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Medal commemorating the Montgolfier unmanned balloon ascent

1783

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

Joseph Priestley LLD FRS

1782

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

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

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

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

Medal commemorating 50th anniversary of Joseph Priestley

1783

Engraving, Portrait of Sir Francis Bacon

1784

Bronze medal commemorating King Charles III of Spain

1783

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

1782

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 commemorating Joseph Priestley

1783

Bronze medal

1783

Circular bronze medal

1784

Circular silver medal

1783

Medal commemorating Lunardi balloon Ascent 14 September 1784

1784

Medal commemorating Joseph Priestley

1783

Medal, silver, commemorating Joseph Philip Dean 1780-1782

1782

Copy of Musschenbroek's Pyrometer (Dilatometer), 1700-1731.

1877 (copy); 1700-1731 (original)

Bronze Axehead from France, Bronze Age

2000-500 BCE

Bronze Spearhead without Shaft, European, Bronze Age

2000-500 BCE

Flint Knife and Scraper, Stone Age

8500-2000 BCE

Bronze Chisel-head, Britanny, France, Bronze Age

2000-500 BCE

Copper Axehead from Ancient Egypt, 1991-1786BC

1991-1786 BCE

Copper Axehead from Ancient Egypt, 1991-1786BC

1991-1786 BCE

Bronze Adze with Modern Wooden Handle, Bronze Age

2000-500 BCE

Twelve German jetons, 16th century.

1501-1600; 1978

The First Ascent of a Hydrogen Balloon from the Tuillerie

1783

Two wooden printing blocks

1800-1600