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Bronze Dean's medal of Paris Medical School, E. Col de Vilars, artist Duvivier, medal French, 1742

Bronze Dean's medal of Paris Medical School, E. Co

Wellcome Medals

1742

Silver medal to commemorate Elias col de Vilars, dean of the Faculte de Medecine, Paris, by Duvivier, France, 1741

Silver medal to commemorate Elias col de Vilars, d

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1741

Medal, silver, commemorating Royal Society and Academy of Surgeons, Paris, 1741, by F.M., French, 1741

Medal, silver, commemorating Royal Society and Aca

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1741

Copper medal, Deans medal of Paris Medical School, commemorates de Vilas, artist Duvivier, medal French, 1742

Copper medal, Deans medal of Paris Medical School,

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1742

Bronze(?) medal, commemorates L.R. de La Garanne, Dean of Paris Medical School, artist Duvivier, 1736, medal French, 1736

Medal commemorating Reneaulme de Lagaranne

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1736

Copper medal, Deans Medal of Paris Medical School, commemorates de la Garanne, artist Duvivier, medal French, 1736

Deans Medal of Paris Medical School

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1736

Bronze medal, prize for student of Paris Royal Academy of Surgery, artist J.C. Roettiers, medal French, 1731

Bronze medal, prize for student of Paris Royal Aca

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1731

Silver medal, commemorates Utrecht Academy's festival(?) in 1736, artist M. Holtzhey, medal Dutch, 1736

Silver medal, commemorates Utrecht Academy's festi

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1736

Bronze medal, asking for good health(?), artist B. Duvivier, and F.M., medal French, 1744

Bronze medal, asking for good health(?), artist B.

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1744

Channel

Channel, made of tinplate

King George III

1750

Excavated middle bronze age, mandible showing ground teeth and periostitis, Welsh, 1750-1251BC

Human Jaw Bone

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1750-1250 BCE

Circular bronze medal, probably depicts Empress Maria Theresa's fight for the Austrian Succession, against Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor, made in Austria, 1743

Circular bronze medal, probably depicts Empress Ma

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1743

Large brass framed hand magnifying glass with 12-inch focal length (305mm), in tooled leather case case (incomplete - lid missing), unsigned, German, 1700-1750.

Brass magnifying glass in leatherc case

Optics

1750-1750

Silver medal commemorating the Law School of the University of Paris with reference to Charlemagne the law- giver, French, 1747

Silver medal commemorating the Law School of the U

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1747

Bronze medal commemorating the Academy at Amiens, French, 1750

Bronze medal commemorating the Academy at Amiens,

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1750

Silver Louis XV medal commemorating the Academy of Surgeons, Paris, French, 1741

Silver Louis XV medal commemorating the Academy of

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1741

Votive plaque, Italian, 1738, majolica, made for the Jesuits

Votive plaque, Italian, 1738, majolica, made for t

Medical Ceramic-ware

1738

Bronze medal to commemorate Clement XII, Pope 1730-1740, by Hamerani, Italy, dated 1735

Bronze medal to commemorate Clement XII, Pope 1730

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1735

Bronze medal to commemorate the third year of office of Pope Clement XII, by Hamerani and Vanvitel, Italy, 1734

Bronze medal to commemorate the third year of offi

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1734

Small plastic bag of 8 screws.

8 screws for the model of the axle

King George III

c. 1750

Bronze medal, commemorates H.Sloane, medal, French, artist A. Dassier, 1744

Bronze medal, commemorates H.Sloane, medal, French

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1744

Bird's brass standard scale, made about the year 1750, engraved "Royal Society 42", 92 7/ 16"x17/32"x9/32". Divided in inches and tenths from -1 to 90, from 10 to -0.1, a scale is divided in 100 parts. Rest on mahogany bed with cover the whole in wood case

Bird's brass standard scale

Weighing & Measuring

1750

Circular bronze medal, commemorates Robert Barker, an English physician, designed by J.A. Dassier, made in France, 1744

Circular bronze medal, commemorates Robert Barker,

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1744

English Apothecaires' balance, 1750, with weights, in fish-skin covered case, with wire hinges and hooks. Beam 2 1/4", steel, swan-neck ends, forked suspension and knife-edge at centre, pans, 1 1/4" diam, brass, slightly dished, sensitivity 0.08 grain, pans empty

Apothecaires' balance, with weights, in fish-skin covered case, 1750

Weighing & Measuring

1750

Pocket surgical instrument set, in silver-mounted shagreen case, incomplete, English, 1746

Pocket surgical instrument set, in silver-mounted

Surgery

1746

Silver medal, by Nicolaus Van Swinderen, celebrating birth of daughter (Caroline) to William Charles Henry Friso, Prince of Nassau and Orange, and Princess Anne, medal made in Netherlands, 1743

Medal celebrating the birth of Carolina to William, Prince of Nassau & Orange

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1743

Bronze medal commemorating Edmund Halley, English astronomer, by A. Dassier, French, 1744

Bronze medal commemorating Edmund Halley, English

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1744

Austrian cradle guard, unsigned, made in Austria, 1730-1740

cradle guard

Nursing & Hospital Furnishings

1730-1740

Silver medal to commemorate the defeat of the Jacobite Rebellion, 1745, and William, Duke of Cumberland, by T. Pingo, England, 1745

Medal commemorating the Duke of Cumberland's defeat of the Jacobite Rebellion

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1745

Engraving, D'ons en Bray registering anemometer, 1734.

Engraving, D'ons en Bray registering anemometer, 1

Meteorology

1734

Pocket case of drawing instruments, c. 1740

Mathematics

1735-1740

Reading Glass (c.1750), thin copper mount with twisted handle (copper gone green), red card case

Reading Glass (c.1750), thin copper mount with twi

Optics

1750

Footstep bearing complete

Mechanical Power Transmission

c. 1750

Plummer block for top gudgeon

Mechanical Power Transmission

1750

Glass Trough (c. 1730) similar to M.6 (1993-1317) but without foot. This and M.7 were part of the old Mathematical Society of Spitalfields, absorbed into the Royal Astronomical Society in c. 1860. Both given to Dr.Lee of Hartwell House, Aylesbury

Glass Trough (c. 1730) similar to M.6 (1993-1317)

Physics (early centuries)

1730

Large Bell-shaped glass vessel (c. 1730-40), to demonstrate the Diving Bell. At the top is a brass tap to control air pressure, round the middle is a brass band with hooks from which are suspended 13 lead balls to regulate the weight [see Desaguliers, Experimental Philosophy, 1744, p.212, pl.XX, fig.2]

Large Bell-shaped glass vessel (c. 1730-40), to de

Physics (early centuries)

1730-1740

Silver medal to commemorate the Belgian Federation 1750, by J.G. Holtzhey, Belgium, 1750

Medal to commemorate the Belgian Federation

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1750

Circular silver medal, commemorates a flood in the Netherlands, designed by N.V.S., Dutch 1741

Circular silver medal, commemorates a flood in the

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1741

Silver medal commemorating Johann Jacob Scheuchzer (1672-1753) by Higessner, Swiss(?), 1732

Silver medal commemorating Johann Jacob Scheuchzer

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1732

Medal, silver, probably membership of Royal College of Surgeons, Paris 1741, by F.M. French, 1741

Medal, silver, probably membership of Royal Colleg

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1741

Bronze medal commemorating Cardinal Andre Hercules be Fleury, French churchman and leading statesman under Louis XV, 1653-1743, by Dassier, French, 1736

Bronze medal commemorating Cardinal Andre Hercules

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1736

Bronze medal, Deans Medal of Paris Medical School, artist Duvivier, depicts G.J. de L' Epine, medal French, 1746

Bronze medal, Deans Medal of Paris Medical School,

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1746

Bronze medal celebrating Louis XV's return to health after an illness, by F.M. and Duvivier, French, 1744

Bronze medal celebrating Louis XV's return to heal

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1744

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

Poids de Marc weight, 1735, in black fishskin case. Made at l'Enseigne de L'A, Rue St Denis, Paris

Weight in fishskin case

Weighing & Measuring

1735

Small silver medal with reeded edge, by Duvivier, commemorating academic Society of Surgeons, Paris, French, 1741

Small silver medal with reeded edge, by Duvivier,

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1741

Humorous gilt medal commemorating Maria Theresa's ascendency over Charles VII in Hungary, European, 1744 to 1780. Possibly Austrian.

Humorous gilt medal commemorating Maria Theresa's

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1742-1744

Double action air pump with vacuum gauge (c. 1750), by G.ADAMS LONDON, with apparatus in mahogany case to demonstrate the laws of pneumatics including the following experiments: Magdeburg hemisphere; Guinea and featherweight lifter (with index dial); Shower of mercury; Bell and water pump in vacuo; Bladder glass, etc.

Double action air pump with vacuum gauge (c. 1750)

Vacuum Technology

1750

Circular silver medal, commemorates the French Surgical Society, illustrates Louis XV on obverse, by F.M., French, 1741

Circular silver medal, commemorates the French Sur

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1741

Bronze medal commemorating the Society of the Royal Academy of Surgeons, Louis XV, on obverse, by Duvivier, French, 1731

Bronze medal commemorating the Society of the Roya

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1731