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Medal commemorating the Montgolfier unmanned balloon ascent

1783

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

1778

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

Joseph Priestley LLD FRS

1782

Mural arc made for King George III

1770

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

1776-1780

Spoon with folding handle

1778

Wax male figure showing the muscles of the body

1776-1780

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

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

Mezzotint portrait of John Bird

1776

English wooden doll

circa 1780

Engraving of a demonstration to compare lightning conductor designs

1778-1780

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)

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Wood moulding plane, dated 1771

1771

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

Wax male figure showing the muscles and bones of the body, Florence, Italy, 1776-1780

1776-1780

Arkwright's Water Frame

1775

Medal, commemorating the first balloon ascents in Italy

1784

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Octagonal wooden telescope with slot down one side and moveable eyepice

1772-1773

Axe head shaped flint

10000-5000 BCE

Iron Weight

1910-130

Verge repeating watch

1713-1750

Engraving: Project d'une Travee en Fer de 300 pieds d'ouverture

1783

Medal, silver, commemorating Joseph Philip Dean 1780-1782

1782

Optical cabinet made by B. Martin about 1771

1771

Figure-8 Microscope (c.1770)

1770

Pocket microscope in silver

1770

Silver medal commemorating a terrible flood of 20 and 21st November 1776 but location unknown

1776-1777

Verge watch in case with pendulum balance

1776

Engraved plate from the European Magazine

1783

Mr Thomas Mudge

1772

Trade token

1772

Solar microscope (dated 1770) signed B.MARTIN INVT ET FECIT LONDINI NO 34

1770

Copper medal commemorating Thomas Le Vacher de la Feutrie as dean of Paris medical school 1779 to 1780

1780

Compound microscope signed J. D. V. Fokkenberg Fecit Utrecht 1777

1777

Urania Coeli

1781

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

1784

Cylinder watch in pair case

1692-1730