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Wax anatomical figure of reclining woman

Anatomy & Pathology

1771-1800

Pedometer by Spencer & Perkins

Surveying

1775-1794

Theodolite used for the Principal Triangulation of Great Britain

Surveying

1791

Silver pill box, Birmingham, England, 1797

Wellcome (general)

1797

Millwright's measuring tool

Weighing & Measuring

around 1790

Infant feeding bottle, Europe, 1701-1800

Nursing & Hospital Furnishings

1771-1800

Half-penny coin

Textile Industry

1799

Mechanical Powers Apparatus

King George III

1775-1800

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

Anatomy & Pathology

1776-1780

Zinc discs, painted one side white with broad red line across the centre

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1772-1773

Steel dental key, England, 1771-1800

Dentistry

1771-1800

Brass casting, roughly cylindrical, three sinkings in surface

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1782

Six Bramah lock drilling templates, on pine (wood) board

Hand and Machine Tools

c.1795

Sextant by Jesse Ramsden

Astronomy

c. 1772

Verge watch in Staffordshire enamelled case by Ann Phillips

Clockmakers

1790

Beam compass by George Adams

King George III

1775-1795

Reflecting telescope by William Herschel

Astronomy

1783-1785

Electrical chimes by George Adams

King George III

1781-1790

Pivoted-detent escapement watch by John Arnold 1776-7

Clockmakers

1776

Pivoted-detent escapement watch by Larcum Kendall 1786-7

Clockmakers

1786

Hydrostatic balance by Jesse Ramsden, London, 1785-1789

Experimental Chemistry

1785-1789

Marine chronometer by John Arnold and Son

Clockmakers

1795

Machine-Screw thread making tool, by Henry Maudslay

Hand and Machine Tools

c.1800

Wax male figure showing the muscles of the body

Anatomy & Pathology

1776-1780

Half-penny coin

Textile Industry

1799

One packet, 'experiment paper on copying', from James Watt's workshop

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1780

Arkwright's Water Frame

Textile Industry

1775

Child's spinal support, Europe, 1771-1800

Orthopaedics

1771-1800

Ornate circumcision knife with ivory handle

Surgery

1775-1785

Rawhide bag for storing cinchona bark

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1777-1785

Spring detent watch by John Arnold, used by Ruth Bellville and family to distribute GMT c.1834-1940

Clockmakers

1794

Moon globe by John Russell;England;1797

Astronomy

1797

Achromatic doublet lens

King George III

1780

Arkwright's water frame, 1775.

Textiles Machinery

1775

Model of William Murdock's Oscillating Engine, 1785.

Motive Power

1785

Three curved rectangular form brass castings

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1782

Rotative steam engine by Boulton and Watt, 1788.

Motive Power

1788

Wax male anatomical figure

Anatomy & Pathology

1776-1780

Marine chronometer by John Arnold and Son, 1787-1799

Time Measurement

1787-1799

Netsuke depicting man with moxa on leg

Asian Medicine

1771-1800

Deck-watch used by Capt. George Vancouver on board HMS Discovery 1791-5

Clockmakers

1791

Watch in a puddingstone, gold and diamond case by John Le Roux

Clockmakers

1775-1785

Terrestrial globe by John and William Cary, London

Clockmakers

1790-1794

Filar micrometer by William Herschel, 1780-1800

Astronomy

1780-1800

Wax male figure showing the veins and some organs of the body, Florence, Italy, 1776-1780

Anatomy & Pathology

1776-1780

Stomach from wax anatomical figure

Anatomy & Pathology

1771-1800

Front part of lungs from wax anatomical figure of reclining woman

Anatomy & Pathology

1771-1800

Small screw-cutting device or fusee engine for clock-maker's use

Hand and Machine Tools

c. 1800

Straight spectacles, silver, hallmarked London 179

Ophthalmology

1796-1797

Transverse folding spectacles, silver, hallmarked

Ophthalmology

1796-1798