Rotative Steam Engine by Boulton and Watt, 1788
1788
Telescope by Galileo (replica)
1610; 1923
Theodolite used for the Principal Triangulation of Great Britain
1791
Gold lever escapement watch by John Leroux
1785
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772
1772 (original); 1919 (model)
Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement
1705-1737
Model of William Murdock's Oscillating Engine, 1785.
1785
100 Link Steel Surveying Chain, 1784.
1784
‘Medico-Electrical Machine’ by Nairne and Blunt
1782-1793
Richard Arkwright
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
Lunardi's second balloon ascending from St. George's Fields, 1785
1785-1790
Parts from a constant-force escapement by Thomas Mudge
1785
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
Mrs. Sage
1785
Chronometer watch in silver case by John Arnold and Son
hallmarked 1788
Pivoted-detent escapement watch by Larcum Kendall
1786
Mr Lunardi's New Balloon
1785
Deck-watch used by Capt. George Vancouver on board HMS Discovery 1791-5
1791
Medal commemorating the first manned balloon flights
1784
Toothbrush set
1791-1792
Set of magnetical apparatus in case, by Adams
1790
Lever escapement watch by Josiah Emery
1792
Hydrostatic balance by Jesse Ramsden, London, 1785-1789
1785-1789
Millwright's measuring tool
around 1790
Musical table clock by Thwaites for Barraud
1788
Medal commemorating the Montgolfier unmanned balloon ascent
1783
Watch with spring detent escapement by John Arnold and Son
1788
Deck watch by John Arnold and Son
1790
Medal, Blanchard's balloon ascent, Nuremberg, Germany, 1787
1785
Gold minute repeating watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet
1784
Medal, 'Le Flesselles' Montgolfier balloon flight, Lyon, France, 19 January 1784
1784
Watch movement with spring detent escapement by John Arnold and Son
1787
Silver watch with unusual Robin escapement
1792
Verge watch in Staffordshire enamelled case by Ann Phillips
1790
Marine timekeeper with constant force escapement by Josiah Emery
1792
Medal commemorating the Montgolfier unmanned balloon ascent
1783
Medal, commemorating the first balloon ascents in Italy
1784
Marine chronometer movement by Brockbanks
1787
Silver watch by Brockbanks
1790
Medal commemorating balloon flight of Blanchard at Frankfurt
1785
Joseph Priestley LLD FRS
1782
The Rev Dr Priestley's House and Elaboratory
1792
Half-quarter repeating gold watch by Mudge and Dutton
1791
Grave marker, grave '221'
1860-1920
Brass casting, roughly cylindrical, three sinkings in surface
1782
Three curved rectangular form brass castings
1782
Reflecting telescope by William Herschel
1783-1785