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Reflecting telescope by William Herschel, 1783-1785

Astronomy

1783-1785

Achromatic doublet lens

King George III

1780

English wooden doll,circa 1780, of simple skittle

Materials Science Gallery

c. 1780

Model of Sun and Planet Gearing

Motive Power

1782-1784

Spoon with folding handle

Pharmacy-ware

1778

Satirical print of a failed balloon launch from Foley House, London in 1784

Paul Sandby

1784

Mrs. Sage

.Unattributed

1785

Air balloon as it ascended with Mr. Lunardi from the Artillery Ground

Art

1784

The King and Queen etc. viewing a balloon let off in a garden of Windsor Castle

James Basire

1783

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

James Watson

1778

Mr Lunardi's New Balloon

Art

1785

Engraving of a demonstration to compare lightning conductor designs

James Basire

1778-1780

Joseph Priestley LLD FRS

Art

1782

Circular instrument dividing engine.

Industrial Metrology

1778

Model of Iron Bridge, Coalbrookdale, Shropshire, 1784

Civil Engineering

1784

Medal awarded by the Royal Humane Society, England, 1781

Wellcome Medals

1781

Mortar, stoneware, impressed "Wedgwood & Bentley"

Experimental Chemistry

1780

'St Luke's Hospital', print, London, England, 1785

Nursing & Hospital Furnishings

1785

Specimens of linen, 1783-1784.

Textiles Machinery

1783-1784

Mummy of a crocodile, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

Tobacco resuscitator kit, England, 1785

Therapeutics

1785

'Military Surgical Instruments', published Vienna, Austria, 1782

Printed Books

1782

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

Building Construction

2000-1001 BCE

Mortar, J Wedgwood and Bentley, 1779-80

Pharmacy-ware

1779-1780

Oil jar, Egypt, 1580-1350BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1350 BCE

Gunner's quadrant and perpendicular, c. 1780.

Mathematics

c. 1780
Universal Microscope, by H. Shuttleworth, Ludgate Street, London, England, 1782. Body inscribed; ‘MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY SPITTLEFIELDS 1782’ and ‘No 1265 Compounnd Microscope, new’

Universal Microscope, by H. Shuttleworth

Microscopes

1782
The first 48-inch speculum mirror cast by Sir William Herschel in 1785 for his 'Forty-Foot' telescope at Slough, England.

Original mirror for William Herschel's forty-foot telescope, 1785.

Astronomy

1785

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
Medallion portrait by Wedgwood of Joseph Priestley in oval frame, 7 1/2" x 6 1/2", c. 1775-1780

Joseph Priestley, Anglo-American theologian and chemist, 1770-1800.

John Flaxman

1782

Trade card: Thomas Mason

.Unattributed

1780

Discharging Lane electrometer for fitting to prime conductor

Electricity and Magnetism

1780

Ell Rod, Flemish, 1783

Weighing & Measuring

1783

Mercury wheel barometer

Scientific Instruments & Research

c.1785

Base from discharging electrometer

Electricity and Magnetism

1780

Brass clamp, with 'butterfly' turnscrew

Electricity and Magnetism

1780

Carapace of turtle, in 2 sections in display box,

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1851-930

Medal commemorating Joseph Priestley

Coins, Medals & Tokens

1783

Medal commemorating Joseph Priestley

Coins, Medals & Tokens

1783
Model of sun and planet gearing, made by James Watt ,1782-1784, demonstrating the action designed to produce a rotative motion. Preserved by James Watt & Co.

Model of Sun and Planet Gearing made by James Watt

Motive Power

1782-1784

Balloon Ascent Token

Coins, Medals & Tokens

c. 1784-1785

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

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

Microscopes

1780

Medal, commemorating the first balloon ascents in

Coins, Medals & Tokens

1784
"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

Pamphlet by William Herschel;instructions for the use of his Newtonian reflecting telescope

Astronomy

1783-1785

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

Experimental Chemistry

1780

Dicas hydrometer with weights

Experimental Chemistry

1781