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Hand microscope, in case, English, of mixed 18th c

Microscopy (Wellcome)

1730-1750

English celestial globe with Sun and Moon arms, 1747

Astronomy

1747

Excise officer's slide rule by W. Rix, Verie type

Mathematics

1740-1746

Metal three bladed fleam, probably veterinary, by

Veterinary Medicine

1735-1744
Model of a tipping cart. Probably from the collection of Stephen Demainbray.

Model of a tipping cart

King George III

c. 1750

Case for the first Gregorian reflecting telescope

Astronomy

1740-1744

Carved wooden plaque, Europe, 1450-1750

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1450-1750 CE

Brass protractor with two blades for setting out a

Mathematics

1740-1749

Pharmacy vase, Italy, 1740

Medical Ceramic-ware

1740

Mummy of a crocodile, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

Portable microscope by George Lindsay, English, da

Microscopy (Wellcome)

1743

Pocket Watch with Shagreen Outer Case by Thomas Mudge, 1730-1750

Time Measurement

1730-1750
Avoirdupois pound weight, 1737

Avoirdupois pound weight

Weighing & Measuring

1737

Culpeper type compound microscope

Optics

1735-1745

Lindsay's pocket microscope

Microscopes

1742

Spy Glass (c.1730) ivory with screw focus

Optics

1730

Glass bell, with suspension ring

King George III

1750

Glass cylinder with wax seal

King George III

1750

Culpeper-Wilson compound microcope, made by Edmund

Microscopes

1730

Pharmacy vase, Italy, 1740

Medical Ceramic-ware

1740

Model of British Landscape, c 1750

Environmental Science & Technology

1750

English terrestrial globe with Moon arm, 1731-1747

Astronomy

1731-1747

Clay replica of a clay model of sheep's liver

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2050-1750

Aquatic microscope by J. Cuff

Microscopes

1745

Ring sun-dial in brass

Time Measurement

1736
42-inch standard scale marked with a standard yard, made by Jonathan Sisson and divided in 1742 by John Bird, both based in the Strand, London. The scale was owned by surveyor General William Roy and used by him whilst conducting measurements of a baseline at Hounslow Heath in 1784.

William Roy’s standard scale, 1742

Weighing & Measuring

1742

Automation mechanism, for ornamental turning 'rose-engine' lathe

Hand and Machine Tools

1740

Gregorian reflecting telescope, 1734-1772

Astronomy

1734-1750

Spoon commemorating smallpox recovery, London, England, 1740

Public Health & Hygiene

1740

Universal double microscope (body) (c.1746), ADAMS

Microscopes

1746
Gold memento mori finger ring, with 1 transparent stone containing image of a skull, set in a square setting with champleve enamel inscription on band, 1735

Memento mori ring

Wellcome (general)

1735

Waywiser, British, 1739

Surveying

1739

Microscope (c.1750), by JOHN CUFF. Wilson screw ba

Microscopes

1750

Simple aquatic microscope

Microscopes

1745

Diagonal Spy Glass (Jealousy glass, c.1750), black

Optics

1750

Analemmatic sundial for latitude 52[o]

Time Measurement

1732
Model of an axle and pair of wheels.

Model, of axle and pair of wheels, 1740-1760

King George III

c. 1750

Culpeper microscope

Microscopy (Wellcome)

1731-1750

Dispensing pot, Europe, 1746

Medical Ceramic-ware

1746

Spoon commemorating smallpox recovery, London, England, 1740

Public Health & Hygiene

1740

Mathematical and Optical Instruments...

Art

1740-

Portrait of Colin MacLaurin

Art

1740-1749

A Well

Paul Sandby

1747-1748

Samuel Christian Hollman

Johann Jakob Haid

1745

Trade card: John Fowler, at the Globe in Sweeting's Alley

.Unattributed

1738

Trade card: Fisher Combes, at ye Mariner & Gloe in

Art

1730-1736

Engraving: Portrait of William Harvey MD (1578-165

Art

1739

John Bennet

Art

1740

Compass microscope for opaque objects

Microscopes

1740

Pitch pipe

Acoustics

1750