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Silver pill box engraved with a triangular pattern, Birmingham, England, 1801

Wellcome (general)

1801

Coalbrookdale by Night

Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg

1801

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

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1991-1786 BCE

Mummy of a crocodile, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

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

Building Construction

2000-1001 BCE

Oil jar, Egypt, 1580-1350BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1350 BCE

Copy of clay liver used for divination, original from Babylon, 2050-1750 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2050-1750 BCE

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

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

Carapace of turtle, in 2 sections in display box,

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1851-930

Leaflet for a work entitled 'Cases of successful practice with Perkin's Patent Metallic Tractors'.

Therapeutics

1801

Clarke's Export Hydrometer (dated 1801) signed DRI

Experimental Chemistry

1801

Memorial stele to the doorkeepr Ruma

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

Forceps, spring-action, steel, probably England, 1

Surgery

1801-190

Dr. Witherings botanical microscope

Microscopes

1801

Token, copper, 28mm diameter. Brechin halfpenny, 1

Coins, Medals & Tokens

1801

Clay figure of animal

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1000 BCE

'Metallic Tractors', print, by James Gillray, London, England, 1801

Hannah Humphrey

1801

Portrait: engraving, stipple, William Withering, F

Art

1801

"Charming well-again"

Art

1801

Print of Matthew Boulton, by Willam. Sharp, after Sir William Beechey

William Beechey

1801

The London to Birmingham Stage Coach

Art

1801

Engraving. 2 portrait vignettes. Chemical philosop

Art

1801

Print

Art

1801

Aquatint, coloured; The Aqueduct Bridge, by Marigo

Art

1801

Portrait etching of Benjamin Thompson Count Rumford, 1801, from painting

Art

1801

Capt. Joseph Huddart, FRS

Charles Turner

1801

1801-1865, optician, instrument maker, Birmingham and London, England, English

Elkington, George Richards

1801 - 1865

Small clear glass bottle, with cork stopper and paper label, containing Brathwaite's Genuine Black Drop. Black Drop was a proprietary remedy of fermented vinegar of opium introduced around 1700. It contained more opium than most varieties of The label on this example reads 'Genuine Black Drop, Prepared By J.A. Brathwaite, Lancaster' and 'N.B. One Drop equal to four of Laudanum'.

Small clear glass bottle, with cork stopper and paper label, containing Brathwaite's Genuine Black Drop

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

c. 1801

1801-1892, astronomer, English; British

Airy, Sir George Biddell

1801 - 1892

1801-1882, locomotive engineer; railway engineer, British; English

Dodds, Isaac

1801 - 1882

1801-1858, physiologist; comparative anatomist, German

Müller, Johan Peter

1801 - 1858

Perigal, Henry

1801 - 1898

Maudslay, Joseph

1801 - 1861

1801-1853, compiler of railway guides, British

Bradshaw, George

1801 - 1853

Bradshaw, George

1801 - 1853

1801-1885, photographic entrepreneur, English; British

Beard, Richard

1801 - 1885

1801-1870, engineer; shipwright; naval architect, English; British

Ditchburn, Thomas Joseph

1801 - 1870

1801-1870, microscopist and photographic pioneer, English; British

Reade, Joseph Bancroft

1801 - 1870

1801-1883, physicist, inventor, Belgium

Plateau, Joseph

1801 - 1883

1801-1870, optical instrument maker (microscope & telescope), German

Steinheil, Carl August

1801 - 1870

1801-1861, surgeon; possible inventor of the hypodermic syringe, Irish

Rynd, Francis

1801 - 1861

1801-1887, engraver, English; British

Cousins, Samuel

1801 - 1887

Airy, George Biddell

1801 - 1892

Bradshaw, George

1801 - 1853

1801-1875, optical instrument inventor, Italian

Porro, Ignazio

1801 - 1875

1801-1867, chemist, British; Scottish

Clark, Thomas

1801 - 1867

1801-1866, painter; printmaker, French

Adam, Victor

1801 - 1866

Winkles, H.

1801 - 1860

1801-61, mechanical engineer, inventor, English; British

Maudslay, Joseph

1801 - 1861

Scamp, William

1801 - 1872