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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

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Model of William Murdock's Oscillating Engine, 1785.

1785

Joseph Priestley LLD FRS

1782

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

1784

100 Link Steel Surveying Chain, 1784.

1784

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

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

English wooden doll

circa 1780

Mr Lunardi's New Balloon

1785

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

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

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

1990-95

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

Pendulum clock designed by Galileo in 1642 and made by his son in 1649, model.

1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)

Model of Gutenberg's Press, 1430

1960-1979

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

Specimens of linen, 1783-1784.

1783-1784

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

Engraving, Portrait of Sir Francis Bacon

1784

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 the founding of the Frisian Academy

1785

Copper medal

1781

Silver medal

1782

White metal token of the "Maison Philanthropique de Paris"

1781

Medal commemorating foundation of hospital for free education of 12 boys and 12 girls through generosity of Louis XVI

1784

Medal, silver, commemorating Etienne Pourfois du Petit

1782

Medal, silver, obverse strike only

1676; 1840-1865

Medal, bronze, commemorating Thomas le Vacher de la Feutrie

1780

Copper medal

1780

Bronze medal

1783

Circular bronze medal

1784

Circular silver medal

1783