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Model of an axle and pair of wheels.

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

King George III

c. 1750

'The Company of Undertakers' print

William Hogarth

1736
Variation compass by Adams, c.1750

Variation compass by Adams, c.1750

Terrestrial Magnetism

1750

Bow, Nuremberg spectacles, copper

Ophthalmology

1749

Pocket surgical instrument set in 3-fold leather c

Surgery

1803-876

Clinical Thermometer by Alexander Wilson, 1735-1745

Heat

1735-1745

Yard measure, engraved: "Navy Office Deptford 1730"

Weighing & Measuring

1730

Compass microscope for opaque objects

Microscopes

1740

Square medicine bottle with engraved foliate desig

Medical Glass-ware

1733

Straight, cylindrical urethral sound with flat han

Surgery

1751-188

Albarello vase, Italian, made in 1740 in Abruzzi,

Medical Ceramic-ware

1740

North Italian syrup jar, possibly from Veneto, dec

Medical Ceramic-ware

1745

Barber's shaving bowl

Public Health & Hygiene

1730-1740

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

Heat

1746-1747

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

Experimental Chemistry

1730

Curved glass tube, 4ft chord

King George III

1750

Brass Syphon tube

King George III

1750

Mahogany clay tobacco pipe case with hinged lid fo

Smoking

1745-1747

Instrument case for compound microscope

Optics

1750

Universal microscope

Microscopes

1746

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

Microscopes

1730

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

Microscopes

1738

Veterinary fleam, three blades, silver handle with

Veterinary Medicine

1733

Pitch pipe

Acoustics

1750

Cam ring

Hand and Machine Tools

c.1740

Backplates for oval chuck

Hand and Machine Tools

c.1740

Micrometer in slider by J. Cuff, London, 1745

Microscopes

1745

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

Microscopy (Wellcome)

1730-1750

Excise officer's slide rule by W. Rix, Verie type

Mathematics

1740-1746

Metal three bladed fleam, probably veterinary, by

Veterinary Medicine

1735-1744

Oval, lacquered tin box lined with green woollen c

Surgery

1730-1735

Earthenware dispensing pot, tin-glazed, painted, 1

Medical Ceramic-ware

1730-1750

Coal bushel, George II, 1730

Weighing & Measuring

1730

Microscope Accessories

Scientific Instruments & Research

1750

Culpeper Microscope

Scientific Instruments & Research

1730-1737

Bell shaped bronze mortar

Pharmacy-ware

1732

Reading Glass (c.1750), thin copper mount with twi

Optics

1750
One of eleven early wine bottles, mallet shaped (shape popular c. 1740)

Early wine bottle, about 1740

Glass Technology

1735-1745

Squat bronze mortar, 4 bulbous moulded ribs altern

Pharmacy-ware

1730

Wooden backstaff.

Astronomy

1733

Walking Stick Telescope (c.1750), two lenses, focu

Optics

1750

Folding inclined mahogany plane, 1750

King George III

1750

Glass sphere on a stand

King George III

1750

Porcelain statue of Hippocrates, Dresden, marked

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1730-1740

Drum compound microscope by Benjamin Martin

Optics

1750
Fishskin case for set of nested troy cup weights.

instrument case

Weighing & Measuring

1737

Magnifier (c.1750), in horn frame; in horn body

Optics

1750

Porcelain Feeding cup

Nursing & Hospital Furnishings

1734-1740

Set of flat troy penny weights

Weighing & Measuring

1737

Microscope, in cylindrical boxwood case inscribed

Microscopes

1732