Thomas Mudge, English horologist, 1772.

'The 'Enterprise' Steam Omnibus', 1833.

Thomas Mudge, English horologist, 1772.

'An Ignis Fatuus, or Will-o'-the-Whisp', as seen in Lincolnshire, 1820.

Chronometer watch and watch movement, c 1770s.

'The aerial Steam Carriage', c 1842.

'The aerial Steam Carriage', c 1842.

'Modern Balooning (sic), or the newest phase of folly', 19th century.

Firefighting scene, broadsheet, 1769-1790.

Vincent Lunardi, 'The aerial Traveller', with Mrs Ris, 1784.

A hall in the Shogun's palace at Edo, Japan, c 1690.

Christiaan Huygens, Dutch physicist, 17th century.