Hydrostatic balance by Jesse Ramsden, London, 1785-1789
1785-1789
Lunardi's second balloon ascending from St. George's Fields, 1785
1785-1790
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Satirical print of a failed balloon launch from Foley House, London in 1784
1784
Joseph Priestley LLD FRS
1782
Praeclarissimus Isaacus Newton Eques
1787
Chronometer watch in silver case by John Arnold and Son
hallmarked 1788
Electrical chimes by George Adams
1781-1790
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
100 Link Steel Surveying Chain, 1784.
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
Rotative Steam Engine by Boulton and Watt, 1788
1788
Mrs. Sage
1785
Engraving Carte de la Rade e Cherbourg levée en l'année 1787
1787
Print, ascent of a Montgolfier balloon
1783
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Medal, commemorating the first balloon ascents in Italy
1784
Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement
1705-1737
Set of magnetical apparatus in case, by Adams
1790
Richard Arkwright
1790
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)
Verge watch in Staffordshire enamelled case by Ann Phillips
1790
Watch movement with spring detent escapement by John Arnold and Son
1787
Deck watch by John Arnold and Son
1790
Guilloché enamel watch displaying solar and sidereal time, by George Margetts
1790
Harpenden pocket stadiometer sent out to Ludlow Boys' School as part of a series of nationwide measurements
1972-3
Wheel cutting machine with milling cutter
1789
Plano-convex brick, Ubaid, Iraq, c 2500 BC.
2500 BCE
Small stone scarab pierced longitudinally with flat base engraved with design of standing harpist and seated figure
2000-1000
Albarello vase
1788
Length of red silk ribbon worn as a belt to promote general good health
1880-120
Statue of goddess Vishnu
1800- 500 BCE
Forceps, spring-action, steel
1801-190
Clay tobacco pipe
1860-1715
Silver pap boat
1790
Gnomon sundial
1782
Mummified bird, Egypt, 2000-100 BCE
2000-100 BCE
Mummy of a crocodile, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE
2000-1001 BCE
Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB
1990-95
Sun-dial, analemmatic, inscribed
1784
Silver gilt pap boat
1790