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Medal commemorating the Montgolfier unmanned balloon ascent

1783

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Spoon with folding handle

1778

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

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

Joseph Priestley LLD FRS

1782

Mural arc made for King George III

1770

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

1778

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

Engraving of a demonstration to compare lightning conductor designs

1778-1780

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)

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Wood moulding plane, dated 1771

1771

Medal, commemorating the first balloon ascents in Italy

1784

Arkwright's Water Frame

1775

Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775

1775

Print, ascent of a Montgolfier balloon

1783

Wax male anatomical figure

1776-1780

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

1776-1780

Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement

1705-1737

Mezzotint portrait of John Bird

1776

Octagonal wooden telescope with slot down one side and moveable eyepice

1772-1773

Chevalier Humguffier and the Marquis de Gull; excursion to the Moon in their new Aerial vehicle

1784

Oil paintings

1773

Oil paintings

1774

Set of lithotomy instruments in fishskin case

1771-1780

Circular instrument dividing engine

1778

Wax male anatomical figure

1776-1780

Ancient Egyptian flint saw, replica

circa 3000 BCE

Eman. Swedenborg. Anno aetatis J.F. Martin Sculps. Holmiae

1772

Navigator's Gunter scale in boxwood 24" long

circa 1775

Reversible axe on adze, green stone blade, North Papua (Astrolabe Bay)

2000 BCE

Mr Thomas Mudge

1772

Engraving: Project d'une Travee en Fer de 300 pieds d'ouverture

1783

Silver medal to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Diacon Oude Vrouwe and Mannen Huys

1783

Medal commemorating 50th anniversary of Joseph Priestley

1783

Silver medal to commemorate a storm off the Dutch coast

1775

Engraving, Portrait of Sir Francis Bacon

1784

Medal, silver, commemorating founding of a childrens educational home at Nice

1784

Portrait. J.R. Perronet. Engraving 1782

1782