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Wax anatomical model of a female showing internal organs, Florence, Italy, 1818

Anatomy & Pathology

1818

Coalbrookdale by Night

Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg

1801

Arkwright's water frame, 1775.

Textiles Machinery

1775

Rotative steam engine by Boulton and Watt, 1788.

Motive Power

1788

'Puffing Billy' locomotive

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1813-1814

Stephenson's Rocket

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1829

Laennec's stethoscope

Clinical Diagnosis

1815-1825

Joseph Jackson Lister's microscope, London, England, 1826

Microscopy (Wellcome)

1826

Sans Pareil

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1829

Water pipe, for smoking opium or tobacco, China, 1801-1830

Smoking

1801-1830

Shutt End Colliery Railway steam locomotive 'Agenoria'

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1829
1818-1865, physician, Hungarian

Semmelweis, Ignaz Philipp

1818 - 1865

Theodolite used for the Principal Triangulation of Great Britain

Surveying

1791

Arkwright's Water Frame

Textile Industry

1775

Phrenological head

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1821

Trevithick's model road locomotive engine

Road Transport

1796-1802

Reflecting telescope by William Herschel

Astronomy

1783-1785

Stanhope square demonstrator, c.1805.

Mathematics

c.1805

Caroline Herschel's telescope, 1795-1816

Astronomy

1795-1825

Mrs. Sage

.Unattributed

1785

Vaginal speculum for applying leeches

Clinical Diagnosis

1801-1830

Original preparation of quinine

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1820

Moon globe by John Russell;England;1797

Astronomy

1797

Old Spitalfields hand loom with jacquard mechanism

Textiles Machinery

1810

Edward Jenner's lancets

Public Health & Hygiene

1801-1823

Maudslay 's Lord Chancellor bench micrometer

Industrial Metrology

1805

'Dr Syntax and his wife making an experiment in pneumatics', print, London, England, 1820

Thomas Rowlandson

1820

Sextant by Jesse Ramsden

Astronomy

c. 1772

Lord Byron’s orthopaedic boot, England, 1781-1810

Orthopaedics

1781-1810
1827-1912, surgeon; physician; developer of a system of antiseptic surgery, English; British

Lister, Joseph

1827 - 1912
1813-1858, anaesthetist; epidemiologist; physician, British; English

Snow, John

1813 - 1858

Watt's end measuring machine

Industrial Metrology

1776

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

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2050-1750 BCE

Ebony and brass octant.

Astronomy

1777-1810

Pocket globe in case by Dudley Adams

Astronomy

1799-1802
1800-1890, social reformer; civil servant, British

Chadwick, Sir Edwin

1800 - 1890

Flintlock tinder pistol

Smoking

1780-1830

Silver vinaigrette with hinged lid

Pharmacy-ware

1809
1824-1880, surgeon, pathologist; anthropologist, French

Broca, Paul

1824 - 1880

Breast pump, Europe, 1771-1830

Nursing & Hospital Furnishings

1771-1830

'Old Age' statue, Staffordshire, England, 1801-1830

Orthopaedics

1801-1830

Copy of Thimonnier's chain-stitch sewing machine, 1830.

Textiles Machinery

1830

Wax anatomical figure of reclining woman

Anatomy & Pathology

1771-1800

Davy Safety lamp

Mining & Ore Dressing

before 1815

Wax plaque showing foetus in the womb

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1801-1830

Ornate circumcision knife with ivory handle

Surgery

1775-1785

Calculator for treadwheel labour, 1823

King George III

1823

Richard Grindall's combined knife and fork, Europe, 1795-1820

Orthopaedics

1795-1820

Marine chronometer by John Arnold and Son, 1787-1799

Time Measurement

1787-1799

Oersted Compass Needle, 1828

Science Teaching

1828