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Napier's Bones, c.1690.

Mathematics

c. 1690

Early balance spring watch by Thomas Tompion

Time Measurement

1675-1679

Wooden acupuncture model

Asian Medicine

1681

Robert Hooke type microscope

Microscopes

1671-1700

Pocket watch by Thomas Tompion

Time Measurement

1675-1700

Telescope by Christopher Cock

Optics

1673

Telescope by John Yarwell.

Optics

1685-1695

Handheld reading lens and case

Optics

1680-1700

Telescope by John Marshall

Optics

1685-1695

Cupellation furnace

Metallurgy

1696-1700

Napier's bones

Mathematics

1671-1700

Model of early manual fire engine, ca. 1680.

Firefighting

1680

wheel cutting machine

Hand and Machine Tools

1668-1672 Probable

Brass-bound lodestone

Navigation

1675-1700

Trade card for John Yarwell, optician, London, England, 1697

.Unattributed

1697

Tenmon Bun’ya no zu (map showing divisions of the heavens and regions they govern)

Astronomy

1677

Pocket Watch in Silver Case by Thierry, 1685-1695

Time Measurement

1685-1695

Engraving of the Oxford Physic Garden, England, 1675

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1675

Oil jar, Egypt, 1580-1350BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1350 BCE

Memento mori ring, United Kingdom, 1692

Wellcome (general)

1692

Sundial and compass with perpetual calendar and lunar circles

Time Measurement

1677

Mummy of a crocodile, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

Coconut goblet mounted in silver, York, England, 1671-1700

Surgery

1671-1700

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

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

Verge watch in inner and outer case

Time Measurement

1700

Horn framed reading lens with tooled leather case,

Optics

1680-1695

Ivory and horn anatomical model of the eye, Italy, 1674

Ophthalmology

1674

Cylindrical form of Napier's bones

Mathematics

c. 1700

Leather covered perfume case, Netherlands, 1671-1700

Pharmacy-ware

1671-1700

Male alms box figure from Bethlem Hospital, England, 1671-1681

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1671-1681

Absorbtion hygrometer, wooden strips, circa 1700

Meteorology

1700

Fountain head, marble, in shape of grotesque human

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1401-1700 CE

Female alms box figure from Bethlem Hospital, England, 1671-1681

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1671-1681

Wooden Cross-staff.

Navigation

1687

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

Building Construction

2000-1001 BCE

Musschenbroek hand microscope, Netherlands, 1671-1700

Microscopy (Wellcome)

1671-1700

star and sundial, Dutch, 1681

Astronomy

1681

Simple theodolite, Italian, 1676

Surveying

1676

leather framed eyeglasses with iron nose clip, in

Optics

c. 1700

Sterling silver posset pot, London, England, 1698

Nursing & Hospital Furnishings

1698

Surveying quadrant, 1674.

Surveying

1674

Serving bottle, oval shape, of German origin, c. 1700

Glass Technology

1700

Laundry tally board, c. 1680.

Mathematics

c. 1680

Works of clock (dated 1671) removed from St. Giles

Time Measurement

1671

Booklet describing Verle's anatomical eye, Italy, 1679

Ophthalmology

1679
Accessory for manipulating specimens made to accompany the compound microscope designed by Robert Hooke, 1671-1700 and thought to have been made by Christopher Cock, Long Acre, Covent Garden, London, but not signed.

Accessory for Hooke-type microscope

Microscopes

1671-1700

Incomplete aerial telescope, 1686-1691

Astronomy

1686-1691

Dispensing pot, England, 1700

Medical Ceramic-ware

1700

Finger ring, metal, with receptacle for relics

Wellcome (general)

1680

Silver vinatigrette, shouldered body tapering to s

Pharmacy-ware

1701-800