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Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775

1775

Wooden Acupuncture Model

1681

Napier's Bones

1690

Islamic horary quadrant, 1727-1728

1727-1728

Arkwright's prototype spinning machine, 1769.

1769

Early balance spring watch by Thomas Tompion

1675-1679

Armillary sphere by Girolamo Della Volpaia

1554

Orrery made by John Rowley for the Earl of Orrery

1712-1713

Pharmacy storage jar used for theriac

1725-1755

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Dental pelican

1601-1760

Drug jar for cinchona bark

1701-1730

Tin glazed earthenware albarello

1601-1630

Tin glazed earthenware albarello made for the Franciscans

1601-1750

Statue of St Mary Magdalene

1601-1750

Small bronze bell shaped mortar

1590

Albarello pharmacy jar, Spain, 1600-1625

1600-1625

Perspective drawing apparatus, incomplete, in integral mahogany case

1760-1770

Otter's paw mounted on brooch

1580-1650

Barber's shaving bowl, Netherlands, 1701-1750

1701-1750

Model of early manual fire engine, ca. 1680.

1680

Small white cup in soft paste porcelain

1748-1763

Pill tile, England, 1671-1730

1671-1730

Pill tile, England, 1617-1700

1617-1700

Earthenware jug

1601-1700

Tin glazed earthenware pill tile

1601-1700

Earthenware pill tile

1671-1730

Expedition Crane

1764

Tumbler, horn, with silver strip around rim, 1742

1742

Pewter teapot, with straight and turned wooden handle, 1701-1750

1701-1750

Glass pestle and mortar, Europe, 1601-1700

1601-1700

Model 'Maximum machine', before 1753.

1740-1753

Clay tobacco pipe, 1720-1770, English

1720-1770

Pair of ebony violin fingerboard shape and sized hollow fabrications

1758-1773

Long mahogany strip brass pin gauge with five pins

1758-1769

Short mahogany strip brass pin gauge with eight pins

1758-1769

Long mahogany strip brass pin gauge with eight pins

1758-1769

Saw used by Samuel Crompton

1750-1770

Pharmacy jar for bugloss

1725-1775

Plane table outfit by Benjamin Cole

1750-1766

Exchequer standard gallon measure of Queen Elizabeth I, 1601

1601

Exchequer standard quart measure of Queen Elizabeth I, 1601

1601

Doorcase 56 Lincoln’s Inn Fields

circa 1750

Avoirdupois weight (standard)

1588

Sector by Bion

1700-1720

Le Cabinet de M. Le Clerc

circa 1711

Avoirdupois weight (standard)

1588

Avoirdupois weight (standard)

1588

Combined graphometer and plummet clinometer, 1663.

1663

Avoirdupois weight (standard)

1588