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Millwright's measuring tool

Weighing & Measuring

around 1790

Theodolite used for the Principal Triangulation of Great Britain

Surveying

1791

Hydrostatic balance by Jesse Ramsden, London, 1785-1789

Experimental Chemistry

1785-1789

Rotative steam engine by Boulton and Watt, 1788.

Motive Power

1788

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

Seal die, Ashby De La Zouch Canal Company

Railway Heraldry

1794

Glass bottle for paregoric elixir

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1786-1795

Toothbrush set, in rectangular red leather tooled

Dentistry

1791-1792

Mrs. Sage

.Unattributed

1785

Richard Arkwright

Joseph Wright of

1790

Praeclarissimus Isaacus Newton Eques

Art

1787

The Rev Dr Priestley's House and Elaboratory

Joseph Johnson

1792

Mr Lunardi's New Balloon

Art

1785

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

Julius Caesar Ibbetson

1785-1790

Colchester halfpenny token

Coins, Medals & Tokens

1794

Token, copper, 28mm diameter. Middlesex token, 179

Coins, Medals & Tokens

1794

Silver medal commemorating the execution of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, Germany, 1793

Wellcome Medals

1793

Collycroft worsted textile mill, 1790

Motive Power

1790

London halfpenny token

Coins, Medals & Tokens

1794

Pocket Watch in Silver Case by Ward, 1750-1794

Time Measurement

hallmarked 1794

Orrery planetary model

Astronomy

1789-1795

Crab with contrate gear, in wooden frame

Lifting & Mechanical Handling

c. 1790

Hippopotamus ivory teeth, lower denture on stand, England, 1795

Dentistry

1795

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

Two Guillotine blades

Wellcome (general)

1790-1794

Hippopotamus ivory teeth, upper denture on stand, England, 1795

Dentistry

1795

Mummy of a crocodile, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

Tobacco resuscitator kit, England, 1785

Therapeutics

1785

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

Nursing & Hospital Furnishings

1785

Emsworth halfpenny token for grocer and tea dealer, 1793

Coins, Medals & Tokens

1793

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

Building Construction

2000-1001 BCE

Silver toothbrush set, Birmingham, England, 1793

Dentistry

1793

Norwich halfpenny for haberdasher, 1793

Coins, Medals & Tokens

1793

Leighton Buzzard halfpenny token

Coins, Medals & Tokens

1794

Lancets for bloodletting, England, 1794

Therapeutics

1792-1794

Oil jar, Egypt, 1580-1350BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1350 BCE

Token issued by John Wilkinson, 18th century Ironmaster

Coins, Medals & Tokens

1787

Rutherford maximum and minimum thermometer, 1794

Meteorology

1794

Albarello drug jar, Italy, 1790

Medical Ceramic-ware

1790

Middlesex and London halfpenny token for Skidmore's Furniture Repository

Coins, Medals & Tokens

1795
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

Physionotrace of Madam Roland

Photographs

1793

Letter from George Washington to his dentist, United States, 1795

Dentistry

1795

Extending spectacles and case

Ophthalmology

1790-1793

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

Token for Carmarthen Iron Works

Coins, Medals & Tokens

1792

Mahogany and brass sextant.

Astronomy

1785-1795