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

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

Joseph Priestley LLD FRS

1782

Praeclarissimus Isaacus Newton Eques

1787

Chronometer watch in silver case by John Arnold and Son

hallmarked 1788

Hydrostatic balance by Jesse Ramsden, London, 1785-1789

1785-1789

Model of William Murdock's Oscillating Engine, 1785.

1785

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement

1705-1737

Set of magnetical apparatus in case, by Adams

1790

Richard Arkwright

1790

Mrs. Sage

1785

Theodolite used for the Principal Triangulation of Great Britain

1791

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

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Toothbrush set

1791-1792

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

Medal, commemorating the first balloon ascents in Italy

1784

Rotative Steam Engine by Boulton and Watt, 1788

1788

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Axe head shaped flint

10000-5000 BCE

Iron Weight

1910-130

Trade card for John Field, Optical, Mathematical & Philosophical Instrument Maker, London

1791-1793

John Wilkinson, Iron Master, Token

1787-1793

Halfpenny token

1793

Token issued by John Wilkinson

1791

Token. Copper; 29mm diameter

1790

Anglesey halfpenny, token, 1791

1791

Token, Anglesey halfpenny, Wales, 1788

1788

Token issued by John Wilkinson

1787

Token, Cornish Halfpenny, England, 1791

1791

Wainfleet halfpenny

1793

Manchester halfpenny

1793

A view of the black-lead mine in Cumberland

1787

Verge repeating watch

1713-1750

Engraving, portrait, Pilatre de Rozier

1786

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

1783

Medal, silver, commemorating Joseph Philip Dean 1780-1782

1782

Copper coin minted by the French Revolutionary Government

1792

Engraved plate from the European Magazine

1783

The Flying Ship

1786