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Napier's Bones, c.1690.

Mathematics

c. 1690

Mummy of a crocodile, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

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

Building Construction

2000-1001 BCE

Oil jar, Egypt, 1580-1350BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1350 BCE

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

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

A reconstruction of Denis Papin's apparatus of 169

Motive Power

1690 (original)

Haematite weight, Syrian

Weighing & Measuring

1700-1600 BCE

Silver vinatigrette, shouldered body tapering to s

Pharmacy-ware

1701-800

Haematite weight, Syrian

Weighing & Measuring

1700-1600 BCE

Memorial stele to the doorkeepr Ruma

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

Haematite weight, Syrian

Weighing & Measuring

1700-1600 BCE

Bedpan

Public Health & Hygiene

1701-180

Transparency, 15"x12", Astronomers of about 1690 (

Astronomy

1690

Clay figure of animal

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1000 BCE

Shang Dynasty sacrificial bowl

Asian Medicine

1766-1122 BCE
active 1690-1760?, surgical instrument maker; cutler, London

Best, John

1690 - 1760
active 1712-1751, mathematical instrument maker, British; English

Scott, Benjamin

1690 - 1751
1690-1754, anatomist; physician, Belgian

Rega, Henricus Josephus

1690 - 1754
active 1722-1747, mathematical instrument maker, Strand, London, England

Sisson, Jonathan

1690 - 1747
1690-1762, politician, English; British

Wallop, John

1690 - 1762
active 1710-1748, scientific instrument maker, English

Deane, William

1690 - 1750
1690-1999, fire engine manufacturer, Greenwich, England

Merryweather and Sons Limited

1690
active 1720s, inventor, developed programmable looms using punched tape, French.

Falcon, Jean-Baptiste

1690
Mummy, infant female, said to be Egyptian, 3000-1000 BCE (see note).

Mummified remains, ancient Egyptian or Peruvian

Classical & Medieval Medicine

3000-1000 BCE
Two models (1:16 scale) of agricultural implements found in the Theban necropolis, XVI 11th Dynasty, 2000-1500 BC. Mounted together on a plaster base.

Two models (1:16 scale) of agricultural implements found in the Theban necropolis

Agricultural Engineering

2000-1500 BCE
Tin glazed earthenware albarello bearing a monastic(?) emblem, later used for unknown seeds, Spanish, 18th century

Tin glazed earthenware albarello bearing a monasti

Medical Ceramic-ware

1701-800
Egyptian funerary statue of man and wife, granite, Old Kingdom, from plain of Memphis

Egyptian funerary statue of man and wife, granite

Classical & Medieval Medicine

4000-1000 BCE
Alabaster bottle, Egyptian, probably New Kingdom, 1580-1350BC

Alabaster bottle, Egyptian, probably New Kingdom

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1350 BCE
Retort, copper, C18 or C19

Retort, copper, C18 or C19

Pharmacy-ware

1701-190
Albarello used for belleric myrobalan, empty, Spanish, 1701-1800

Albarello used for belleric myrobalan, empty, Span

Medical Ceramic-ware

1701-800
Silver medal commemorating the Royal School of Surgery at Paris, bust of Louis XIV on obverse, French 1690

Silver medal commemorating the Royal School of Sur

Wellcome Medals

1690
Excavated middle bronze age, mandible showing ground teeth and periostitis, Welsh, 1750-1251BC

Human Jaw Bone

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1750-1250 BCE
Seventeenth century brass weight (8oz)

Seventeenth century brass weight (8oz)

Pharmacy-ware

1690
Albarello, earthenware, tin-glazed, for cardamom seeds, Spanish, 18th century

Albarello, earthenware, tin-glazed, for cardamom s

Medical Ceramic-ware

1701-180
Two pieces of skull showing cauterisation scars, probably neolithic with photograph of similar, French, 2000BC(?)-1000BC(?)

Two pieces of skull showing cauterisation scars

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

2000-1000 BCE
Bronze medal of the Royal School of Surgery, France, 1690

Bronze medal of the Royal School of Surgery, Franc

Wellcome Medals

1690
Votive plaque, earthenware, tin glazed, from Church of St. Maria de Bagni, Deruta, Italian, 1690

Votive plaque, earthenware, tin glazed, from Churc

Medical Ceramic-ware

1690