Wax male anatomical figure
1776-1780