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Genoese medicine chest

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1562-1566

John Dee's crystal, Europe, 1582

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1582

Lantern clock by Peter Closon

Clockmakers

1650-1560

Armillary sphere by Girolamo Della Volpaia

Astronomy

1554

Avoirdupois weight (standard)

Weighing & Measuring

1588

Terrestrial globe by Willem Janszoon Blaeu

Astronomy

1599

Exchequer standard yard of Queen Elizabeth I, 1588

Weighing & Measuring

1588

Silver sundial by Hunfrey Cole

Time Measurement

1568-1590

Altitude quadrant

Astronomy

1552

Compendium by Augustine Ryther

Time Measurement

1588

Early English verge watch by Michael Nouwen

Clockmakers

1600

'De humani corporis fabrica' by Vesalius, published Basel, Switerland, 1555

Printed Books

1555

Compendium rule signed Humfrey Cole

Mathematics

1574

Drum shaped clock in a gilt-metal case, signed R.S. c.1600

Clockmakers

1600

Avoirdupois weight (standard)

Weighing & Measuring

1588

Pestle and mortar, Egypt, 1650-1575BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1650-1575 BCE

Mummy of a peregrine falcon, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

Horizontal sundial in bronze

Time Measurement

1551

Small bronze bell shaped mortar

Pharmacy-ware

1590

Avoirdupois weight (standard)

Weighing & Measuring

1588

Avoirdupois weight (standard)

Weighing & Measuring

1588

Bronze bell shaped mortar

Pharmacy-ware

1592

Avoirdupois weight (standard)

Weighing & Measuring

1588

Avoirdupois weight (standard)

Weighing & Measuring

1588

Avoirdupois weight (standard)

Weighing & Measuring

1588

Avoirdupois weight (standard)

Weighing & Measuring

1588

Avoirdupois weight (standard)

Weighing & Measuring

1588

Avoirdupois weight (standard)

Weighing & Measuring

1588

Part of an elm water pipe, England, 1401-1600

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1401-1600 CE

Iron artificial arm, Europe, 1560-1600

Orthopaedics

1560-1600

Bronze kohl stick, Egypt, 1575-1194BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1575-1194 BCE

Reconstruction of Galileo's Thermoscope, 1592-1600

Heat

1592-1600 (original)

Bronze hair curling tongs and trimmer, Egypt, 1575-1194 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1575-1194 BCE

‘Base ring’ juglet, Cyprus, 1600-1400 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1600-1400 BCE

Planispheric astrolabe, 1572

Wellcome (general)

1572

Section of clay water pipe, probably from a drain

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1201-1600 CE

16th century iron chamber-clock with weight and ro

Time Measurement

1596

German pocket watch in oval brass case

Time Measurement

1574-1600

Gold medal commemorating the recovery of Queen Elizabeth I from smallpox, 1572

Wellcome Medals

1572

Elizabethan nested weights

Weighing & Measuring

1588

European astrolabe by Arsenius, 1566

Astronomy

1566; 1876

European astrolabe, 1570

Astronomy

1565-1575

Mummy of a crocodile, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

Clay tobacco pipe, London, England, 1580-1590

Smoking

1580-1590

"Base-Ring" juglet, for opium, made of earthenware

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1600-1400 BCE
1578-1657, physician; discoverer of the circulation of the blood, English

Harvey, William

1578 - 1657

German armillary sphere, 1553

Astronomy

1553

Hunting trousse, England, 1560-1580

Surgery

1560-1580

Set of Exchequer standard Avoirdupois bronze weights, 1588

Weighing & Measuring

1588

Portable universal equinoctial sundial, in brass,

Time Measurement

1588