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Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775

1775

Marine Timekeeper known as 'H5' by John Harrison and Son 1770

1770

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

1784

Pivoted-detent escapement watch by John Arnold

1776

Repeating clock-watch with dials on front and back by Gautrin, Paris

1780

Medal, Blanchard's balloon ascent, Nuremberg, Germany, 1787

1785

Model of William Murdock's Oscillating Engine, 1785.

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

Joseph Priestley LLD FRS

1782

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

1778

Watt's end measuring machine

1776

Mural arc made for King George III

1770

100 Link Steel Surveying Chain, 1784.

1784

Flintlock pistol belonging to John Roger Arnold

1770-1780

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

Medal commemorating the Montgolfier unmanned balloon ascent

1783

Medal commemorating balloon flight of Blanchard at Frankfurt

1785

Engraving of a demonstration to compare lightning conductor designs

1778-1780

Wood moulding plane, dated 1771

1771

Mezzotint: Portrait of John Arnold

1770

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

English wooden doll

circa 1780

Gold minute repeating watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet

1784

Gold watch by Raymont

1772

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

Chronometer movement by John Arnold

1775

Marine chronometer by John Arnold

1771

Medal commemorating the first manned balloon flights

1784

Medal commemorating the Montgolfier unmanned balloon ascent

1783

Medal, 'Le Flesselles' Montgolfier balloon flight, Lyon, France, 19 January 1784

1784

Medal, commemorating the first balloon ascents in Italy

1784

Wax male anatomical figure

1776-1780

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

1776-1780

Arkwright's Water Frame

1775

Mr Lunardi's New Balloon

1785

Mezzotint portrait of John Bird

1776

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Octagonal wooden telescope with slot down one side and moveable eyepice

1772-1773

Mrs. Sage

1785

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

1705-1737

Achromatic doublet lens with a focal length of 52 inches

1780

Table clock by Johnson

1775-1785