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Millwright's measuring tool

Weighing & Measuring

around 1790

Theodolite used for the Principal Triangulation of Great Britain

Surveying

1791

Silver pill box, Birmingham, England, 1797

Wellcome (general)

1797

Half-penny coin

Textile Industry

1799

Half-penny coin

Textile Industry

1799

Moon globe by John Russell;England;1797

Astronomy

1797

Small screw-cutting device or fusee engine for clo

Hand and Machine Tools

c. 1800

Transverse folding spectacles, silver, hallmarked

Ophthalmology

1796-1798

Straight spectacles, silver, hallmarked London 179

Ophthalmology

1796-1797

Set of magnetical apparatus in case, by Adams

Electricity and Magnetism

1790

Seal die, Ashby De La Zouch Canal Company

Railway Heraldry

1794

Chronometer with case and accessories

Time Measurement

c. 1800

Toothbrush set, in rectangular red leather tooled

Dentistry

1791-1792

Richard Arkwright

Joseph Wright of

1790

The Rev Dr Priestley's House and Elaboratory

Joseph Johnson

1792

Divers Projets

Art

1798

Stipple-engraved portrait of Margaret Bryan and two children

Art

1797
Brass lacquered sextant with straight-bar-pattern, 24 pillar frame, polished brass limb, wooden handle with counterbalanced tripod pillar stand and mercury artificial horizon in wooden box, all by John and Edward Troughton, 136 Fleet Street , London, England, 1790-1800. Consists of brass 127° scale (-5° to 140°) with 20’ divisions and brass vernier (10”), three index-filter shades (red & green), two horizon filters (red & green), scale magnifier on 90mm swivelling arm. Fitted with threaded telescope bracket for sighting telescope (182mm – inverted image) with 2 extra draw tubes, 131mm sighting tube and other accessories. The fitted rectangular case has in the lid the trade card for J. & E. Troughton. The artificial mercurial horizon consisting of a rectangular wooden trough fitted in a tin tray and a brass-framed, roof-shaped cover with glazed side panels, unsigned, made later, 1845-55.

Brass framed sextant with stand, artificial horizon and case.

Astronomy

1790-1800

Colchester halfpenny token

Coins, Medals & Tokens

1794

Barber-surgeon's bronze token, England, 1790-1799

Wellcome Medals

1790-1799

Brass weights used by Wollaston, c 1800.

Experimental Chemistry

1800

Middlesex token, 1796.

Coins, Medals & Tokens

1796

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

Coins, Medals & Tokens

1794

The Comforts of a Rumford Stove

Hannah Humphrey

1800

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

Wellcome Medals

1793

Collycroft worsted textile mill, 1790

Motive Power

1790

Crab with contrate gear, in wooden frame

Lifting & Mechanical Handling

c. 1790

London halfpenny token

Coins, Medals & Tokens

1794

Pocket Watch in Silver Case by Ward, 1750-1794

Time Measurement

hallmarked 1794
Original screw-cutting lathe, made by Henry Maudslay, end of 18th century

Henry Maudslay's original screw-cutting lathe, c.1800

Hand and Machine Tools

c. 1800

Weighing machine, London, England, 1800

Nursing & Hospital Furnishings

1800

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

Dentistry

1795

Marquois universal parallel scale, 1796 or 1797

Mathematics

1796-1797

King Bladud, Bath Token

Coins, Medals & Tokens

1790-1800

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

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1991-1786 BCE

Two Guillotine blades

Wellcome (general)

1790-1794

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

Dentistry

1795

Cow horn, inscribed with 'G C Jenner 1825', England, 1796-1798

Public Health & Hygiene

1796-1798

Mummy of a crocodile, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

Emsworth halfpenny token for grocer and tea dealer, 1793

Coins, Medals & Tokens

1793

Silver toothbrush set, Birmingham, England, 1793

Dentistry

1793

Wrought iron ring and hook

Coal Mining

c.1800

Brass corset, England, 1800-1880

Orthopaedics

1800-1800

Oil jar, Egypt, 1580-1350BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1350 BCE
Coin, copper, 40mm diameter. Regal two pence, 1797. 'Cartwheel'. The Royal Mint, 1797, Regal twopenny piece. Obverse Bust of George III etc. Reverse Britannia etc. Notes This was twice the weight of the penny (1977-2381/147), made at Soho Manufactory

Regal two pence coin, 1797.

Coins, Medals & Tokens

1797

Norwich halfpenny for haberdasher, 1793

Coins, Medals & Tokens

1793

Token, copper, 28mm diameter. Leith halfpenny, 179

Coins, Medals & Tokens

1796

Leighton Buzzard halfpenny token

Coins, Medals & Tokens

1794

Lancets for bloodletting, England, 1794

Therapeutics

1792-1794

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

Building Construction

2000-1001 BCE