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1744-1829, naturalist, French

Lamarck, Jean-Baptiste

1744 - 1829

1741-1819, geologist; sponsor, French

Faujas-de-Saint-Fond, Barthélémy

1741 - 1819

1739-1939, hospital; orphanage, English; British

Foundling Hospital

1739 - 1939

Faden, William

1749 - 1836

Fortin, Nicolas

1750 - 1831

1742-1826, portrait etcher; miniature painter, Scottish

Kay, John

1742 - 1826

1747-1825, medal maker, French

Denon, Vivant

1747 - 1825

1747-1831, physician, German

Knape, Christoph

1747 - 1831

1744-1819, physician; balloonist; aeronaut, American

Jeffries, John

1744 - 1819

1742-1823, Roman Catholic Pope, reigned 1800-1823, Italian

Pius VII

1742 - 1823

1730-1788, Protestant theologian; hymn writer; hymn composer, Swiss

Zollikofer, Georg Joachim

1730 - 1788

1739/40-1817, aeronaut; military theorist; army officer, English

Money, John

1739 - 1817

1738-1819, physician, Belgian

Hende, Jean-François-Laurent van

1738 - 1819

Herschel, William

1738 - 1822

1742-1821, artist; collector, English; British

Cosway, Richard

1742 - 1821

1749-1826, astronomer; mathematician; priest; Italian

Piazzi, Giuseppe

1749 - 1826

Arkwright, Richard

1732 - 1792

1737-1809, author; revolutionary; bridge engineer, British; English

Paine, Thomas

1737 - 1809

1740-1827, physician, English

Haygarth, John

1740 - 1827

bap. 1730, d. 1802, engraver, British

Basire, James

1730 - 1802

1749-1809, natural philosopher, Italian

Cavallo, Tiberius

1749 - 1809

1749-1986, brewers, Leith, Scotland

William Younger & Co.

1749 - 1986

1742-1821, naturalist; botanist; professor of botany, Swedish

Retzius, Anders Jahan

1742 - 1821

Large orrery with twelve sided mahogany base and armillary bands showing six planets out to Saturn. Unsigned by the maker but probaby made by T. Wright or B.Cole, mid 18th century. Small plate indicates that it was repaired by Nairne & Blunt in 1790.

Orrery planetary model probably Thomas Wright, 1740-1747

Astronomy

1740-1747

White metal medal by Vestner commemorating John Taylor, the English itinerant oculist, European, 1731-1740

White metal medal by Vestner commemorating John Ta

Wellcome Medals

1731-1740

founded 1744 [ongoing 2006], academic institution, French

Academie des Sciences, Belles-Lettres et Arts de Rouen

1744

Reproduction of Cronstedt's mouth blowpipe with candlestick from 1750.

Cronstedt's blowpipe, 1750

Experimental Chemistry

1750

Copper medal designed by Dean Duvivier, and M. to commemorate first lecture by Dr. J.B. Winslow, in new anatomical lecture theatre, French, 1746

Copper medal designed by Dean Duvivier, and M. to

Wellcome Medals

1746

An engraving of Trongate in Glasgow during the eighteenth century, made by an unknown artist.

Trongate in the Olden Time

Photographs

c. 1750

Pewter medal commemorating Dr. Christopher I. Trew, by Vestner, European, 1736

Pewter medal commemorating Dr. Christopher I. Trew

Wellcome Medals

1736

Model on a reduced scale of the first Vaucanson loom of 1745, based upon the original in the Conservatoire des Arts et Metiers, Paris. This loom uses an earlier form of the Jacquard System, i.e. a rotating drum to select heddles.

Model on a reduced scale of the first Vaucanson l

Textiles Machinery

1745; before 1935

Oak wood base, for ornamental turning 'rose-engine' lathe and superstructure, unsigned, Germany, c. 1740

Oak wood base, for ornamental turning 'rose-engine' lathe and superstructure

Hand and Machine Tools

1740

Bronze medal, to commemorate the memorial of John Milton in St. Peter's Church Westminister, by Tanner, England, 1737

Medal to commemorate John Milton's Monument

Wellcome Medals

1737

1750-, musical instrument maker, London, England

C Wheatstone and Company

1750

Tobacco box, silver, oval, lid engraved with the initials of Carlisle Spedding and a representation of the atmospheric steam engine at Ginn's Pit, Whitehaven, belonging to Sir James Lowther, assayed 1735, Newcastle upon Tyne, England.

Carlisle Spedding's Tobacco Box, 1736, with engraved design of an atmospheric steam engine

Motive Power

1735-1736

Cast bronze medal commemorating Robert Barker, Doctor of Medicine, Fellow of the Royal Society, by J.A. Dassier, English, 1744

Cast bronze medal commemorating Robert Barker, Doc

Wellcome Medals

1744

1734-current (2011), university, German

University of Gottingen

1734

1735-current (2010), manufacturer of ceramics, Florence, Italy

Ginori

1735

active 1740 - current (2009), hospital, London

London Hospital

1740

c. 1750-?, Royal Navy 'bomb vessel' (ship), British

HMS Racehorse

1750

Bronze medal to commemorate J.M. Martellini, Italy, 1734

Bronze medal to commemorate J.M. Martellini, Italy

Wellcome Medals

1734

1731-1803, medical professor and physician, Austrian

Störck, Anton

1731

Copper medal, Deans medal of Paris Medical School, commemorates de la Garanne, artist Duvivier, medal, French, 1736

Copper medal, Deans medal of Paris Medical School,

Wellcome Medals

1736

Flywheel, for ornamental turning 'rose-engine' lathe, unsigned, Germany, c. 1740

Flywheel, for ornamental turning 'rose-engine' lathe

Hand and Machine Tools

1740

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

Square medicine bottle with engraved foliate design, probably English, dated 1733

Square medicine bottle with engraved foliate desig

Medical Glass-ware

1733

Dr. Gowin Knight's battery of magnets

Electricity and Magnetism

1750

Copper medal, Deans Medal of Paris Medical School, commemorates Baron, artist Roettiers, medal French, 1732

Copper medal, Deans Medal of Paris Medical School,

Wellcome Medals

1732

Barber's shaving bowl, soft paste porcelain, probably Meissen, German, 1730-1740

Barber's shaving bowl

Public Health & Hygiene

1730-1740

Bow, Nuremberg spectacles, copper, one lens missing, made by Ionas Schwartz of Furth, German, 1749

Bow, Nuremberg spectacles, copper

Ophthalmology

1749