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active 1850, member of parliament

Egerton, Viscount Alford, John Hume

1812 - 1851
1812-1882, technical editor; electrical engineer; inventor, British

Walker, Charles Vincent

1812 - 1882
1812-1899, civil engineer; railway engineer, British?

Brunton, John

1812 - 1899
1812-1888, early aviation engineer and inventor, English

Henson, William Samuel

1812 - 1888
British Copper Company penny, 1812. Copper, milled edge; 35mm diameter. Obverse: lion; legend Rolling Mills at Walthamstow One Penny 1812. Reverse: smelting Works at Landore; in exergue, laurel wreath and British Copper Company

British Copper Company penny, 1812

Coins, Medals & Tokens

1812
British naval halfpenny, token, 1812. Copper; 29mm diameter, 2mm deep. Milled edge. Obverse: head and shoulders profile bust of Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805) in a pigtail, uniform and order (left). Legend, 'ENGLAND EXPECTS EVERY MAN TO DO HIS DUTY'. Reverse: Starboard broadside view of a battleship under sail. Legend, 'BRITISH NAVAL HALFPENNY'. Exergue, '1812'

British naval halfpenny, token

Coins, Medals & Tokens

1812
Hull Lead Works penny token, 1812 (Yorks 81). Copper; 33mm diameter. Milled edge. Obverse showing works. Reverse legend, One Penny Hull Lead Works. Payable in Bank of Engd or Hull Notes by I K Picard

Hull Lead Works penny token, 1812 (Yorks 81). Copp

Coins, Medals & Tokens

1812
1812-1870, writer; novelist, British

Dickens, Charles

1812 - 1870
Houston, John Adam

Houston, John Adam

1812 - 1884
1812-1900, physician; toxicologist; lecturer, Scottish; British

Maclagan, Douglas, Sir

1812 - 1900
Findlay, Alexander George (the younger)

Findlay, Alexander George (the younger)

1812 - 1875
1812-1877, civil engineer; politician, British

Cawley, Charles Edward

1812 - 1877
Smiles, Samuel

Smiles, Samuel

1812 - 1904
1812-1909, artist, Kircudbrightshire, Scotland, British; Scottish

Hannah, Robert

1812 - 1909
1812-1869, railway engineer, England, British

Harris, John

1812 - 1869
1812-1873, surgical gynaecologist, British; English

Brown, Isaac Baker

1812 - 1873
1812-1884, artist, English; British

Laurence, Samuel

1812 - 1884
1812-1883, electrical engineer, British

Allan, Thomas

1812 - 1883
1812-1877, locomotive engineer, British

Trevithick, Francis

1812 - 1877
1812-1896, physician; inventor of a vaccinator, British

Weir, Thomas Graham

1812 - 1896
Newall, Robert Stirling

Newall, Robert Stirling

1812 - 1889
1812-1883, physician; surgeon, German

Bruns, Victor von

1812 - 1883
1812-1855, administrator, British

Lushington, Henry

1812 - 1855

Brown, Thomas

1812 - 1887
1812-1897, engraver and political activist, British

Linton, William James

1812 - 1897
1812-1904, preparer of iodised photographic paper, British

Cowderoy, Benjamin Thomas

1812 - 1904
1812-1895, physician; surgeon, French

Marjolin, Rene

1812 - 1895
1812-1868, artist; illustrator, American

Elliott, Charles Loring

1812 - 1868
Trevithick, Frederick

Trevithick, Frederick

1812 - 1877
1812-1897, scientific instrument maker; British

Casella, Louis Paschal

1812 - 1897
1812-1887, metallurgist; railway and locomotive manufacturer, German

Krupp, Alfred

1812 - 1887
Weybridge penny, token, showing iron mills, 1812. Copper; 33mm diameter, 2mm deep. Milled edge. Obverse: scene & legend, Weybridge Mills - external view with smoking chimneys, waterwheel. Reverse legend: Hoop & Iron Warehouse Dowgate Wharf. One Penny Payable at Weybridge I Bunn & Co 1812.

Weybridge penny, token, showing iron mills, 1812.

Coins, Medals & Tokens

1812
1812-?, transport company, Isle of Wight

Ryde Pier Company

1812
1812 -present, buttonmakers, Waterbury

Waterbury Co

1812
Resin replica of a clay model of a sheep's liver used for divination, original Babylonian, original 2050BC to 1750BC

Copy of model of a sheep's liver. Original Babylonian, c. 2050-1750 BC.

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2050-1750 BCE
Mummy, infant female, said to be Egyptian, 3000-1000 BCE (see note).

Mummified remains, ancient Egyptian or Peruvian

Classical & Medieval Medicine

3000-1000 BCE
Newtonian reflecting telescope with an 8-inch speculum mirror of 10-foot focal length with wooden tube and altazimuth stand plus accessories consisiting of 2 eyepieces, 1 key, plus miscellaneous crank handle and 2 broken wooden dowels. Made for the Radcliffe Observatory, Oxford by William Herschel in 1812.

Newtonian reflecting telescope with an 8-inch spe

Astronomy

1812
Two models (1:16 scale) of agricultural implements found in the Theban necropolis, XVI 11th Dynasty, 2000-1500 BC. Mounted together on a plaster base.

Two models (1:16 scale) of agricultural implements found in the Theban necropolis

Agricultural Engineering

2000-1500 BCE
Turn pin spectacles, silver frames, by I.H., London hallmark, 1812

Turn pin spectacles, silver frames, by I.H., Londo

Ophthalmology

1812
Medal, copper, of Joseph Ignace, Guillotin, President of Academy of Medicine, Paris, by J. P. Droz, 1807-1808, French, 1812

Medal, copper, of Joseph Ignace, Guillotin, Presid

Wellcome Medals

1812
Egyptian funerary statue of man and wife, granite, Old Kingdom, from plain of Memphis

Egyptian funerary statue of man and wife, granite

Classical & Medieval Medicine

4000-1000 BCE
Optometer, objective or subjective, possibly English, 1831-1900

Optometer, objective or subjective, possibly Engli

Ophthalmology

1831-900
Burt's bag and nipper 1812, for sounding operations

Burt's bag and nipper 1812, for sounding operation

Oceanography

1812
Alabaster bottle, Egyptian, probably New Kingdom, 1580-1350BC

Alabaster bottle, Egyptian, probably New Kingdom

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1350 BCE
Bronze medal, commemorates the "Instituto Salesiano", artist Rega(?), medal Sicilian, 1812

Bronze medal, commemorates the "Instituto Salesian

Wellcome Medals

1812
Bronze prize medal of the Society of Apothecaries, London, the Galen medal, by W. Wyon, England, 1812

Bronze prize medal of the Society of Apothecaries,

Wellcome Medals

1812
Electrostatic machine, wooden base and frame, glass plate, metal fittings, by J. Cuthbertson, 54 Poland Street, Soho, London, England, 1812.

Electrostatic machine, wooden base and frame, glas

Therapeutics

1812
Detailed model (scale 1:6) of a printing press (originally made 1701-1800) with type composed forme and dabbens, 1812.

Model of Printing Press, 1812

Printing & Writing

1812; 1701-1800
Brass-mounted rapid rectilinear lens in focusing mount, unsigned.

camera lens

Photographic Technology

1870-890
Two pieces of skull showing cauterisation scars, probably neolithic with photograph of similar, French, 2000BC(?)-1000BC(?)

Two pieces of skull showing cauterisation scars

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

2000-1000 BCE