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Pill tile, England, 1671-1730

Pharmacy-ware

1671-1730
1716-1794, naval surgeon; physician, Scottish; British

Lind, James

1716 - 1794

Mrs. Sage

.Unattributed

1785

Silver microscope by George Adams, c. 1761.

Microscopes

1763

Vaginal speculum for applying leeches

Clinical Diagnosis

1801-1830

Thames Tunnel opening commemorative medal, 1843

Coins, Medals & Tokens

1843

Terrestrial Globe by George Adams

King George III

1766

Original preparation of quinine

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1820

Moon globe by John Russell;England;1797

Astronomy

1797

Old Spitalfields hand loom with jacquard mechanism

Textiles Machinery

1810

Edward Jenner's lancets

Public Health & Hygiene

1801-1823

Bottle shaped glass female urinal, Europe, 1701-1730

Public Health & Hygiene

1701-1730

Maudslay 's Lord Chancellor bench micrometer

Industrial Metrology

1805

Cooke and Wheatstone 5-needle telegraph, 1837

Telecommunications

1837

Early balance spring watch by Thomas Tompion

Time Measurement

1675-1679

'Dr Syntax and his wife making an experiment in pneumatics', print, London, England, 1820

Thomas Rowlandson

1820

Sextant by Jesse Ramsden

Astronomy

c. 1772

Demainbray's Newcomen engine model

King George III

1720

Set of sixty miniature heads used in phrenology

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1831

Anatomical drawing of a human skeleton

John Linnell

1840

Lord Byron’s orthopaedic boot, England, 1781-1810

Orthopaedics

1781-1810

Meerschaum tobacco pipe, with carved horn stem and

Smoking

1790-1840

Bodmin & Wadebridge Railway 3rd Class open railway carriage, 1834

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1834

Arkwright's prototype spinning machine, 1769.

Textiles Machinery

1769

Silver vinaigrette in the shape of a harp, France, 1701-1800

Pharmacy-ware

1701-1800

Lancet owned by Edward Jenner

Public Health & Hygiene

1720-1800

Pill tile with four short legs

Pharmacy-ware

1701-1800

Dividing engine for making sextants and octants

Industrial Metrology

Made late 1700s, modified 1800s

George III's tidal demonstration model

King George III

1762
1827-1912, surgeon; physician; developer of a system of antiseptic surgery, English; British

Lister, Joseph

1827 - 1912
1813-1858, anaesthetist; epidemiologist; physician, British; English

Snow, John

1813 - 1858

Watt's end measuring machine

Industrial Metrology

1776

Copy of clay liver used for divination, original from Babylon, 2050-1750 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2050-1750 BCE

Bain's chemical telegraph, 1850.

Telecommunications

1850

Posset pot with lid

Nursing & Hospital Furnishings

1701-1800

Orrery by Thomas Wright

King George III

1735-1745

Pocket globe in case by Dudley Adams

Astronomy

1799-1802

Ebony and brass octant.

Astronomy

1777-1810
1800-1890, social reformer; civil servant, British

Chadwick, Sir Edwin

1800 - 1890

Flintlock tinder pistol

Smoking

1780-1830

Terrestrial globe by John Senex

Astronomy

1738

Silver vinaigrette with hinged lid

Pharmacy-ware

1809

Cooke and Wheatstone five-needle telegraph

Telecommunications

1837

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

Mathematics

1666-1680

Whitworth Planing Machine

Hand and Machine Tools

c.1842

Hand loom

Textile Industry

1825-1835

Model of a 28 gun frigate

Water Transport

1770-1780
1824-1880, surgeon, pathologist; anthropologist, French

Broca, Paul

1824 - 1880

Barber's shaving bowl, Netherlands, 1701-1750

Public Health & Hygiene

1701-1750

Cooke and Wheatstone's ABC telegraph transmitter

Telecommunications

1840