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Napier's Bones, c.1690.

Mathematics

c. 1690

Arkwright's water frame, 1775.

Textiles Machinery

1775

Islamic astrolabe

Astronomy

1666-1667

Small orrery by Benjamin Martin

Astronomy

1738-1777

Silver microscope by George Adams, c. 1761.

Microscopes

1763
1749-1823, physician; surgeon; pioneer of smallpox vaccination, British; English

Jenner, Edward

1749 - 1823

Wooden acupuncture model

Asian Medicine

1681

Watt's end measuring machine

Industrial Metrology

1776

Early balance spring watch by Thomas Tompion

Time Measurement

1675-1679

Isaac Newton’s reflecting telescope (replica)

Astronomy

1668; 1924

Robert Hooke type microscope

Microscopes

1671-1700

Dividing engine for making sextants and octants

Industrial Metrology

Made late 1700s, modified 1800s

Brass-bound lodestone

Navigation

1675-1700

Orrery made for the Earl of Orrery

Astronomy

1712-1713

Arkwright's prototype spinning machine, 1769.

Textiles Machinery

1769

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

Water Transport

1670

Arkwright's Water Frame

Textile Industry

1775

Section of lightning conductor from St Paul’s cathedral

Geophysics

1769

Pocket watch by Thomas Tompion

Time Measurement

1675-1700

Barnard Tompion clock

Time Measurement

1708

Print of Henry Beighton's Engraving of a Newcomen Engine

Motive Power

1717-1725

Demainbray's Newcomen engine model

King George III

1720

Dental key

Dentistry

1725-1780

Ornamental turning 'rose-engine' lathe

Hand and Machine Tools

1740

Sextant by Jesse Ramsden

Astronomy

c. 1772

Model diving bell

King George III

before 1753

English glass celestial globe, 1739

Astronomy

1739

Frame saw,18 t.p.i. late 17th century.

Hand and Machine Tools

1650-1700

Terrestrial Globe by George Adams

King George III

1766

Acupuncture training model, China, 1725-1730

Asian Medicine

1725-1730

George III's philosophical table

King George III

1761-1762

Telescope by Christopher Cock

Optics

1673

Male urinal, Netherlands, 1740-1760

Public Health & Hygiene

1740-1760

Morland's calculating machine, engraved "Samuel Morland, Inventor, 1666"

Mathematics

1666-1680

George III's glass sphere

King George III

1761

Slide rule by Robert Bissaker

Mathematics

1654

Model of a 28 gun frigate

Water Transport

1770-1780

Refracting telescope with achromatic lens, made by the Dollond family

Optics

1760-1775

Barber's shaving bowl, Netherlands, 1701-1750

Public Health & Hygiene

1701-1750

Camera obscura

King George III

1701-1752

Albarello drug jar used for cinchona bark

Medical Ceramic-ware

1731-1770

Orrery by Thomas Wright

King George III

1735-1745

Magnetic toy by George Adams

King George III

1765

Wax model of a plague scene, Europe, 1657

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1657

Mezzotint portrait of John Theophilus Desaguliers

Peter Pelham

1725

Square signed "J.Ramsden, 1757"

Mathematics

1757

Chest microscope formerly owned by Pope Benedict XIV

Microscopy (Wellcome)

1701-1730

King George III's archimedean screw

King George III

1762

Wax male figure showing the muscles and bones of the body, Florence, Italy, 1776-1780

Anatomy & Pathology

1776-1780

Culpeper microscope

Microscopy (Wellcome)

1738