Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775
1775
Marine Timekeeper known as 'H5' by John Harrison and Son 1770
1770
Brunel, Marc Isambard
1769 - 1849
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
Joseph Priestley LLD FRS
1782
Portrait mezzotint print from engraving of Phelps Thomas and Bartlett John, 1778
1778
Mural arc made for King George III
1770
Satirical print of a failed balloon launch from Foley House, London in 1784
1784
100 Link Steel Surveying Chain, 1784.
1784
Section of lightning conductor from St Paul’s cathedral
1769
Model of William Murdock's Oscillating Engine, 1785.
1785
Pivoted-detent escapement watch by John Arnold
1776
Flintlock pistol belonging to John Roger Arnold
1770-1780
Repeating clock-watch with dials on front and back by Gautrin, Paris
1780
Gold repoussé watch depicting the Choice of Hercules, by John Ellicott
1767
Musical table clock by Thwaites for Barraud
1767
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Spoon with folding handle
1778
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
Wax male figure showing the arteries of the body, Florence, Italy, 1776-1780
1776-1780
Wax male figure showing the muscles of the body
1776-1780
Watt's end measuring machine
1776
Mr Lunardi's New Balloon
1785
Mezzotint: Portrait of John Arnold
1770
Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772
1772 (original); 1919 (model)
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Ornate circumcision knife with ivory handle
1775-1785
Wood moulding plane, dated 1771
1771
English wooden doll
circa 1780
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
Medal, commemorating the first balloon ascents in Italy
1784
Octagonal wooden telescope with slot down one side and moveable eyepice
1772-1773
Portrait of Thomas Mudge (c.1715 – 1794) after Nathaniel Dance
1770-1775
Wax male figure showing the muscles and bones of the body, Florence, Italy, 1776-1780
1776-1780
Wax male anatomical figure
1776-1780
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
Gold minute repeating watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet
1784
Table clock by Johnson
1775-1785
Gold watch by Raymont
1772
Keys to the Clockmakers Company chest
1766
Gold lever escapement watch by John Leroux
1785
Watch in a puddingstone, gold and diamond case by John Leroux
1775-1785
Gold and enamel pair cased watch by Justin Vulliamy
1775
Parts from a constant-force escapement by Thomas Mudge
1785