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Medal commemorating the Montgolfier unmanned balloon ascent

1783

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

1778

Watt's end measuring machine

1776

Joseph Priestley LLD FRS

1782

Wax male figure showing the arteries of the body, Florence, Italy, 1776-1780

1776-1780

Spoon with folding handle

1778

Wax male figure showing the muscles of the body

1776-1780

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Wax male figure showing the veins and some organs 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

English wooden doll

circa 1780

Engraving of a demonstration to compare lightning conductor designs

1778-1780

Achromatic doublet lens with a focal length of 52 inches

1780

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775

1775

Medal commemorating the Montgolfier unmanned balloon ascent

1783

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

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Axe head shaped flint

10000-5000 BCE

Iron Weight

1910-130

Verge repeating watch

1713-1750

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

1783

Medal, silver, commemorating Joseph Philip Dean 1780-1782

1782

Silver medal commemorating a terrible flood of 20 and 21st November 1776 but location unknown

1776-1777

Verge watch in case with pendulum balance

1776

Engraved plate from the European Magazine

1783

Copper medal commemorating Thomas Le Vacher de la Feutrie as dean of Paris medical school 1779 to 1780

1780

Compound microscope signed J. D. V. Fokkenberg Fecit Utrecht 1777

1777

Urania Coeli

1781

Cylinder watch in pair case

1692-1730

Mortar, stoneware, impressed "Wedgwood & Bentley" and "2"

1780

Dicas hydrometer with weights

1781

Print, etching of Night scene in European city

1940-1050

Engraving : La Melancholie

1780

Portrait. J.R. Perronet. Engraving 1782

1782

La Caisse des Balons ou les Commis Effrayes

1783

Flint hand tool

8500-2000 BCE

The Aerostatick Stage Balloon

1783

Spindle with Whorl, Stone Age

5000-500 BCE

The blacksmith and knifegrinder, with ... Wortley's pavilion etc. in Hyde Park

1780

Red granite drill core

2686-2613 BCE

Diorama of Grimes Graves Flint Mine, 2000 BC

2000 BCE

Balloon ascending from the Chateau de la Luette. Engraving by Esnauts and Rapilly

1783

Small Stone Age

8500-2000 BCE

Print, line engraving. WILLIAM HARVEY, M.D.

1777

Flint hand tool, flake type, Stone Age.

8500-2000 BCE