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Six's maximum and minimum thermometer

King George III

1780

Round Mahogany Box (c. 1790), containing 12 glass

Experimental Chemistry

1790

Six's maximum and minimum thermometer

King George III

1780

Six's maximum and minimum thermometer

King George III

1780

Ell Rod, Flemish, 1783

Weighing & Measuring

1783

Six's maximum and minimum thermometer

King George III

1780

Six's maximum and minimum thermometer

King George III

1780

Body tube of nautical refracting telescope

King George III

1800

Six's maximum and minimum thermometer

King George III

1780
Five hand-made pins in silver, c. 1800

Five hand-made pins in silver, c. 1800

Textiles Machinery

1800

Simple brass coin tester

Weighing & Measuring

1790-1800

Claude Lorrain mirror in fishskin case

Optics

1780-1800

Mahogany stand supporting right-angled metal wire, Galvani collection

Electricity and Magnetism

1780-1798

Token for Carmarthen Iron Works

Coins, Medals & Tokens

1792
Button shank machine, patented 1794 (patent no. 2010) by Ralph Heaton, Birmingham.

Button shank machine, 1794 patent

Production Machinery

c. 1800

Mortar

Experimental Chemistry

c. 1800

Bolt with hex nuts from Newcomen Engine

Motive Power

1791

Bolt with square nut from Newcomen Engine

Motive Power

1791

Six's maximum and minimum thermometer

King George III

1780

Dellebarre type microscope, in red leather case, D

Microscopy (Wellcome)

1790-1800

Six's maximum and minimum thermometer

King George III

1780
Case for Wax male figure, showing arterial system, Italian, 1776-1780

Case for wax figure showing the arteries of the body

Anatomy & Pathology

1776-1780

Front wall of uterus with window to show interior from wax anatomical figure

Anatomy & Pathology

1771-1800

Front wall of uterus from wax anatomical figure

Anatomy & Pathology

1771-1800

Base from discharging electrometer

Electricity and Magnetism

1780

Brass clamp, with 'butterfly' turnscrew

Electricity and Magnetism

1780

Discharging Lane electrometer for fitting to prime conductor

Electricity and Magnetism

1780

Screwbarrel microscope in brown leather case, Germ

Microscopy (Wellcome)

1771-1800

Nuremburg type compound microscope, marked "JFF" i

Microscopy (Wellcome)

1774-1800

Nuremburg-type compound microscope, eye tube missi

Microscopy (Wellcome)

1771-1800

Transverse folding spectacles, silver, said to be

Ophthalmology

1780-1800

Italian boxfoot microscope, late 18th century

Microscopy (Wellcome)

1771-1800

Money testing balance in wooden case

Weighing & Measuring

1772-1781

Middlesex token, 1789-1800.

Coins, Medals & Tokens

1789-1800
Haystack Steam Boiler, by Francis Thompson, Denby, Derbyshire, England, 1791. This boiler was a part of Thompson’s steam engine at Bassett Pit, Derbyshire.

Haystack Steam Boiler

Motive Power

1791

Montrose halfpenny token, 1796.

Coins, Medals & Tokens

1796

Coalbrookdale halfpenny token, 1792.

Coins, Medals & Tokens

1792

Token, copper, 28mm diameter. Dundee halfpenny, 17

Coins, Medals & Tokens

1797

Token, copper, 27mm diameter. Middlesex token, 179

Coins, Medals & Tokens

1795

Bronze medal, School of Surgery, Paris, Vivier and

Wellcome Medals

1774

Pocket surgical instrument set, in gilded wallet,

Surgery

1771-1800

Pocket surgical instrument set in 3-fold leather c

Surgery

1803-876

Token, depicting an apothecaries balance and heart symbol

Wellcome Medals

1791

Weight set, incomplete, seven out of eight, bronze

Pharmacy-ware

1780-1800

Silver pill box, cachou or patch biox, circular wi

Pharmacy-ware

1798

Empty lancet, case, silver, made in Birmingham, ei

Therapeutics

1776

Italian albarello vase, large, polychrome maiolica

Medical Ceramic-ware

1791

Pocket watch in silver case

Time Measurement

1785-1790

Watch in pair case

Time Measurement

1778-1789

London tradesman's ticket for circus and acrobatic acts at the Lyceum

Coins, Medals & Tokens

1794