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Calculating Machine for Computing Trigonometry

Mathematics

1664

Bronze mortar, England, 1614

Pharmacy-ware

1614

Tablet Sundial, ivory, 6 1/2"x4 1/2", Paul Reinman

Time Measurement

1608

Poire d'angoisse or choke pear, c. 1600

Wellcome (general)

1550-1650

Bronze hair curling tongs and trimmer, Egypt, 1575-1194 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1575-1194 BCE

Clay tobacco pipe, London, England, 1620

Smoking

1620

‘Base ring’ juglet, Cyprus, 1600-1400 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1600-1400 BCE

'Siderius Nuncius Magna' and 'Dissertatis cum Sideris Nuncio'

Printed Books

1610-1611

Spherical Goa stone, 1601-1700

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1601-1700

Islamic astrolabe, 1605-1606

Astronomy

1605-1606

Planispheric astrolabe, 1572

Wellcome (general)

1572

star and sundial, Dutch, 1681

Astronomy

1681

Nautical chart plotter

Mathematics

1570-1699

German armillary sphere, 1542

Astronomy

1542

Stjerneborg Observatory

Johannes Blaeu

1634 (print); 1581-1587 (observatory)

Section of clay water pipe, probably from a drain

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1201-1600 CE

Ivory model of a skeleton, articulated, possibly 1

Anatomy & Pathology

1601-1700

16th century iron chamber-clock with weight and ro

Time Measurement

1596

Clay tobacco pipe by Henry Norman, made in Hull, 1

Smoking

1670-1690

Nomoli figure, anthropomorphic and ithyphallic, ca

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1501-1700

German pocket watch in oval brass case

Time Measurement

1574-1600

Ivory and horn anatomical model of the eye, Italy, 1674

Ophthalmology

1674

Dutch warship, c. 1660

Water Transport

1650-1675

Mining compass in engraved ivory case, Italian, 17th century

Surveying

1601-1700

English horary quadrant, 1623-1700

Astronomy

1623-1700

European astrolabe, 1548

Astronomy

1548

Gold medal commemorating the recovery of Queen Elizabeth I from smallpox, 1572

Wellcome Medals

1572

Albarello pharmacy jar for mercury ointment, Italy, 1520-1560

Medical Ceramic-ware

1520-1560

Goa stone, Europe, 1601-1700

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1601-1700

Articulated artificial right arm, Europe, 1501-1550

Orthopaedics

1501-1550

Terra sigillata, Germany, 1501-1700

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1501-1700

Ivory mortar and pestle, Europe, 1501-1700

Pharmacy-ware

1501-1700

Armillary sphere

Astronomy

1601-1700

Arithmetical Jewel, 1619.

Mathematics

c. 1619

Artificial left hand and forearm, Europe, 1501-1600

Orthopaedics

1501-1600

Amputation knife, Europe, 1501-1600

Surgery

1501-1600

Ivory and horn model of an eye, Europe, 1601-1700

Anatomy & Pathology

1601-1700

Elizabethan nested weights

Weighing & Measuring

1588

European astrolabe by Arsenius, 1566

Astronomy

1566; 1876

Clay tobacco pipe, English, 1600-1640

Smoking

1600-1640

Touchpiece used in the ceremony of healing by touch, 1685-88

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1685-1688

Wooden statue depicting a plague sufferer, Europe, 1601-1700

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1601-1700

Bullet extractor, Europe, 1501-1600

Surgery

1501-1600

European astrolabe, 1570

Astronomy

1565-1575

Spring-driven pendulum clock by Johannes van Ceulen of The Hague, c. 1695

Time Measurement

1670-1680

Carved wooden head of a Christian martyr, Europe, 1501-1600

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1501-1600

Pair of child’s leg supports, possibly French, 1601-1650

Orthopaedics

1601-1650

Mummy of a crocodile, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

Italian off-set circumferentor, 1601-1700

Surveying

1601-1700

French armillary astrolabe, 1661

Astronomy

1661