Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)
1668; 1924
Telescope by Galileo (replica)
1610; 1923
Model of William Murdock's Oscillating Engine, 1785.
1785
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
Repeating clock-watch with dials on front and back by Gautrin, Paris
1780
Joseph Priestley LLD FRS
1782
Pendulum clock designed by Galileo in 1642 and made by his son in 1649, model.
1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)
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
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Spoon with folding handle
1778
Rawhide bag for storing cinchona bark
1777-1785
Mr Lunardi's New Balloon
1785
Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772
1772 (original); 1919 (model)
Print, ascent of a Montgolfier balloon
1783
Engraving of a demonstration to compare lightning conductor designs
1778-1780
Gold minute repeating watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet
1784
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
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Medal, commemorating the first balloon ascents in Italy
1784
Mrs. Sage
1785
Achromatic doublet lens with a focal length of 52 inches
1780
Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement
1705-1737
Gold lever escapement watch by John Leroux
1785
Parts from a constant-force escapement by Thomas Mudge
1785
'Dutch forgery' watch signed John Wilter
1780
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB
1990-95
Replica of Lightning Conductor by Benjamin Franklin, United States, 1730-1760
1730-1760 (original); 1931-1939 (replica)
Model Boat from Cyclades, 2800 BC
2800 BCE
Ancient Egyptian flint saw, replica
circa 3000 BCE
Half-Real coin of Charles III (Spain)
1785
Copy of clay liver used for divination, original from Babylon, 2050-1750 BCE
2050-1750 BCE
Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936
1936
Model of Sun and Planet Gearing
1782-1784
Copy of Roman artificial leg, London, England, 1905-1915
300 BCE; 1905-1915
Model of Gutenberg's Press, 1430
1960-1979
Model of a Phoenician bireme ship
1845-1964
Model of an Assyrian kelek or raft of inflated ox-hides, one of three models of Babylonian vessels of skin
700 BCE; 1931
Model of Iron Bridge, Coalbrookdale, Shropshire, 1784
1784
Mummy of a peregrine falcon, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE
2000-1001 BCE
Medal awarded by the Royal Humane Society, England, 1781
1781
Universal microscope with case and lid
1782
Length of red silk ribbon worn as a belt to promote general good health
1880-120