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Hydrostatic balance by Jesse Ramsden, London, 1785-1789

1785-1789

Portrait mezzotint print from engraving of Phelps Thomas and Bartlett John, 1778

1778

‘Medico-Electrical Machine’ by Nairne and Blunt

1782-1793

Lunardi's second balloon ascending from St. George's Fields, 1785

1785-1790

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

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Watt's end measuring machine

1776

Satirical print of a failed balloon launch from Foley House, London in 1784

1784

Divers Projets

1798

Stipple-engraved portrait of Margaret Bryan and two children

1797

Seal die, Ashby De La Zouch Canal Company

1794

Rawhide bag for storing cinchona bark

1777-1785

Spoon with folding handle

1778

Joseph Priestley LLD FRS

1782

Praeclarissimus Isaacus Newton Eques

1787

Chronometer watch in silver case by John Arnold and Son

hallmarked 1788

Mural arc made for King George III

1770

Half-penny coin

1799

Straight spectacles

1796-1797

Transverse folding spectacles

1796-1798

Porcelain eyebath

1775-1785

Electrical chimes by George Adams

1781-1790

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

Section of lightning conductor from St Paul’s cathedral

1769

100 Link Steel Surveying Chain, 1784.

1784

Vacuum Gauge by Boulton and Watt

1794

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

Half-penny coin

1799

Rotative Steam Engine by Boulton and Watt, 1788

1788

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

1775-1799 (original); 1900-1907 (model)

Six Bramah lock drilling templates, on pine (wood) board

circa 1795

Moon globe by John Russell;England;1797

1797

Mrs. Sage

1785

Wax male anatomical figure

1776-1780

Wax male figure showing the muscles and bones of the body, Florence, Italy, 1776-1780

1776-1780

Silver pill box, Birmingham, England, 1797

1797

Arkwright's Water Frame

1775

Pedometer by Spencer & Perkins

1775-1794

Theodolite used for the Principal Triangulation of Great Britain

1791

Engraving Carte de la Rade e Cherbourg levée en l'année 1787

1787

Print, ascent of a Montgolfier balloon

1783

Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775

1775