Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775
1775
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
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Watt's end measuring machine
1776
Spoon with folding handle
1778
Model of William Murdock's Oscillating Engine, 1785.
1785
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
Rawhide bag for storing cinchona bark
1777-1785
Porcelain eyebath
1775-1785
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
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
Ornate circumcision knife with ivory handle
1775-1785
Wax male anatomical figure
1776-1780
Wax male figure showing the muscles and bones of the body, Florence, Italy, 1776-1780
1776-1780
Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772
1772 (original); 1919 (model)
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
English wooden doll
circa 1780
Mr Lunardi's New Balloon
1785
Mezzotint: Portrait of John Arnold
1770
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Wood moulding plane, dated 1771
1771
Octagonal wooden telescope with slot down one side and moveable eyepice
1772-1773
Arkwright's Water Frame
1775
Print, ascent of a Montgolfier balloon
1783
Mrs. Sage
1785
Achromatic doublet lens with a focal length of 52 inches
1780
Mezzotint portrait of John Bird
1776
Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement
1705-1737
Engraving of a demonstration to compare lightning conductor designs
1778-1780
Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB
1990-95
Watch in a puddingstone, gold and diamond case by John Leroux
1775-1785
Telescope by Galileo (replica)
1610; 1923
Pendulum clock designed by Galileo in 1642 and made by his son in 1649, model.
1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)
Marine Timekeeper known as 'H5' by John Harrison and Son 1770
1770
Model of Gutenberg's Press, 1430
1960-1979
Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)
1668; 1924
HMS Portland
1774
HMS Intrepid
1774
HMS Experiment
1775