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'St Luke's Hospital', print, London, England, 1785

Nursing & Hospital Furnishings

1785

Wax anatomical figure showing the muscles of the body

Anatomy & Pathology

1776-1780

Pharmacy vase, Italy, 1740

Medical Ceramic-ware

1740

French verge movement

Time Measurement

1775-1800

rolling double cone and arms

King George III

1740-1760

Cow horn, inscribed with 'G C Jenner 1825', England, 1796-1798

Public Health & Hygiene

1796-1798

Stone slab with seven holes for cosmetic ointments, Egypt, 1991-1786 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1991-1786 BCE

White enamel glass mirror and box, by William Herschel

Astronomy

1780-1800

Tenterden halfpenny token

Coins, Medals & Tokens

1796

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

Optics

1750

Case for the first Gregorian reflecting telescope

Astronomy

1740-1744

Hydrometer by Dicas, Liverpool, no.2056, with 13 w

Experimental Chemistry

1780
Diagonal barometer, by Joseph Finney, Liverpool, 1760-1772

Diagonal barometer by Joseph Finney, 1760-1772

Meteorology

1760-1772

Silver gilt eye bath with case, London, England, 1786

Ophthalmology

1786

simple scioptic ball, made of lignum vitae and mah

Optics

1740-1760

Bergman's mouth blowpipe, 1760-1784

Experimental Chemistry

1760-1784

Chain, European, 1750-1800

Wellcome (general)

1750-1800

Clark's Simple Microscope, portable, box mount on

Microscopy (Wellcome)

1755-1765

Nottingham halfpenny token for stocking manufacturers, 1792

Coins, Medals & Tokens

1792

Middlesex token

Coins, Medals & Tokens

1794

Roller bearing bushed sheave, 7" diameter; for pul

Mechanical Power Transmission

1787 Date of patent

Thirteen hydrostatic balls for proving spirits, by

Experimental Chemistry

1790

Movement with French verge escapement

Time Measurement

1775-1800

Leyden jar

King George III

1750-1800

Barometer by Miller, 1770.

Meteorology

1770

small telescope (prospect glass; spyglass; opera g

Optics

1759

speculum mirror, 1783-1785

Astronomy

1783-1785

Model of a machine for fulling cloth, c. 1800, sca

Textiles Machinery

1800

Middlesex token

Coins, Medals & Tokens

1794

Pharmacy vase, Italy, 1740

Medical Ceramic-ware

1740

Clear glass dropper bottle, Europena, late 18th ce

Medical Glass-ware

1771-1800

Fulminating tubes by George Adams

King George III

1772-1795
Mechanical Powers Apparatus consisting of a balance, pulleys, levers, inclined plane, wheel and axle, screw, compound engine, compound lever, double cone, friction wheels, weights and wedge , complete with original mahogany case, made by George Adams, Fleet Street, London, 1775-1800.

Mechanical Powers Apparatus

King George III

1775-1800

Thomas Sheraton style case and mathematical instrument set

Mathematics

1750-1790

Universal sundial, engraved by maker, 1764

Time Measurement

1764

Square pavement brick from Babylonia (Southern Iraq), 2nd millennium BC.

Building Construction

2000-1001 BCE

Alarm watch movement with French verge escapement

Time Measurement

1798

Drum-type microscope signed "P.T. 1782", with box

Microscopy (Wellcome)

1782

Medal, Blanchard's balloon ascent, Nuremberg, Germany, 1787

Coins, Medals & Tokens

1785

Glass measuring cylinder, England, 1777

Therapeutics

1777

Octagonal pill tile, England, 1751-1800

Pharmacy-ware

1751-1800

Token, copper, 28mm diameter. Wilkinson halfpenny

Coins, Medals & Tokens

1791

Green-Lensed Spectacles

Ophthalmology

1770-1790

Small prospect glass (or opera or spyglass), ivory

Optics

1745-1755

Brass corset, England, 1800-1880

Orthopaedics

1800-1800

Token issued by John Wilkinson, 18th century Ironmaster

Coins, Medals & Tokens

1787

Apparatus for resuscitating the drowned, England, 1774-1800

Therapeutics

1774-1800

Copy of bronze dish used for measuring lead ore

Weighing & Measuring

c. 1770

Lancets for bloodletting, England, 1794

Therapeutics

1792-1794

Canterbury halfpenny token

Coins, Medals & Tokens

1794