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Arkwright's water frame, 1775.

Textiles Machinery

1775

Rotative steam engine by Boulton and Watt, 1788.

Motive Power

1788

Print of Henry Beighton's Engraving of a Newcomen Engine

Motive Power

1717-1725

Dental pelican for tooth pulling

Dentistry

1701-1800

Demainbray's Newcomen engine model

King George III

1720

Orrery made for the Earl of Orrery

Astronomy

1712-1713

Posset pot with lid

Nursing & Hospital Furnishings

1701-1800
1749-1823, physician; surgeon; pioneer of smallpox vaccination, British; English

Jenner, Edward

1749 - 1823

Reflecting telescope by William Herschel

Astronomy

1783-1785

Magnetic toy by George Adams

King George III

1765

Mrs. Sage

.Unattributed

1785

Silver microscope by George Adams, c. 1761.

Microscopes

1763

Theodolite used for the Principal Triangulation of Great Britain

Surveying

1791

Lancet owned by Edward Jenner

Public Health & Hygiene

1720-1800

Arkwright's prototype spinning machine, 1769.

Textiles Machinery

1769

Arkwright's Water Frame

Textile Industry

1775

Ornate circumcision knife with ivory handle

Surgery

1775-1785

Dental key

Dentistry

1725-1780

Portable spinning wheel, labelled 'James Webster,

Textiles Machinery

1745-1790

Camera obscura

King George III

1701-1752
Original screw-cutting lathe, made by Henry Maudslay, end of 18th century

Henry Maudslay's original screw-cutting lathe, c.1800

Hand and Machine Tools

c. 1800

Ornamental turning 'rose-engine' lathe

Hand and Machine Tools

1740

‘Visual glasses’ designed by Benjamin Martin

Optics

1756-1800

Model of a 28 gun frigate

Water Transport

1770-1780

Smellie-type obstetrical forceps

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1701-1800

Small orrery by Benjamin Martin

Astronomy

1738-1777

Section of lightning conductor from St Paul’s cathedral

Geophysics

1769

George III's philosophical table

King George III

1761-1762

Culpeper microscope

Microscopy (Wellcome)

1738

Pair-cased pocket watch

Time Measurement

1705-1737

Clock used for transit of Venus observations, 1769

Time Measurement

1768-1769

Pedometer by Spencer & Perkins

Surveying

1775-1794

George III's double-barrelled air pump

King George III

1761

Pocket microscope by Jeremiah Sisson

Microscopes

1752

Sheraton medicine chest, Europe, 1720-1800

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1720-1800

Moon globe by John Russell;England;1797

Astronomy

1797

Memento mori ring remembering Augusta Bruce, Europe, 1701-1800

Wellcome (general)

1701-1800
1800-1890, social reformer; civil servant, British

Chadwick, Sir Edwin

1800 - 1890

Tobacco jar carved in the form of human skull and snake

Smoking

1701-1800

A Singular Operation

William Nutter

1795

Barber's shaving bowl, Netherlands, 1701-1750

Public Health & Hygiene

1701-1750

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

Pharmacy-ware

1701-1800

Sextant by Jesse Ramsden

Astronomy

c. 1772

Model diving bell

King George III

before 1753

Surveyor's Level by Joseph Jackson

King George III

1735-60

Barber's chair modified for dental extractions

Dentistry

1701-1800

Demainbray's model of a camera obscura

King George III

1752

Orrery by Thomas Wright

King George III

1735-1745

Tobacco jar in the shape of a skull

Smoking

1701-1800

Case for William Roy’s standard scale, 1742

Weighing & Measuring

1742