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Millwright's measuring tool

Weighing & Measuring

around 1790

Reflecting telescope by William Herschel, 1783-1785

Astronomy

1783-1785

Hydrostatic balance by Jesse Ramsden, London, 1785-1789

Experimental Chemistry

1785-1789

Electrical chimes by George Adams

King George III

1781-1790

Achromatic doublet lens

King George III

1780

Rotative steam engine by Boulton and Watt, 1788.

Motive Power

1788

English wooden doll,circa 1780, of simple skittle

Materials Science Gallery

c. 1780

Set of magnetical apparatus in case, by Adams

Electricity and Magnetism

1790

Chronometer watch in silver case by John Arnold an

Time Measurement

hallmarked 1788

Model of Sun and Planet Gearing

Motive Power

1782-1784

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

Paul Sandby

1784

Mrs. Sage

.Unattributed

1785

Richard Arkwright

Joseph Wright of

1790

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

Art

1784

Praeclarissimus Isaacus Newton Eques

Art

1787

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

James Basire

1783

Portrait oil painting of John Arnold and family 1783-1787

Robert Davy

1783-1787

Mr Lunardi's New Balloon

Art

1785

Joseph Priestley LLD FRS

Art

1782

Lunardi's second balloon ascending from St. George's Fields, 1785

Julius Caesar Ibbetson

1785-1790

Model of Iron Bridge, Coalbrookdale, Shropshire, 1784

Civil Engineering

1784

Collycroft worsted textile mill, 1790

Motive Power

1790

Crab with contrate gear, in wooden frame

Lifting & Mechanical Handling

c. 1790

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

Stone slab with seven holes for cosmetic ointments, Egypt, 1991-1786 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1991-1786 BCE

Silver gilt eye bath with case, London, England, 1786

Ophthalmology

1786

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

Oil jar, Egypt, 1580-1350BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1350 BCE

Gunner's quadrant and perpendicular, c. 1780.

Mathematics

c. 1780

Token issued by John Wilkinson, 18th century Ironmaster

Coins, Medals & Tokens

1787

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

Building Construction

2000-1001 BCE
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

Albarello drug jar, Italy, 1790

Medical Ceramic-ware

1790
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

Pocket watch in silver case

Time Measurement

1785-1790

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