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Watt's end measuring machine

1776

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

Joseph Priestley LLD FRS

1782

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

1778

Medal commemorating the Montgolfier unmanned balloon ascent

1783

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Spoon with folding handle

1778

English wooden doll

circa 1780

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Arkwright's Water Frame

1775

Wax male anatomical figure

1776-1780

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

1776-1780

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

1705-1737

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775

1775

Medal commemorating the Montgolfier unmanned balloon ascent

1783

Mezzotint portrait of John Bird

1776

Engraving of a demonstration to compare lightning conductor designs

1778-1780

Achromatic doublet lens with a focal length of 52 inches

1780

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Print, ascent of a Montgolfier balloon

1783

Universal microscope with case and lid

1782

Wooden backstaff or Davis quadrant made by John Gilbert on Tower Hill

1730; 1967

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

1780

Harpenden pocket stadiometer sent out to Ludlow Boys' School as part of a series of nationwide measurements

1972-3

Plano-convex brick, Ubaid, Iraq, c 2500 BC.

2500 BCE

Length of red silk ribbon worn as a belt to promote general good health

1880-120

Two bladed fleam

1781

Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB

1990-95

Steelyard balance for weighing gold coins

1775

Replica of Islamic Astrolabe

1066; 1876

M. Charles and M. Robert leaving the Tuilleries by balloon

1783

The Aerostatic Globe

1783

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

1780

NEMA cryptography machine type T-D

1945-50

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

1777

Mariner's compass

circa 1775

Frictional electrostatic machine

1780

Coin balance with iron beam

1779

Excavated neolithic flint perhaps used for trephination

3000-1500

Dicas hydrometer with weights

1781

copy of a gold cup.

3000-2000 BCE

Reversible axe on adze, green stone blade, North Papua (Astrolabe Bay)

2000 BCE

Silver medal to commemorate a storm off the Dutch coast

1775

Portrait. J.R. Perronet. Engraving 1782

1782

Original drawing for the engraving by S.C. Miger of Charles

1783

Bronze medal commemorating the coronation of King Louis XVI in 1775

1775

Silver medal commemorating Jean Charles Desessartz

1778