Model of William Murdock's Oscillating Engine, 1785.
1785
Seal die, Ashby De La Zouch Canal Company
1794
Wax male figure showing the arteries of the body, Florence, Italy, 1776-1780
1776-1780
Wax male figure showing the veins and some organs of the body, Florence, Italy, 1776-1780
1776-1780
Wax male figure showing the muscles of the body
1776-1780
Creamware plate
1771-1800
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
‘Medico-Electrical Machine’ by Nairne and Blunt
1782-1793
Spoon with folding handle
1778
Small screw-cutting device or fusee engine for clock-maker's use
circa 1800
Portrait mezzotint print from engraving of Phelps Thomas and Bartlett John, 1778
1778
Medal commemorating the Montgolfier unmanned balloon ascent
1783
Child's spinal support, Europe, 1771-1800
1771-1800
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
Pocket globe in case by Dudley Adams
1799-1802
Rawhide bag for storing cinchona bark
1777-1785
Joseph Priestley LLD FRS
1782
Praeclarissimus Isaacus Newton Eques
1787
Chronometer watch in silver case by John Arnold and Son
hallmarked 1788
Half-penny coin
1799
Scientific Researches! - New Discoveries in Pneumaticks! - or, an Experimental Lecture on the Powers of Air
1802
Straight spectacles
1796-1797
Transverse folding spectacles
1796-1798
Hydrostatic balance by Jesse Ramsden, London, 1785-1789
1785-1789
Electrical chimes by George Adams
1781-1790
Porcelain eyebath
1775-1785
Medal, Blanchard's balloon ascent, Nuremberg, Germany, 1787
1785
Medal commemorating balloon flight of Blanchard at Frankfurt
1785
Divers Projets
1798
Stipple-engraved portrait of Margaret Bryan and two children
1797
Netsuke depicting man with moxa on leg
1771-1800
Filar micrometer by William Herschel, 1780-1800
1780-1800
Wood moulding plane, dated 1771
1771
Vacuum Gauge by Boulton and Watt
1794
English wooden doll
circa 1780
Set of magnetical apparatus in case, by Adams
1790
Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772
1772 (original); 1919 (model)
Wax male anatomical figure
1776-1780
Wax male figure showing the muscles and bones of the body, Florence, Italy, 1776-1780
1776-1780
Beam compass by George Adams
1775-1795
Silver pill box, Birmingham, England, 1797
1797
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Silver pill box engraved with a triangular pattern, Birmingham, England, 1801
1801
Achromatic doublet lens with a focal length of 52 inches
1780
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775
1775
Ornate circumcision knife with ivory handle
1775-1785