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
Half-penny coin
1806
East Indiaman Herefordshire
1815
Portrait mezzotint print from engraving of Phelps Thomas and Bartlett John, 1778
1778
Section of lightning conductor from St Paul’s cathedral
1769
The Improved Pedometer or Waywiser
1765-1806
Ready reckoner for ship's cargoes
1807
‘Medico-Electrical Machine’ by Nairne and Blunt
1782-1793
Watt's end measuring machine
1776
Two Perkins 'tractors'
1795-1805
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
Reproduction in wood. No 127
1808
Pocket globe in case by Dudley Adams
1799-1802
Reproduction in wood, Dr Joseph Black
1809
Seal die, Ashby De La Zouch Canal Company
1794
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
Slide rule for exchange of weights and measures
1815
'Bell-crank' engine, c. 1799
1795-1805 (original)
Mural arc made for King George III
1770
Conjectural model of Trevithick's locomotive 'Catch-me-who-can'
1808
Chronometer in Gold Case by Thomas Earnsham, 1795-1810
1795-1810
Stanhope square demonstrator, c.1805.
circa 1805
Filar micrometer by William Herschel, 1780-1800
1780-1800
Scientific Researches! - New Discoveries in Pneumaticks! - or, an Experimental Lecture on the Powers of Air
1802
Hedley's experimental model for testing adhesion.
1812
Weights and measures
1805
Straight spectacles
1796-1797
Transverse folding spectacles
1796-1798
Creamware plate
1771-1800
Hydrostatic balance by Jesse Ramsden, London, 1785-1789
1785-1789
Child's spinal support, Europe, 1771-1800
1771-1800
Five wooden molecular model balls
circa 1810
Oval snuff box, England, 1807
1807
Electrical chimes by George Adams
1781-1790
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
Spoon with folding handle
1778
Model of William Murdock's Oscillating Engine, 1785.
1785
Netsuke depicting man with moxa on leg
1771-1800
Cuff-type compound microscope
1790-1810
Wax male figure showing the muscles of the body
1776-1780
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE