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Rigged model of H.M. Bark 'Endeavour', 1974

Water Transport

1765

Mummy of a crocodile, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

Model of cylinder with separate condenser, formerly described as the "original" model.

Watt's second separate condenser, 1765.

Motive Power

1765

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

Building Construction

2000-1001 BCE

Oil jar, Egypt, 1580-1350BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1350 BCE

Magnetic toy demonstration device made by George Adams, Fleet Street, London, 1765. Consisting of two mahogany boxes. One contains 4 dials with the numbers: 1, 5, 6 and 7 in each - situated beneath sliding lid with square window revealing one number per dial. The second box contains 4 ebony blocks numbered 1, 7, 6, 5, each slightly trapezoid in shape. Both boxes have hinged lids with 2 metal catches at the front.

Magnetic toy by George Adams

King George III

1765

Mummy of a peregrine falcon, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

Copy of clay liver used for divination, original from Babylon, 2050-1750 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2050-1750 BCE

Naval refracting telescope

Optics

1765

Memorial stele to the doorkeepr Ruma

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

Wine Quart of Richmond Manor

Weighing & Measuring

1765

Clay figure of animal

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1000 BCE

Production of plate glass

Art

1765

Production of plate glass

Art

1765

D'Artaria & Compagnie

.Unattributed

after 1765

Production of plate glass

Art

1765

Henry Pyefinch

.Unattributed

1765

1765-1815, inventor; engineer; artist, American

Fulton, Robert

1765 - 1815

1770-1844, portrait painter; history painter, printmaker, draughtsman, British

Drummond, Samuel

1765 - 1844

1765-1837, King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland and Hanover

William IV

1765 - 1837

Manby, George William

1765 - 1854

Wollaston, George Hyde

1761 - 1841

1765-1810, engraver; print publisher; painter, Italian

Schiavonetti, Luigi

1765 - 1810

1765-1854, inventor of apparatus for saving life from shipwrecks, British

Manby, George William

1765 - 1854

1765-1844, architectural writer; mathematician, Scottish; British

Nicholson, Peter

1765 - 1844

1765-1794, artist; printmaker, French

Conde, Jean

1765 - 1794

1765-1833, inventor, Chalon-sur-Saône, France

Niépce, Joseph Nicéphore

1765 - 1833

active 1790-1820, mathematical, philosophical, nautical & optical instrument makers, Paris, France

Jecker, Francoise-Antoine

1765 - 1834

Wilson, James

1765 - 1821

1765-1826, mechanical engineer; British; English

Murray, Matthew

1765 - 1826

1765-1847, chemist, British; English

Hatchett, Charles

1765 - 1847

Two copies of Stele (copy) depicting King Hammurabi of Babylon, 1st Dynasty, 1796-1750BC

Stele of King Hammurabi of Babylon, plaster copy, original 1796-1750BC.

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1796-1750 BCE

Reconstruction of Hargreaves's Spinning Jenny, from the original of c. 1766

Reproduction of Hargreaves's original Spinning Jenny

Textiles Machinery

1765

Resin replica of a clay model of a sheep's liver used for divination, original Babylonian, original 2050BC to 1750BC

Copy of model of a sheep's liver. Original Babylonian, c. 2050-1750 BC.

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2050-1750 BCE

active 1765-1777, surgical instrument maker, London

Bodker

1765

Mummy, infant female, said to be Egyptian, 3000-1000 BCE (see note).

Mummified remains, ancient Egyptian or Peruvian

Classical & Medieval Medicine

3000-1000 BCE

active about 1790-1800s, scientific instrument maker, British

Lomas, H

1765

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

Egyptian funerary statue of man and wife, granite, Old Kingdom, from plain of Memphis

Egyptian funerary statue of man and wife, granite

Classical & Medieval Medicine

4000-1000 BCE

Large hand magnifier, European, early 19th century

Microscopy (Wellcome)

1801-850

Bronze medal awarded for excellence and diligence in surgery, presented by M.F. Houstet in perpetuity, designed by B. Duvivier, French, 1765

Bronze medal awarded for excellence and diligence

Wellcome Medals

1765

Pocket surgical instrument set in 3-fold leather case, incomplete, by Charriere, Paris, 1803-1876

Pocket surgical instrument set in 3-fold leather c

Surgery

1803-876

Gold medal awarded to Sir D.W. Browne on his election as President of the London College of Medicine, 1765

Gold medal awarded to Sir D.W. Browne on his elect

Wellcome Medals

1765

Alabaster bottle, Egyptian, probably New Kingdom, 1580-1350BC

Alabaster bottle, Egyptian, probably New Kingdom

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1350 BCE

Optometer, objective or subjective, possibly English, 1831-1900

Optometer, objective or subjective, possibly Engli

Ophthalmology

1831-900

Two pieces of skull showing cauterisation scars, probably neolithic with photograph of similar, French, 2000BC(?)-1000BC(?)

Two pieces of skull showing cauterisation scars

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

2000-1000 BCE

Silver perpetual calendar, dated 1765

Time Measurement

1765

Circular gold(?) medal, awarded to I. Ponsonby as a prize for general excellence (Pantathlon?) at a scientific academy(?), English, 1765

Circular gold(?) medal, awarded to I. Ponsonby as

Wellcome Medals

1765

Bronze sacrificial bowl, used for blood libations, Shang Dynasty, Chinese, 1766-1122 BCE

Shang Dynasty sacrificial bowl

Asian Medicine

1766-1122 BCE

Engraved chart entitled, A Chart of Biography to the Rt Hon Hugh Lord Willoughby of Parham by Joseph Priestley 1765

A Chart of Biography

Joseph Priestley

1765