Rotative Steam Engine by Boulton and Watt, 1788
1788
Theodolite used for the Principal Triangulation of Great Britain
1791
Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)
1668; 1924
Telescope by Galileo (replica)
1610; 1923
Model of William Murdock's Oscillating Engine, 1785.
1785
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
‘Medico-Electrical Machine’ by Nairne and Blunt
1782-1793
Joseph Priestley LLD FRS
1782
Praeclarissimus Isaacus Newton Eques
1787
Chronometer watch in silver case by John Arnold and Son
hallmarked 1788
Pendulum clock designed by Galileo in 1642 and made by his son in 1649, model.
1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)
Hydrostatic balance by Jesse Ramsden, London, 1785-1789
1785-1789
Lunardi's second balloon ascending from St. George's Fields, 1785
1785-1790
Satirical print of a failed balloon launch from Foley House, London in 1784
1784
100 Link Steel Surveying Chain, 1784.
1784
Deck-watch used by Capt. George Vancouver on board HMS Discovery 1791-5
1791
Pivoted-detent escapement watch by Larcum Kendall
1786
Watch movement with spring detent escapement by John Arnold and Son
1787
Deck watch by John Arnold and Son
1790
Lever escapement watch by Josiah Emery
1792
Verge watch in Staffordshire enamelled case by Ann Phillips
1790
Silver watch by Brockbanks
1790
Silver watch with unusual Robin escapement
1792
Marine timekeeper with constant force escapement by Josiah Emery
1792
Guilloché enamel watch displaying solar and sidereal time, by George Margetts
1790
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Richard Arkwright
1790
Mr Lunardi's New Balloon
1785
Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772
1772 (original); 1919 (model)
The Rev Dr Priestley's House and Elaboratory
1792
Toothbrush set
1791-1792
Engraving Carte de la Rade e Cherbourg levée en l'année 1787
1787
Print, ascent of a Montgolfier balloon
1783
Gold minute repeating watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet
1784
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
Set of magnetical apparatus in case, by Adams
1790
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Medal, commemorating the first balloon ascents in Italy
1784
Mrs. Sage
1785
Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement
1705-1737
Watch with spring detent escapement by John Arnold and Son
1788
Half-quarter repeating gold watch by Mudge and Dutton
1791
Gold lever escapement watch by John Leroux
1785
Portrait oil painting of John Arnold and family 1783-1787
1783-1787
Parts from a constant-force escapement by Thomas Mudge
1785
Marine chronometer movement by Brockbanks
1787