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Silver vinaigrette with hinged lid

Pharmacy-ware

1809

Netsuke depicting man with moxa on leg

Asian Medicine

1771-1800

Slide rule for exchange of weights and measures

Mathematics

1815

printing block

Textile Industry

c.1840

Half-penny coin

Textile Industry

1806

Bodmin & Wadebridge Railway 3rd Class open railway carriage, 1834

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1834

Millwright's measuring tool

Weighing & Measuring

around 1790

George III's weighted cylinder

King George III

1762

George III's guinea and feather' apparatus

King George III

1761

George III's cycloidal pendulum

King George III

1762

George III's pendulum

King George III

1762

Luke Howard's original rain guage

Meteorology

1818

Square signed "J.Ramsden, 1757"

Mathematics

1757

Shutt End Colliery Railway steam locomotive 'Agenoria'

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1829

Wax anatomical figure of reclining woman

Anatomy & Pathology

1771-1800

Schwann's microscope

Microscopes

1835

Pedometer by Spencer & Perkins

Surveying

1775-1794

George III's compound engine

King George III

1762

Machine used for covering wires with silk and cotton, 1837

Textiles Machinery

1837

Theodolite used for the Principal Triangulation of Great Britain

Surveying

1791

Huskisson Memorial

Miscellanea & Curiosities

1831

Wooden figure of man practising moxibustion

Asian Medicine

1750-1800

Silver pill box, Birmingham, England, 1797

Wellcome (general)

1797

Cocked hat worn by French military surgeon

Surgery

1790-1831

Infant feeding bottle, Europe, 1701-1800

Nursing & Hospital Furnishings

1771-1800

Plaque showing the development of a human embryo

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1801-1830

Demainbray's Irish low-backed cart model

King George III

1735-1754.

Model of Hooke's universal joint

King George III

1760

Section of lightning conductor from St Paul’s cathedral

Geophysics

1769

Refracting telescope with achromatic lens, made by the Dollond family

Optics

1760-1775

Mahogany pulley orrery

Astronomy

1750-1775

Daniell cell used by Edward Davy, 1836-1839

Telecommunications

1836-1839

Arkwright's prototype spinning machine, 1769.

Textiles Machinery

1769

section of first telegraph cable, 1837

Telecommunications

1837

Cooke and Wheatstone 5-needle telegraph, 1837

Telecommunications

1837

Half-penny coin

Textile Industry

1799

Water frame spindle

Textile Industry

1800-1830

Copying desk, with lock and key and felt on mahogany board

Printing & Writing

1780-1800

Mechanical Powers Apparatus

King George III

1775-1800

Cylindrical condensing chamber

King George III

1761

George III's double-barrelled air pump

King George III

1761

George III's philosophical table

King George III

1761-1762

George III's Magdeburg hemispheres

King George III

1761

cylinder electrical machine, 1810-1817

Telecommunications

1810-1817

Silver snuff boxes, United Kingdom, presented in 1832 and 1850

Smoking

1832

'Puffing Billy' locomotive

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1813-1814

Wax male figure showing the muscles and bones of the body, Florence, Italy, 1776-1780

Anatomy & Pathology

1776-1780

Dial micrometer, 1760-1772.

King George III

1760-1772

Terrestrial Globe by George Adams

King George III

1766

Stanhope square demonstrator, c.1805.

Mathematics

c.1805