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Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775

1775

Rotative Steam Engine by Boulton and Watt, 1788

1788

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

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

1785-1790

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

1775-1785

Arkwright's Water Frame

1775

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

1785

Model of William Murdock's Oscillating Engine, 1785.

1785

Porcelain eyebath

1775-1785

Medal commemorating the Montgolfier unmanned balloon ascent

1783

Medal commemorating balloon flight of Blanchard at Frankfurt

1785

Watt's end measuring machine

1776

Joseph Priestley LLD FRS

1782

Praeclarissimus Isaacus Newton Eques

1787

Chronometer watch in silver case by John Arnold and Son

hallmarked 1788

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

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

1780

Hydrostatic balance by Jesse Ramsden, London, 1785-1789

1785-1789

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

1778

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

Deck watch by John Arnold and Son

1790

Verge watch in Staffordshire enamelled case by Ann Phillips

1790

Silver watch by Brockbanks

1790

Guilloché enamel watch displaying solar and sidereal time, by George Margetts

1790

Electrical chimes by George Adams

1781-1790

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Rawhide bag for storing cinchona bark

1777-1785

Spoon with folding handle

1778

Medal, commemorating the first balloon ascents in Italy

1784

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

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

Wood moulding plane, dated 1771

1771

Set of magnetical apparatus in case, by Adams

1790

Mr Lunardi's New Balloon

1785

Mezzotint portrait of John Bird

1776

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

1705-1737

Watch with spring detent escapement by John Arnold and Son

1788

Gold watch by Raymont

1772

Gold lever escapement watch by John Leroux

1785

Portrait oil painting of John Arnold and family 1783-1787

1783-1787