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Rotative Steam Engine by Boulton and Watt, 1788

1788

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

1784

Pivoted-detent escapement watch by Larcum Kendall

1786

Watch movement with spring detent escapement by John Arnold and Son

1787

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

1785

Chronometer watch in silver case by John Arnold and Son

hallmarked 1788

Model of William Murdock's Oscillating Engine, 1785.

1785

Praeclarissimus Isaacus Newton Eques

1787

100 Link Steel Surveying Chain, 1784.

1784

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Medal commemorating balloon flight of Blanchard at Frankfurt

1785

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Watch with spring detent escapement by John Arnold and Son

1788

Gold minute repeating watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet

1784

Gold lever escapement watch by John Leroux

1785

Parts from a constant-force escapement by Thomas Mudge

1785

Marine chronometer movement by Brockbanks

1787

Medal commemorating the first manned balloon flights

1784

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

1784

Medal, commemorating the first balloon ascents in Italy

1784

Mr Lunardi's New Balloon

1785

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Mrs. Sage

1785

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

1705-1737

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

Copy of Roman artificial leg, London, England, 1905-1915

300 BCE; 1905-1915

Chevalier Humguffier and the Marquis de Gull; excursion to the Moon in their new Aerial vehicle

1784

Air balloon as it ascended with Mr. Lunardi from the Artillery Ground

1784

Engraving, Portrait of Sir Francis Bacon

1784

John Whitehurst F.R.S.

1788

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

Spade' coin Guinea of George III

1788

Spade' coin Guinea of George III

1788

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Token - JOHN WILKINSON IRON MASTER

1788

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Joseph Priestley

1788

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