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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

Portrait mezzotint print from engraving of Phelps Thomas and Bartlett John, 1778

1778

Section of lightning conductor from St Paul’s cathedral

1769

‘Medico-Electrical Machine’ by Nairne and Blunt

1782-1793

Watt's end measuring machine

1776

100 Link Steel Surveying Chain, 1784.

1784

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

1784

Lunardi's second balloon ascending from St. George's Fields, 1785

1785-1790

Joseph Priestley LLD FRS

1782

Praeclarissimus Isaacus Newton Eques

1787

Expedition Crane

1764

Chronometer watch in silver case by John Arnold and Son

hallmarked 1788

Mural arc made for King George III

1770

Hydrostatic balance by Jesse Ramsden, London, 1785-1789

1785-1789

Electrical chimes by George Adams

1781-1790

Wax male figure showing the arteries of the body, Florence, Italy, 1776-1780

1776-1780

Spoon with folding handle

1778

Model of William Murdock's Oscillating Engine, 1785.

1785

Wax male figure showing the muscles of the body

1776-1780

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Rawhide bag for storing cinchona bark

1777-1785

Porcelain eyebath

1775-1785

Wax male figure showing the veins and some organs of the body, Florence, Italy, 1776-1780

1776-1780

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

1705-1737

Set of magnetical apparatus in case, by Adams

1790

Silver microscope by George Adams, c. 1761.

1763

Mezzotint portrait of John Bird

1776

English wooden doll

circa 1780

Engraving of a demonstration to compare lightning conductor designs

1778-1780

Richard Arkwright

1790

Mrs. Sage

1785

Magnetic toy by George Adams

1765

Theodolite used for the Principal Triangulation of Great Britain

1791

Mr Lunardi's New Balloon

1785

Mezzotint: Portrait of John Arnold

1770

Achromatic doublet lens with a focal length of 52 inches

1780

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

The Rev Dr Priestley's House and Elaboratory

1792

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Ornate circumcision knife with ivory handle

1775-1785

Toothbrush set

1791-1792

Wood moulding plane, dated 1771

1771

Arkwright's prototype spinning machine, 1769.

1769

Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775

1775

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

Wax male anatomical figure

1776-1780