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Pair of pharmacy storage jars, Naples, Italy, 1756

Medical Ceramic-ware

1756
Case for Wax male figure showing muscles, in case, Italian, 1776-1780

Case for wax male figure showing the muscles of the body

Anatomy & Pathology

1776-1780
Model sea gauge, maker unknown, before 1754. Once belonged to Stephen Demainbray.

Demainbray's model sea gauge

King George III

1701-1753

Medal commemorating Laura Maria Caterina Bassi, Italy, 1732

Wellcome Medals

1732

Friction demonstration engine, George Graham

King George III

1751

Waywiser, British, 1739

Surveying

1739

Silver Pocket Watch with Silver Dial by Wrench, 1710-1725

Time Measurement

1710-1725
Model of an axle and pair of wheels.

Model, of axle and pair of wheels, 1740-1760

King George III

c. 1750

Brass eyepiece for the reflecting telescope of 9-inch aperture

Astronomy

1767-1768

Culpeper microscope

Microscopy (Wellcome)

1731-1750

Six inch brass sector, 1720-1753.

Mathematics

1720-1753

Quarter-repeating verge bracket clock

Time Measurement

1701-1751
Twelve-inch quadrant on pillar stand with two plumb bobs, two glass beakers and two detachable reading microscopes, by John Bird, Strand, London, England, 1760-1769. This instrument has its original mahogany case. This type of quadrant was used by Lieutenant (later Captain) James Cook during his first voyage of exploration aboard HMS Bark Endeavour (1768–1771).

Twelve-inch quadrant by John Bird

Astronomy

1760-1769

Pocket Watch in Silver Pair Case, 1755-1770

Time Measurement

1755-1770

Dispensing pot, Europe, 1746

Medical Ceramic-ware

1746

Dispensing pot, England, 1700

Medical Ceramic-ware

1700

Palfijin obstetrical forceps, Europe, 1720-1730

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1720-1730

Spoon commemorating smallpox recovery, London, England, 1740

Public Health & Hygiene

1740

Replica of Lightning Conductor by Benjamin Franklin, United States, 1730-1760

Geophysics

1730-1760 (original); 1931-1939 (replica)

Wax plaque showing stages in foetal development, Europe, 1701-1800

Anatomy & Pathology

1701-1730

Iron snuff rasp with wooden frame carved in floral

Smoking

1701-1770

Drug jar for mercury pills, Italy, 1731-1770

Medical Ceramic-ware

1731-1770

Drug jar for extract of cinchona bark, Lambeth, London, England, 1710-1740

Medical Ceramic-ware

1710-1740
Object glass, 2nd of 5, from very early Culpeper microscope, by Edmund Culpeper, England, 1720-1730

Object glass, 2nd of 5, from very early Culpeper microscope

Microscopes

1720-1730

Part of compendium microscope (lens and pin both m

Microscopy (Wellcome)

1701-1750

Bronze standard wine gallon measure, 1707

Weighing & Measuring

1707

Ivory screwbarrel microscope in black fishskin cas

Microscopy (Wellcome)

1701-1730

Analemmatic sundial for latitude 52[o]

Time Measurement

1732

Creamware mug decorated with a poem entitled 'The Triple Plea', England, 1760-1770

Medical Ceramic-ware

1760-1766

Screwbarrel microscope, England, 1700-1730

Microscopy (Wellcome)

1700-1730

'The Company of Undertakers' print

William Hogarth

1736

'The Physician', print, Europe, 1763

Jacob Folkema

1763

Trade card for James Ayscough, optician, London, England, 1749-1750

.Unattributed

1749-1750
1736-1819, mechanical engineer; scientist, Scottish; British

Watt, James

1736 - 1819

Edystone Light-House

Henry Winstanley

1703

HMS Sphinx

Joseph Marshall

1775

The Art of Stocking Frame Work Knitting

Art

1750

Design for a new bridge (at Westminster) by C. Cam

Art

1721

HMS Royal George

Joseph Marshall

1774

HMS Intrepid

Joseph Marshall

1774

Mr Smeaton

Art

1767
1716-1794, naval surgeon; physician, Scottish; British

Lind, James

1716 - 1794
1779-1843, designer; steam locomotive maker, British

Hedley, William

1779 - 1843

Earthenware dispensing pot, tin-glazed, 1730 to 17

Medical Ceramic-ware

1730-1780

Glass prism with lugs, in shaped sharkskin case

Optics

1745-1755

Silver vinaigrette, shouldered body tapering to st

Pharmacy-ware

1701-1730

Oak case, for circle of proportion with rotating central planisphere

Mathematics

1701-1733

Circle of proportion with rotating central planisphere, with oak box

Mathematics

1701-1733
Export hydrometer made by James Clarke, no.3599, with 23 screw on bottom poise weights and 11 stem weights, in sharkskin case, c. 1760

Export hydrometer made by James Clarke, no.3599, w

Experimental Chemistry

1760
Variation compass by Adams, c.1750

Variation compass by Adams, c.1750

Terrestrial Magnetism

1750