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Simple Microscope, 1747-1784

Microscopes

1747-1784

Refracting telescope of 1 1/2 inch aperture and 13

Astronomy

1760-1780

Excise Officer's slide rule, 1759-1769.

Mathematics

1759-1769

Silver posset pot, London, England, 1764

Nursing & Hospital Furnishings

1764

Token issued by John Wilkinson, 18th century Ironmaster

Coins, Medals & Tokens

1787

Apparatus for resuscitating the drowned, England, 1774-1800

Therapeutics

1774-1800

Token, copper, 28mm diameter. Wilkinson halfpenny

Coins, Medals & Tokens

1791

Copy of bronze dish used for measuring lead ore

Weighing & Measuring

c. 1770

Brass corset, England, 1800-1880

Orthopaedics

1800-1800

Universal equinoctial ring sundial

Time Measurement

1751-1800
Universal Microscope, by H. Shuttleworth, Ludgate Street, London, England, 1782. Body inscribed; ‘MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY SPITTLEFIELDS 1782’ and ‘No 1265 Compounnd Microscope, new’

Universal Microscope, by H. Shuttleworth

Microscopes

1782

Aepinus condenser, Galvani collection

Electricity and Magnetism

1780-1798

Concealed shoe

Textile Industry

1750-1790

Model in glazed china of a mid-18th century glass

Glass Technology

1750-1800

Octagonal Sundial of gilt metal, "And: Vogl"

Time Measurement

1766-1800

Apparatus for Mariotte's paradox

King George III

1762

Sandglass, in metal frame, Galvani collection

Electricity and Magnetism

1780-1798

Components from the 3-foot geodetic theodolite

Surveying

1791

Compound drum microscope

Microscopes

1740

Leyden jar made from a glass bottle and filled with gold leaf, Galvani collection

Electricity and Magnetism

1780-1798

Precision Balance, in mahogany and glass case

King George III

1788

Medicine chest, Ireland, 1771-1790

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1771-1790

Carved ivory pendant in form of human figure

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1-1800

Ayscough's Universal microscope

Microscopes

1754

Teacup, c 1768-70.

Ceramics

c. 1768-70

Coin balance with set of cup weights and grain weights in pearwood box

Weighing & Measuring

1750-1760

Plate electrical machine

King George III

1770

Combined Trephination and Amputation Set, French, 19th Century

Surgery

1771-1800

Medal commemorating the Montgolfier unmanned balloon ascent

Coins, Medals & Tokens

1783

Small movement with detached lever escapement

Time Measurement

1767-1786

Albarello drug jar, Italy, 1790

Medical Ceramic-ware

1790

Tin glazed earthenware drug jar, peacock motif, us

Medical Ceramic-ware

1751-1780
Russian lodestone and coil used with it by Faraday

Lodestone and coil

Electricity and Magnetism

1777

Ornamental turning 'rose-engine' lathe, oak wood base, superstructure, automation mechanism fixed to underside of base, and flywheel fixed to top of superstructure

Hand and Machine Tools

1740

Spoon commemorating smallpox recovery, London, England, 1740

Public Health & Hygiene

1740
Circumferentor by G. Adams of London, used in 1763 on the survey of the Mason-Dixon line, 1725-1763

Circumferentor, 1750-1763.

Surveying

1750-1763

Silver pap boat, London, England, 1767

Nursing & Hospital Furnishings

1767

Arithmetical medal and numerical pocket piece

Mathematics

1753

Two gilt bronze arithmetical medals, c.1753

Mathematics

1750-1755

Chest microscope by Dollond, English, late 18th ce

Microscopy (Wellcome)

1771-1800

Mann & Ayscough solar microscope

Microscopes

1743

Royal delineator (type of camera obscura)

Optics

1775-1785

Tradesman's ticket, London, 1789-1800.

Coins, Medals & Tokens

1789-1800

Large solar microscope with opaque box, by Dollon

Microscopy (Wellcome)

1771-1800

Movement of regulator clock by Vulliamy, about 1760

Time Measurement

1760
Earthenware pill tile, elongated octagonal, tin glazed, decorated with the Arms of the Society of Apothecaries, possibly Liverpool, 1751-1800

Pharmacy tile decorated with the Arms of the Society of Apothecaries

Pharmacy-ware

1751-1800
Remains of a Cornish pumping engine, viz "Old Bess", by Boulton, Watt and Company and Soho Manufactory, England, 1777

Remains of a Cornish pumping engine

Motive Power

1777

Wooden base for a component from the remains of a Cornish pumping engine

Motive Power

1777

Middlesex and London halfpenny token for Skidmore's Furniture Repository

Coins, Medals & Tokens

1795

Portsmouth and Chichester halfpenny token

Coins, Medals & Tokens

1794