Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)
1668; 1924
Telescope by Galileo (replica)
1610; 1923
Joseph Priestley LLD FRS
1782
Medal commemorating the Montgolfier unmanned balloon ascent
1783
Satirical print of a failed balloon launch from Foley House, London in 1784
1784
100 Link Steel Surveying Chain, 1784.
1784
Pendulum clock designed by Galileo in 1642 and made by his son in 1649, model.
1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
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
Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772
1772 (original); 1919 (model)
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Medal, commemorating the first balloon ascents in Italy
1784
Print, ascent of a Montgolfier balloon
1783
Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement
1705-1737
Gold minute repeating watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet
1784
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
Model of Sun and Planet Gearing
1782-1784
Ancient Egyptian flint saw, replica
circa 3000 BCE
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 Iron Bridge, Coalbrookdale, Shropshire, 1784
1784
Copy of Roman artificial leg, London, England, 1905-1915
300 BCE; 1905-1915
Model of Gutenberg's Press, 1430
1960-1979
Mummy of a peregrine falcon, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE
2000-1001 BCE
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
Reproduction of Joseph Priestley's oxygen apparatus
1774; 1923
'Military Surgical Instruments', published Vienna, Austria, 1782
1782
Universal microscope with case and lid
1782
Length of red silk ribbon worn as a belt to promote general good health
1880-120
Forceps, spring-action, steel
1801-190
Clay tobacco pipe
1860-1715
Sun-dial, analemmatic, inscribed
1784
Egyptian weight, 12th Dynasty
circa 1800 BCE
Verge repeating watch
1713-1750
Cylinder watch in pair case
1692-1730
Replica of Islamic Astrolabe
1066; 1876
Caricature. Montgolfier in the Clouds. Constructing of air balloon for the Grand Monarque
1784
Two washers
15/7/27
Stop watch movement
hallmarked 1784
Two washers
15/7/27
One line engraving: Ascent of a Montgolfier balloon
1784
Engraving of Graving dock
1840-160
Polished stone (Chert) weight from excavations at Mohenjodaro
circa 3000 BCE
Pottery vase found at Nihawnad, Persia
3000 BCE