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

Divers Projets

1798

Seal die, Ashby De La Zouch Canal Company

1794

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

Filar micrometer by William Herschel, 1780-1800

1780-1800

Straight spectacles

1796-1797

Transverse folding spectacles

1796-1798

Creamware plate

1771-1800

Hydrostatic balance by Jesse Ramsden, London, 1785-1789

1785-1789

Child's spinal support, Europe, 1771-1800

1771-1800

Electrical chimes by George Adams

1781-1790

Small screw-cutting device or fusee engine for clock-maker's use

circa 1800

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

Netsuke depicting man with moxa on leg

1771-1800

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

Leber-pattern dental forceps

1770-1800

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

1776-1780

Stipple-engraved portrait of Margaret Bryan and two children

1797

Half-penny coin

1799

Half-penny coin

1799

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

1705-1737

Pedometer by Spencer & Perkins

1775-1794

Set of magnetical apparatus in case, by Adams

1790

Beam compass by George Adams

1775-1795

Marine barometer by R.B. Bate

mid-1800s

Mezzotint portrait of John Bird

1776

Vacuum Gauge by Boulton and Watt

1794

English wooden doll

circa 1780

Engraving of a demonstration to compare lightning conductor designs

1778-1780

Richard Arkwright

1790

Mrs. Sage

1785

Moon globe by John Russell;England;1797

1797