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Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775

1775

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

1770

Rotative Steam Engine by Boulton and Watt, 1788

1788

Watt's end measuring machine

1776

Medal commemorating the first manned balloon flights

1784

Gold lever escapement watch by John Leroux

1785

Watch in a puddingstone, gold and diamond case by John Leroux

1775-1785

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

1780

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

1785

Medal commemorating balloon flight of Blanchard at Frankfurt

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

Model of William Murdock's Oscillating Engine, 1785.

1785

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

1778

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Spoon with folding handle

1778

Medal commemorating the Montgolfier unmanned balloon ascent

1783

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

Pivoted-detent escapement watch by Larcum Kendall

1786

Pivoted-detent escapement watch by John Arnold

1776

Watch movement with spring detent escapement by John Arnold and Son

1787

Flintlock pistol belonging to John Roger Arnold

1770-1780

Porcelain eyebath

1775-1785

Joseph Priestley LLD FRS

1782

Praeclarissimus Isaacus Newton Eques

1787

Chronometer watch in silver case by John Arnold and Son

hallmarked 1788

Rawhide bag for storing cinchona bark

1777-1785

Mezzotint: Portrait of John Arnold

1770

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Wood moulding plane, dated 1771

1771

English wooden doll

circa 1780

Engraving of a demonstration to compare lightning conductor designs

1778-1780

Gold minute repeating watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet

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

Mr Lunardi's New Balloon

1785

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

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

1787

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

Portrait of Thomas Mudge (c.1715 – 1794) after Nathaniel Dance

1770-1775

Portrait oil painting of John Arnold and family 1783-1787

1783-1787

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

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

1784