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Slide rule by Robert Bissaker

Mathematics

1654

Wax model of a plague scene, Europe, 1657

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1657

Escape wheel from long-case clock by Fromanteel

Time Measurement

1660-1665

Magnetic compass and sundial by Henry Sutton

Navigation

1650-1665

Gear wheel from long-case clock by Fromanteel

Time Measurement

1660-1665

Combined graphometer and plummet clinometer, 1663.

Surveying

1663

Gear wheel from long-case clock by Fromanteel

Time Measurement

1660-1665

Gold verge watch with red and blue champlevé enamel dial by Edward East

Clockmakers

1650

Horary quadrant by Henry Sutton

Astronomy

1658

Black and white enamel verge watch by Goullons, Paris

Clockmakers

1650

Silver pair-cased astronomical watch

Clockmakers

1660

Clock weight from long-case clock by Fromanteel

Time Measurement

1660-1665

Horary quadrant by Henry Sutton

Astronomy

1658

Silver and leather pair-cased verge watch

Clockmakers

1650

Pulley from long-case clock by Fromanteel

Time Measurement

1660-1665

Early pendulum clock by Salomon Coster, c.1657.

Time Measurement

1657-1659

Nicholas Culpeper's statement about John Dee's crystal, England, 1651-1658

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1651-1658

Calculating Machine for Computing Trigonometry

Mathematics

1664

Pestle and mortar, Egypt, 1650-1575BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1650-1575 BCE

Oil jar, Egypt, 1580-1350BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1350 BCE

Multiplying spectacles, 1650.

Optics

1650

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

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

Posset pot, England, 1651

Nursing & Hospital Furnishings

1651

Mummy of a crocodile, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

Shang Dynasty sacrificial bowl

Asian Medicine

1766-1122 BCE
Horary quadrant consisting of front and reverse paper scales and wooden board made by Henry Sutton, Threadneedle Street, London, 1658.

Horary quadrant by Henry Sutton

Astronomy

1658

Hexagonal brass table-clock with glass windows, th

Time Measurement

1650-1660

Ruler for laying out sundials, signed "H (Hilkiah)

Time Measurement

1657

French armillary astrolabe, 1661

Astronomy

1661

Albarello drug jar for Bread Crust Poultice, Italy, 1662

Medical Ceramic-ware

1662

Memorial stele to the doorkeepr Ruma

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

Metal spoon, with slip top stem, 1300-1650

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1300-1650 CE

Gourd bottle, believed to be a pomander, cased, Europe, 1659

Wellcome (general)

1659

Square pavement brick from Babylonia (Southern Iraq), 2nd millennium BC.

Building Construction

2000-1001 BCE

Wooden case, for Sir Samuel Morland’s trigonometrical computation calculating machine

Mathematics

1664
1660-1969, telecommunications company, Britain

General Post Office

1660 - 1969

Small bronze bell shaped mortar, flared rim and fo

Pharmacy-ware

1655

Brass Equinoctial Ring Dial. Signed H. Sutton Feci

Time Measurement

1660

Haematite weight, Syrian

Weighing & Measuring

1700-1600 BCE

European astrolabe,1650

Astronomy

1650

Silver vinatigrette, shouldered body tapering to s

Pharmacy-ware

1701-800

Pocket watch with silver on case

Time Measurement

1655-1665

Haematite weight, Syrian

Weighing & Measuring

1700-1600 BCE

Large bell shaped bronze mortar, flared and moulde

Pharmacy-ware

1650

Reconstruction of Florentine Thermometer by Gonfia, 1650-1660

Heat

1650-1660 (original)
Wooden support from English horary quadrant (Sutton type), by Henry Sutton, dated 1658 (11-inch radius).

Wooden support from English horary quadrant

Astronomy

1658

Brass, 12-inch Gunter scale by Henry Sutton

Mathematics

1652

Clay tobacco pipe, maker unknown, made in England

Smoking

1650-1660

Bell-shaped bronze mortar with flat out-turned bas

Pharmacy-ware

1662

Carpenter's joint rule, in pearwood, signed "Richa

Mathematics

1659