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
‘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
Chronometer watch in silver case by John Arnold and Son
hallmarked 1788
Filar micrometer by William Herschel, 1780-1800
1780-1800
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
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
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
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
Set of magnetical apparatus in case, by Adams
1790
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
Theodolite used for the Principal Triangulation of Great Britain
1791
Mr Lunardi's New Balloon
1785
Achromatic doublet lens with a focal length of 52 inches
1780
Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772
1772 (original); 1919 (model)
'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799
1775-1799 (original); 1900-1907 (model)
The Rev Dr Priestley's House and Elaboratory
1792
Silver pill box, Birmingham, England, 1797
1797
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Toothbrush set
1791-1792
Six Bramah lock drilling templates, on pine (wood) board
circa 1795