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
Joseph Priestley LLD FRS
1782
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
Model of William Murdock's Oscillating Engine, 1785.
1785
Repeating clock-watch with dials on front and back by Gautrin, Paris
1780
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Spoon with folding handle
1778
Mr Lunardi's New Balloon
1785
Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772
1772 (original); 1919 (model)
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
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
Medal, commemorating the first balloon ascents in Italy
1784
Print, ascent of a Montgolfier balloon
1783
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
Engraving of a demonstration to compare lightning conductor designs
1778-1780
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
'Dutch forgery' watch signed John Wilter
1780
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
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
Reproduction of Joseph Priestley's oxygen apparatus
1774; 1923
Apothecary's balance
1778-1780
Pendulum clock designed by Galileo in 1642 and made by his son in 1649, model.
1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)
Universal microscope with case and lid
1782
Gold amulet in the form of Duamutef, Egypt, 2000-100 BCE
2000-100 BCE
Regulator clock made by Vulliamy for King George III
1780
Roman stone water main
30
Morse Code Signal Lamp
1785
Replica of Roman equal-arm balance, from Pompeii, 79 AD
1-79 CE; before 1914
Steel urethrotome
1801-1700
Tobacco resuscitator kit, England, 1785
1785
Model of Sun and Planet Gearing
1782-1784
Model of an Egyptian boat in XII Dynasty Tomb
1991-1783 BCE
Spindle with Whorl, Stone Age
5000-500 BCE
Stone slab with seven holes for cosmetic ointments, Egypt, 1991-1786 BCE
1991-1786 BCE
Bronze medal to commemorate quarantine(?) from epi
1784
Copy of forceps made from an Egyptian sculpture, Kom-Ombos, Egypt, 1901-1936
1901-1936; 180 BCE
Casts of Chinese zodiac figures (Tang dynasty)
1871-1900 (copy); 618-907 CE (original)
Casts of Chinese zodiac figures (Tang dynasty)
1871-1900 (copy); 618-907 CE (original)