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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

100 Link Steel Surveying Chain, 1784.

1784

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

1784

Model of William Murdock's Oscillating Engine, 1785.

1785

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement

1705-1737

Mrs. Sage

1785

Mr Lunardi's New Balloon

1785

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

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

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Axe head shaped flint

10000-5000 BCE

Iron Weight

1910-130

Verge repeating watch

1713-1750

Engraving: Project d'une Travee en Fer de 300 pieds d'ouverture

1783

Engraved plate from the European Magazine

1783

Engraving, Ascent of Mr. Lunardi's celebrated air balloon

1784

Cylinder watch in pair case

1692-1730

Print, etching of Night scene in European city

1940-1050

Du Globe Aerostatique

1785

La Caisse des Balons ou les Commis Effrayes

1783

Flint hand tool

8500-2000 BCE

The Aerostatick Stage Balloon

1783

Spindle with Whorl, Stone Age

5000-500 BCE

M Charles

1784

One line engraving: Ascent of a Montgolfier balloon

1784

Red granite drill core

2686-2613 BCE

Mr. Biggins and Mrs. Sage

1785

Diorama of Grimes Graves Flint Mine, 2000 BC

2000 BCE

Balloon ascending from the Chateau de la Luette. Engraving by Esnauts and Rapilly

1783

Small Stone Age

8500-2000 BCE

Flint hand tool, flake type, Stone Age.

8500-2000 BCE

M. Charles and M. Robert leaving the Tuilleries by balloon

1783

The Three Favorite Aerial Travellers

1785

Flint hand tool, side-scraper, made in the Stone Age.

8500-2000 BCE

Original drawing for the engraving by S.C. Miger of Charles

1783

Print, Caricature. Embrasement Deplorable de la Machine Aerostatique de o Srs. Nicolan et Janinet le Dimanche 11 Juillet

1784

Small Stone Age

8500-2000 BCE

Engraving, Portrait of Sir Francis Bacon

1784

Flint hand tool, side-scraper, made in the Stone Age.

8500-2000 BCE

Print, plain. The air balloon as it ascended with Mr. Lunardi from the Artillery ground

1784

View of Newcastle-upon-Tyne

1783

Print, plain. View of the ascent of Mr. Lunardi's celebrated air balloon from the Artillery ground

1784

Flint hand tool, core-type, Stone Age.

8500-2000 BCE