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Pharmacy vase, Italy, 1740

Medical Ceramic-ware

1740

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

Building Construction

2000-1001 BCE

English terrestrial globe with Moon arm, 1731-1747

Astronomy

1731-1747

Compound drum microscope

Microscopes

1740

Ornamental turning 'rose-engine' lathe, oak wood base, superstructure, automation mechanism fixed to underside of base, and flywheel fixed to top of superstructure

Hand and Machine Tools

1740

Spoon commemorating smallpox recovery, London, England, 1740

Public Health & Hygiene

1740

Mann & Ayscough solar microscope

Microscopes

1743

Microscope by Culpeper, 1730-1740

Optics

1730-1740

Culpeper microscope

Microscopy (Wellcome)

1731-1737

Universal double microscope (body) (c.1746), ADAMS

Microscopes

1746
Gold memento mori finger ring, with 1 transparent stone containing image of a skull, set in a square setting with champleve enamel inscription on band, 1735

Memento mori ring

Wellcome (general)

1735

Diagonal Spy Glass (Jealousy glass, c.1750), black

Optics

1750

Medal commemorating Laura Maria Caterina Bassi, Italy, 1732

Wellcome Medals

1732

Waywiser, British, 1739

Surveying

1739

Dispensing pot, Europe, 1746

Medical Ceramic-ware

1746

Spoon commemorating smallpox recovery, London, England, 1740

Public Health & Hygiene

1740
Model of an axle and pair of wheels.

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

King George III

c. 1750

Culpeper microscope

Microscopy (Wellcome)

1731-1750

Analemmatic sundial for latitude 52[o]

Time Measurement

1732

'The Company of Undertakers' print

William Hogarth

1736

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

.Unattributed

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

Watt, James

1736 - 1819

The Art of Stocking Frame Work Knitting

Art

1750
Variation compass by Adams, c.1750

Variation compass by Adams, c.1750

Terrestrial Magnetism

1750

Veterinary fleam, three blades, silver handle with

Veterinary Medicine

1733

Straight, cylindrical urethral sound with flat han

Surgery

1751-188

Powder-Tester (c. 1730), by GLEEVE. Brass barrel m

Experimental Chemistry

1730

Mahogany clay tobacco pipe case with hinged lid fo

Smoking

1745-1747

Microscope (c.1730), by EDMUND CULPEPER. Tripod le

Microscopes

1730

Microscope (c.1738), by THOMAS WRIGHT, improvement

Microscopes

1738

Loeser's Metallic thermometer by J. G. Zimmer, 1746-47

Heat

1746-1747

Yard measure, engraved: "Navy Office Deptford 1730"

Weighing & Measuring

1730

Instrument case for compound microscope

Optics

1750

Compass microscope for opaque objects

Microscopes

1740

Curved glass tube, 4ft chord

King George III

1750

Brass Syphon tube

King George III

1750

Pocket surgical instrument set in 3-fold leather c

Surgery

1803-876

Universal microscope

Microscopes

1746

Metal three bladed fleam, probably veterinary, by

Veterinary Medicine

1735-1744

Hand microscope, in case, English, of mixed 18th c

Microscopy (Wellcome)

1730-1750

Micrometer in slider by J. Cuff, London, 1745

Microscopes

1745

Coal bushel, George II, 1730

Weighing & Measuring

1730

Culpeper Microscope

Scientific Instruments & Research

1730-1737

Microscope Accessories

Scientific Instruments & Research

1750
Metal ring, circular, set with 1 transparent square stone, the band bears a champleve enamel inscription, 1735

Ring

Wellcome (general)

1735

5 lancets, one by Chason, one by Norris, one by Be

Therapeutics

1744
Metal momento mori finger ring, set with 1 square transparent stone containing a skull, band bears champleve inscription, 1735

Memento mori ring

Wellcome (general)

1735

Wooden backstaff.

Astronomy

1733

Microscope (dated 1744), signed GEO. LINDSAY, INV

Microscopes

1744

Small hand Gregorian reflecting telescope, unsigne

Optics

1750