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Medal commemorating the Montgolfier unmanned balloon ascent

1783

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

1785

Medal commemorating balloon flight of Blanchard at Frankfurt

1785

Model of William Murdock's Oscillating Engine, 1785.

1785

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

100 Link Steel Surveying Chain, 1784.

1784

Satirical print of a failed balloon launch from Foley House, London in 1784

1784

Rawhide bag for storing cinchona bark

1777-1785

Spoon with folding handle

1778

Joseph Priestley LLD FRS

1782

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

1778

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

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

1705-1737

Engraving of a demonstration to compare lightning conductor designs

1778-1780

Mr Lunardi's New Balloon

1785

Achromatic doublet lens with a focal length of 52 inches

1780

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Medal, commemorating the first balloon ascents in Italy

1784

Mrs. Sage

1785

Print, ascent of a Montgolfier balloon

1783

Jonathan Hull's 'A Description and Draught of a Newly-Invented Machine'

1850-1899

Chevalier Humguffier and the Marquis de Gull; excursion to the Moon in their new Aerial vehicle

1784

Apothecary's balance with steel beam and hallmarked silver pans in rectangular wooden case

1779-1782

Apothecary's balance

1778-1780

Circular instrument dividing engine

1778

Model of Ggantija megalithic temple on the Maltese island of Gozo, 3000-2500 BC.

3000-2500 BCE

Ancient Egyptian flint saw, replica

circa 3000 BCE

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

2000 BCE

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

1783

Silver medal to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Diacon Oude Vrouwe and Mannen Huys

1783

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

1777

Medal commemorating 50th anniversary of Joseph Priestley

1783

Engraving, Portrait of Sir Francis Bacon

1784

Mr. Arnold & his Balloon

1785

Bronze medal commemorating King Charles III of Spain

1783

Silver medal commemorating centenary of founding of Berlin College of Medicine under Margrave

1785

Medal, silver, commemorating founding of a childrens educational home at Nice

1784

Portrait. J.R. Perronet. Engraving 1782

1782

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

1783

M Charles

1784

Silver medal commemorating Jean Charles Desessartz

1778

1/2 Cinquina bronze coin

1777

Bronze medal to commemorate the sailing of the frigates Boussole and Astrolabe from Brest

1778-1785

Bronze prize medal awarded by university founded by M. Le Marechal de Mailly

1778

Silver medal or token designed by C.M.

1777