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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

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

Anatomy & Pathology

1776-1780

Wax male figure showing the muscles of the body

Anatomy & Pathology

1776-1780

Achromatic doublet lens

King George III

1780

Wax male anatomical figure

Anatomy & Pathology

1776-1780

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

Anatomy & Pathology

1776-1780

English wooden doll,circa 1780, of simple skittle

Materials Science Gallery

c. 1780

Wax male figure showing the arteries of the body, Florence, Italy, 1776-1780

Anatomy & Pathology

1776-1780

Spoon with folding handle

Pharmacy-ware

1778

Mezzotint portrait of John Bird

Valentine Green

1776

Portrait mezzotint print from engraving of Phelps Thomas and Bartlett John, 1778

James Watson

1778

Engraving of a demonstration to compare lightning conductor designs

James Basire

1778-1780

Circular instrument dividing engine.

Industrial Metrology

1778

Loxocosm, astronomical demonstration device invent

Astronomy

1780

Clay figure of animal

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1000 BCE

Double Leyden jar (two small jars joined )

Electricity and Magnetism

1780

Compound microscope signed J. D. V. Fokkenberg Fec

Microscopes

1777

Mummy of a crocodile, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

Oil jar, Egypt, 1580-1350BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1350 BCE

Gunner's quadrant and perpendicular, c. 1780.

Mathematics

c. 1780

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

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE
Case for Wax male anatomical figure, showing deep muscles and skeleton, in case, Italian, 1776-1780

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

Anatomy & Pathology

1776-1780

Mortar, stoneware, impressed "Wedgwood & Bentley"

Experimental Chemistry

1780

Wax anatomical figure showing the muscles of the body

Anatomy & Pathology

1776-1780

Memorial stele to the doorkeepr Ruma

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

Planisphere, invented by W. Lacy, dated 1777. Pre

Astronomy

1777

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

Building Construction

2000-1001 BCE

Glass measuring cylinder, England, 1777

Therapeutics

1777

Frictional electrostatic machine

Electricity and Magnetism

1780
Remains of a Cornish pumping engine, viz "Old Bess", by Boulton, Watt and Company and Soho Manufactory, England, 1777

Remains of a Cornish pumping engine

Motive Power

1777

Wooden base for a component from the remains of a Cornish pumping engine

Motive Power

1777

Pedometer (c.1780), by SPENCER AND PERKINS, in gil

Surveying

1780

Simple microscope in pearwood (c.1780), turned ste

Microscopes

1780
Case for Wax male figure showing muscles, in case, Italian, 1776-1780

Case for wax male figure showing the muscles of the body

Anatomy & Pathology

1776-1780
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

Verge watch in case with pendulum balance

Time Measurement

1776

Carapace of turtle, in 2 sections in display box,

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1851-930

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

Portable naked eye sighting instrument

Astronomy

1780
Clock made by Benjamin Vulliamy for His Majesty George III, and used in his Observatory at Kew. In polished mahogany case

A clock made by Benjamin Vulliamy for His Majesty George III, c. 1780.

Time Measurement

c. 1780

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

Therapeutics

1776

Brass snuff box with hinged lid inscribed Charles

Smoking

1777-1779

Wooden Horse Gin

Motive Power

1780

Small brass pocket microscope (c.1780), screw focu

Microscopes

1780
Case for Wax male anatomical figure, showing venous and some organs, in case, by Susini and Calenzuoli, Florence, 1776-1780

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

Anatomy & Pathology

1776-1780
"Four foot" circular dividing engine (c. 1778) by John Troughton, diameter of wheel to edge of teeth is 46 1/4 inches, with 2160 teeth, wooden treadle missing, and also a few unimportant details such as milled-head screws, near the 210 degree mark seven teeth are partly burred

Part of circular instrument dividing engine.

Industrial Metrology

1778

Hydrometer by Dicas, Liverpool, no.2056, with 13 w

Experimental Chemistry

1780