Rotative Steam Engine by Boulton and Watt, 1788
1788
Gold lever escapement watch by John Leroux
1785
Medal commemorating the first manned balloon flights
1784
Praeclarissimus Isaacus Newton Eques
1787
Chronometer watch in silver case by John Arnold and Son
hallmarked 1788
Model of William Murdock's Oscillating Engine, 1785.
1785
Satirical print of a failed balloon launch from Foley House, London in 1784
1784
100 Link Steel Surveying Chain, 1784.
1784
Pivoted-detent escapement watch by Larcum Kendall
1786
Watch movement with spring detent escapement by John Arnold and Son
1787
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
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
Mr Lunardi's New Balloon
1785
Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772
1772 (original); 1919 (model)
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Engraving Carte de la Rade e Cherbourg levée en l'année 1787
1787
Mrs. Sage
1785
Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement
1705-1737
Watch with spring detent escapement by John Arnold and Son
1788
Gold minute repeating watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet
1784
Portrait oil painting of John Arnold and family 1783-1787
1783-1787
Parts from a constant-force escapement by Thomas Mudge
1785
Marine chronometer movement by Brockbanks
1787
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
Medal commemorating the Montgolfier unmanned balloon ascent
1783
Medal, 'Le Flesselles' Montgolfier balloon flight, Lyon, France, 19 January 1784
1784
Medal, commemorating the first balloon ascents in Italy
1784
Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)
1668; 1924
Pendulum clock designed by Galileo in 1642 and made by his son in 1649, model.
1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)
View of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
1783
Copy of clay liver used for divination, original from Babylon, 2050-1750 BCE
2050-1750 BCE
Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB
1990-95
Telescope by Galileo (replica)
1610; 1923
Model of an Assyrian kelek or raft of inflated ox-hides, one of three models of Babylonian vessels of skin
700 BCE; 1931
Model of Mud House
6000-5000BCE
Model of Gutenberg's Press, 1430
1960-1979
Model of a Phoenician bireme ship
1845-1964
Burial mask of Agamemnon, Greek, c. 1550 BCE
1600-1500 BCE (original); 1900-1914 (copy)
Flymo Super Professional 47 rotary air cushion mower
1979-80
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
Reproduction of Joseph Priestley's oxygen apparatus
1774; 1923
Gold amulet in the form of Duamutef, Egypt, 2000-100 BCE
2000-100 BCE
Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936
1936
Wooden backstaff or Davis quadrant made by John Gilbert on Tower Hill
1730; 1967
Specimens of linen, 1783-1784.
1783-1784
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