Model of William Murdock's Oscillating Engine, 1785.
1785
Praeclarissimus Isaacus Newton Eques
1787
Chronometer watch in silver case by John Arnold and Son
hallmarked 1788
Hydrostatic balance by Jesse Ramsden, London, 1785-1789
1785-1789
Medal, Blanchard's balloon ascent, Nuremberg, Germany, 1787
1785
Medal commemorating balloon flight of Blanchard at Frankfurt
1785
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Lunardi's second balloon ascending from St. George's Fields, 1785
1785-1790
Set of magnetical apparatus in case, by Adams
1790
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Rotative Steam Engine by Boulton and Watt, 1788
1788
Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement
1705-1737
Mr Lunardi's New Balloon
1785
Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772
1772 (original); 1919 (model)
Richard Arkwright
1790
Mrs. Sage
1785
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
Engraving Carte de la Rade e Cherbourg levée en l'année 1787
1787
Wooden backstaff or Davis quadrant made by John Gilbert on Tower Hill
1730; 1967
Harpenden pocket stadiometer sent out to Ludlow Boys' School as part of a series of nationwide measurements
1972-3
Plano-convex brick, Ubaid, Iraq, c 2500 BC.
2500 BCE
Length of red silk ribbon worn as a belt to promote general good health
1880-120
Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB
1990-95
Replica of Islamic Astrolabe
1066; 1876
Silver vinaigrette
1786
Silver vinaigrette
1790
Engraving, Portrait of John Locke Esq.
1786
NEMA cryptography machine type T-D
1945-50
Hydrostatical and Chemical Balance (c. 1790)
1790
Box and weights for money changer's scales
1790
Excavated neolithic flint perhaps used for trephination
3000-1500
copy of a gold cup.
3000-2000 BCE
A view of the black-lead mine in Cumberland
1787
Reversible axe on adze, green stone blade, North Papua (Astrolabe Bay)
2000 BCE
John Whitehurst F.R.S.
1788
Silver medal
1790
Circular white metal medal
1789
Bronze medal to commemorate Louis XVI and the National Assembly
1789
Yellow metal (copper ?) medal, Deans medal of Pari
1787
Medal, silver, commemorating Edmond-Claude Bourru
1788
Medal, silver, possibly advertising trade token for Maison Philanthropique de Versailles
1786
Silver medal
1789
Medal, silvered, Hippocrates
1789
Engraving, portrait, Pilatre de Rozier
1786
Print: etching
1787
Jean Pierre Blanchard
1785
Silver medal commemorating the Maison Philanthropique de Versailles
1786
Improved Withering Botanic microscope
1790
Precision Balance, in mahogany and glass case
1788
Gold Louis d'Or coin of Louis XVI (France)
1786