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Napier's Bones, c.1690.

Mathematics

c. 1690

Arkwright's water frame, 1775.

Textiles Machinery

1775

Rotative steam engine by Boulton and Watt, 1788.

Motive Power

1788

Dental pelican for tooth pulling

Dentistry

1701-1800

Small orrery by Benjamin Martin

Astronomy

1738-1777

Bow-frame amputation saw, Europe, 1601-1700

Surgery

1601-1700

Hand brand, for use on felons or deserters, England, 1642-1649

Wellcome (general)

1642-1649
1749-1823, physician; surgeon; pioneer of smallpox vaccination, British; English

Jenner, Edward

1749 - 1823

Orrery made for the Earl of Orrery

Astronomy

1712-1713

Arkwright's Water Frame

Textile Industry

1775

George III's philosophical table

King George III

1761-1762

Robert Hooke type microscope

Microscopes

1671-1700

Glass female urinal, Europe, 1701-1800

Public Health & Hygiene

1701-1800

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

Astronomy

1610; 1923

Lead mortuary crosses, England, 1300s and 1600s

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1601-1700

Wooden acupuncture model

Asian Medicine

1681

Mrs. Sage

.Unattributed

1785

Isaac Newton’s reflecting telescope (replica)

Astronomy

1668; 1924

Dental key

Dentistry

1725-1780

Pendulum clock designed by Galileo in 1642 and made by his son in 1649, model.

Time Measurement

1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)

Rawhide bag for storing cinchona bark

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1777-1785

Print of Henry Beighton's Engraving of a Newcomen Engine

Motive Power

1717-1725

Early balance spring watch by Thomas Tompion

Time Measurement

1675-1679

Islamic astrolabe

Astronomy

1666-1667

Theodolite used for the Principal Triangulation of Great Britain

Surveying

1791

Arkwright's prototype spinning machine, 1769.

Textiles Machinery

1769

Demainbray's Newcomen engine model

King George III

1720

Orrery by Thomas Wright

King George III

1735-1745

Lancet owned by Edward Jenner

Public Health & Hygiene

1720-1800

Exchequer standard yard of Queen Elizabeth I, 1588

Weighing & Measuring

1588

Culpeper microscope

Microscopy (Wellcome)

1738

Silver microscope by George Adams, c. 1761.

Microscopes

1763

Wax anatomical figure of reclining woman

Anatomy & Pathology

1771-1800

Marine timekeeper known as 'H5' by John Harrison and Son 1770

Clockmakers

1770

Moon globe by John Russell;England;1797

Astronomy

1797

Camera obscura

King George III

1701-1752

Statue of St Mary Magdalene

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1601-1750

Reflecting telescope by William Herschel

Astronomy

1783-1785

Wooden alms box

Nursing & Hospital Furnishings

1601-1800

Table clock by Nicholas Vallin

Time Measurement

1598-1603

Pocket watch by Thomas Tompion

Time Measurement

1675-1700

Pedometer by Spencer & Perkins

Surveying

1775-1794

Section of lightning conductor from St Paul’s cathedral

Geophysics

1769

Pill tile with four short legs

Pharmacy-ware

1701-1800

Ornamental turning 'rose-engine' lathe

Hand and Machine Tools

1740

Whole model, full rigged, of ship of the line, H.M.S. 'Prince'

Water Transport

1670

Ivory dildo, possibly French, 1701-1800

Therapeutics

1701-1800

Astrolabe by Ferdinand Arsenius

Astronomy

1607-1618

Celestial globe by Willem Janszoon Blaeu

Astronomy

1603

John Dee's crystal, Europe, 1582

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1582