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Ornamental turning 'rose-engine' lathe

Hand and Machine Tools

1740

English glass celestial globe, 1739

Astronomy

1739

Orrery by Thomas Wright

King George III

1735-1745

Culpeper microscope

Microscopy (Wellcome)

1738

Demainbray's compound microscope

Microscopes

1745

Terrestrial globe by John Senex

Astronomy

1738

Majolica pharmacy jar

Medical Ceramic-ware

1730-1750

Gold and leather pair-cased quarter-repeater cylinder watch by George Graham

Clockmakers

1745

Case for William Roy’s standard scale, 1742

Weighing & Measuring

1742

Demainbray's convex lens

King George III

1750

Triple-cased quarter-repeater watch by Paul du Pin

Clockmakers

1739

Doorcase 56 Lincoln’s Inn Fields

Temporary Exhibitions

c.1750

Tumbler, horn, with silver strip around rim, 1742

Wellcome (general)

1742

Glass cylinder, containing a tap and slipwire

King George III

c. 1750

Model wagon, horse-drawn quarry truck

Railway Models

1730

Copy of clay liver used for divination, original from Babylon, 2050-1750 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2050-1750 BCE

Wooden backstaff

Navigation

1730; 1967

Oil jar, Egypt, 1580-1350BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1350 BCE

English celestial globe with Sun and Moon arms, 1747

Astronomy

1747

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

Hand and Machine Tools

1740

Gregorian reflecting telescope, 1734-1772

Astronomy

1734-1750

Pitch pipe

Acoustics

1750

Clay replica of a clay model of sheep's liver

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2050-1750

Pocket Stop Watch in Gold Case by George Graham, 1730-1748

Time Measurement

1730-1748

Coloured engraving of Prior Park, the seat of Ralph Allen Esq, and the Wagon-Way near Bath

R Wilkinson

1750

Mummy of a peregrine falcon, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

HMS Victory

.Unattributed

1744
Remains of the models of silk machinery introduced from Italy by Sir Thomas Lombe, Derby, England, c. 1732; the remains being: a reel, three spindles with bobbins and flyers and a segment of a circular frame, all half size.

Remains of the models of silk machinery introduced by Sir Thomas Lombe

Textiles Machinery

1732
Large orrery on pedestal base with with gilded horse head decorations beneath the calendar ring and glazed cover, original maker unknown, enlarged by Thomas Wright, Fleet Street, London, 1733. Inscribed 'All the Machinery of this instrument was made new in 1733 by Tho Wright Instrument maker to His MAJESTY GEORGE II'.

George II's Grand Orrery

King George III

1733

Engraving : Le St Magny Ingenieur pour l'Horlogeri

Art

1750

Steel Mill used with Flint for Mine Lighting, 1730-1750

Mining & Ore Dressing

1730-1750

Mummy of a crocodile, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE
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

Hadley's Gregorian reflecting telescope, c.1740

Astronomy

1740-1744

Candle douter, for extinguishing candles

Lighting

c. 1750

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

Mathematics

1740-1746

Aquatic microscope by J. Cuff

Microscopes

1745

Model of a Brew House, 1748.

Biotechnology

1748 (original)

Simple aquatic microscope

Microscopes

1745

Shang Dynasty sacrificial bowl

Asian Medicine

1766-1122 BCE

Clinical Thermometer by Alexander Wilson, 1735-1745

Heat

1735-1745
Weather compendium combining cistern mercury barometer, alcohol thermometer and thread hygrometer by George Graham, Fleet Street, London, 1739

Weather compendium by George Graham

Meteorology

1739
One of eleven early wine bottles, mallet shaped (shape popular c. 1740)

Early wine bottle, about 1740

Glass Technology

1735-1745
Model of a tipping cart. Probably from the collection of Stephen Demainbray.

Model of a tipping cart

King George III

c. 1750

Pharmacy vase, Italy, 1740

Medical Ceramic-ware

1740

Walking Stick Telescope (c.1750), two lenses, focu

Optics

1750

Case for the first Gregorian reflecting telescope

Astronomy

1740-1744

Memorial stele to the doorkeepr Ruma

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE
Avoirdupois pound weight, 1737

Avoirdupois pound weight

Weighing & Measuring

1737

Pharmacy vase, Italy, 1740

Medical Ceramic-ware

1740