Model of William Murdock's Oscillating Engine, 1785.
1785
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Medal commemorating the Montgolfier unmanned balloon ascent
1783
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
Medal, Blanchard's balloon ascent, Nuremberg, Germany, 1787
1785
Medal commemorating balloon flight of Blanchard at Frankfurt
1785
English wooden doll
circa 1780
Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772
1772 (original); 1919 (model)
Replica of 16th century German 'Hund' wagon, 1986
1986 (replica); 1501-1600 (original)
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Achromatic doublet lens with a focal length of 52 inches
1780
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
Medal commemorating the Montgolfier unmanned balloon ascent
1783
Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement
1705-1737
Mr Lunardi's New Balloon
1785
Medal, commemorating the first balloon ascents in Italy
1784
Medal, 'Le Flesselles' Montgolfier balloon flight, Lyon, France, 19 January 1784
1784
Medal commemorating the first manned balloon flights
1784
Mrs. Sage
1785
Viewer microscope, with bead lens, in square body
1888-185
Medal commemorating Joseph Priestley
1783
Six's maximum and minimum thermometer
1780
Six's maximum and minimum thermometer
1780
Six's maximum and minimum thermometer
1780
Six's maximum and minimum thermometer
1780
Six's maximum and minimum thermometer
1780
Six's maximum and minimum thermometer
1780
Six's maximum and minimum thermometer
1780
Six's maximum and minimum thermometer
1780
Six's maximum and minimum thermometer
1780
Six's maximum and minimum thermometer
1780
Six's maximum and minimum thermometer
1780
Medal commemorating 50th anniversary of Joseph Priestley
1783
Alabaster kohl pot
2000-1350
De Luc whalebone hygrometer by Hausmann, 1781.
1781
Harpenden pocket stadiometer sent out to Ludlow Boys' School as part of a series of nationwide measurements
1972-3
Chevalier Humguffier and the Marquis de Gull; excursion to the Moon in their new Aerial vehicle
1784
Six's maximum and minimum thermometer
1780
NEMA cryptography machine type T-D
1945-50
Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB
1990-95
Jean Pierre Blanchard
1785
The Aerostatic Globe
1783
Two brass automatic lancet
1781
Half-Real coin of Charles III (Spain)
1785
Petit-Ecu of Three Livres coin of Louis XVI (France)
1780
Roman Coin of Tiberius
30 CE
Roman Coin of Tiberius
30 CE
Ascent of the 19th September 1783, at Versailles
1783