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Medal, Blanchard's balloon ascent, Nuremberg, Germany, 1787

1785

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Medal commemorating balloon flight of Blanchard at Frankfurt

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

Gold minute repeating watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet

1784

Medal, commemorating the first balloon ascents in Italy

1784

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Medal commemorating the first manned balloon flights

1784

Medal, 'Le Flesselles' Montgolfier balloon flight, Lyon, France, 19 January 1784

1784

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

1705-1737

Gold lever escapement watch by John Leroux

1785

Parts from a constant-force escapement by Thomas Mudge

1785

Mrs. Sage

1785

Pendulum clock designed by Galileo in 1642 and made by his son in 1649, model.

1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB

1990-95

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

Model of Gutenberg's Press, 1430

1960-1979

Model of a Montgolfier Balloon, 1783

First Public Demonstration of a Montgolfier Balloon, 4th June, 1783.

1783; 1914

Engraving, portrait, Pilatre de Rozier

1786

Jean Pierre Blanchard

1785

Gold Louis d'Or coin of Louis XVI (France)

1786

Half-Real coin of Charles III (Spain)

1785

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Red granite drill core

2686-2613 BCE

Engraving, Portrait of John Locke Esq.

1786

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

1784

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

1784

Mr. Lunardi's celebrated Air-Balloon

1784

Dover Castle with the setting-off of the balloon to Calais

1785

Print, coloured. Experience du Vaisseau Volant de M. Blanchard le 2 mars

1784

Vue de la prairie de Billancourt

1784

An exact representation of Mr. Lunardi's balloon

1784-1786

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

1784

Viewer microscope, with bead lens, in square body

1888-185

NEMA cryptography machine type T-D

1945-50

One ticket. Entry ticket

1784

Machine Aerostatique

1784

One paper "Pattern for a Lady's pocket"

1784

The Flying Ship

1785

Earthenware jug

2000-1350

Earthenware oil jar

2000-1350

Earthenware oil jar

2000-1350

Earthenware oil jar

2000-1350

Earthenware dish

2000-1350

Alabaster kohl pot

2000-1350