Satirical print of a failed balloon launch from Foley House, London in 1784
1784
Repeating clock-watch with dials on front and back by Gautrin, Paris
1780
Medal, Blanchard's balloon ascent, Nuremberg, Germany, 1787
1785
Model of William Murdock's Oscillating Engine, 1785.
1785
Joseph Priestley LLD FRS
1782
Portrait mezzotint print from engraving of Phelps Thomas and Bartlett John, 1778
1778
100 Link Steel Surveying Chain, 1784.
1784
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Spoon with folding handle
1778
Rawhide bag for storing cinchona bark
1777-1785
Medal commemorating the Montgolfier unmanned balloon ascent
1783
Medal commemorating balloon flight of Blanchard at Frankfurt
1785
Engraving of a demonstration to compare lightning conductor designs
1778-1780
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
English wooden doll
circa 1780
Gold minute repeating watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet
1784
Gold lever escapement watch by John Leroux
1785
Parts from a constant-force escapement by Thomas Mudge
1785
Medal commemorating the first manned balloon flights
1784
Medal commemorating the Montgolfier unmanned balloon ascent
1783
Medal, 'Le Flesselles' Montgolfier balloon flight, Lyon, France, 19 January 1784
1784
Medal, commemorating the first balloon ascents in Italy
1784
Mr Lunardi's New Balloon
1785
Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772
1772 (original); 1919 (model)
Mrs. Sage
1785
Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement
1705-1737
Achromatic doublet lens with a focal length of 52 inches
1780
'Dutch forgery' watch signed John Wilter
1780
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936
1936
Copy of Roman artificial leg, London, England, 1905-1915
300 BCE; 1905-1915
Chevalier Humguffier and the Marquis de Gull; excursion to the Moon in their new Aerial vehicle
1784
Universal microscope with case and lid
1782
Two brass automatic lancet
1781
De Luc whalebone hygrometer by Hausmann, 1781.
1781
Air balloon as it ascended with Mr. Lunardi from the Artillery Ground
1784
Engraving: Project d'une Travee en Fer de 300 pieds d'ouverture
1783
Engraving, Portrait of Sir Francis Bacon
1784
Portrait. J.R. Perronet. Engraving 1782
1782
Original drawing for the engraving by S.C. Miger of Charles
1783
Jean Pierre Blanchard
1785
Portrait. J.Buxton. Mezzotint 1781
1781
The First Ascent of a Hydrogen Balloon from the Tuillerie
1783
Quarter-Real coin of Charles III (Spain)
1778
Half-Real coin of Charles III (Spain)
1785
Guinea coin of George III
1779
Guinea coin of George III
1777
Guinea coin of George III
1777
Petit-Ecu of Three Livres coin of Louis XVI (France)
1780
Guinea coin of George III
1777