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Divers Projets

Art

1798

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

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2050-1750 BCE

Alexr. Aubert, Esqr, F.R.S.

Art

1798

Oil jar, Egypt, 1580-1350BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1350 BCE

Clay figure of animal

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1000 BCE

Forceps, spring-action, steel, probably England, 1

Surgery

1801-190

Brass automatic lancet, possibly veterinary

Therapeutics

1798

camera lens

Photographic Technology

1870-890

Etching-coloured: `Opposition Telegraphs', by J. G

James Gillray

1798

Refracting Achromatic Telescope

Optics

1798

Model of Henry Cavendish's Torsion Balance Gravitational Apparatus, 1798

Geophysics

1798 (original); 1977 (model)

Mummy of a crocodile, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

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

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1991-1786 BCE

Memorial stele to the doorkeepr Ruma

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

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

Building Construction

2000-1001 BCE

Hexagonal hot-water bottle, Austrian, 1798

Nursing & Hospital Furnishings

1798

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

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

The Patent Gymnasticon

J Walker

1798

Thomas Earnshaw

Martin Archer Shee

1798

Carapace of turtle, in 2 sections in display box,

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1851-930

Pocket surgical instrument set in 3-fold leather c

Surgery

1803-876

A scarificator with lancets, 1798

Surgery

1798
Empty lancet case, silver, made in London, 1798

Silver lancet case

Therapeutics

1798

Alarm watch movement with French verge escapement

Time Measurement

1798

Improved compound microscope (c.1798) by DOLLOND L

Microscopes

1798

Silver gilt vinaigrette, cylindrical, lid set with

Pharmacy-ware

1798

Portrait print from engraving of Charles Mahon, Earl Stanhope, 1798

Art

1798

Print. John Smeaton. Civil Engineer. F.R.S.

Mather Brown

1798

Portrait, William Walker, Lecturer on the Eidouranion

Ridley

1798

A General Display of the Arts and Sciences

Sebastien Le

1798

Improvements in Weights & Measures

Hannah Humphrey

1798

James Gregory

I Herbert

1798

Aquatint: A view of the French raft, as seen afloa

Art

1798

Print. Brick Making. A View near Stanton drew [sic

Francis Jukes

1798
Resin replica of a clay model of a sheep's liver used for divination, original Babylonian, original 2050BC to 1750BC

Copy of model of a sheep's liver. Original Babylonian, c. 2050-1750 BC.

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2050-1750 BCE
Model (scale 1:4) of Robert's papermaking machine, designed in 1798

Robert's paper-making machine, 1798.

Papermaking

1798
Two models (1:16 scale) of agricultural implements found in the Theban necropolis, XVI 11th Dynasty, 2000-1500 BC. Mounted together on a plaster base.

Two models (1:16 scale) of agricultural implements found in the Theban necropolis

Agricultural Engineering

2000-1500 BCE
Steel table clamp for draining off superfluous water from silk cocoon thread

Steel table clamp for draining off superfluous wat

Textiles Machinery

1798
Silver pill box, cachou or patch biox, circular with push-on lid, by Joseph Taylor, hallmarked in Birmingham, English, 1798

Silver pill box, cachou or patch biox, circular wi

Pharmacy-ware

1798
Egyptian funerary statue of man and wife, granite, Old Kingdom, from plain of Memphis

Egyptian funerary statue of man and wife, granite

Classical & Medieval Medicine

4000-1000 BCE
Large hand magnifier, European, early 19th century

Large hand magnifier, European, early 19th century

Microscopy (Wellcome)

1801-850
Albarello vase, Italian, 1798, polychrome maiolica with scene of large urn in garden

Albarello vase, Italian, 1798, polychrome maiolica

Medical Ceramic-ware

1798
Optometer, objective or subjective, possibly English, 1831-1900

Optometer, objective or subjective, possibly Engli

Ophthalmology

1831-900
Bronze penny token celebrating British victory over French rafts in Napoleonic Wars, English, 1798

Bronze penny token celebrating British victory ove

Wellcome Medals

1798
Bronze medal, awarded by the School of Medicine, Paris, "prize de l'Ecole Pratique," busts of Fernel and Pare on obverse, by Gatteaux, French, 1798

Bronze medal, awarded by the School of Medicine, P

Wellcome Medals

1798
Alabaster bottle, Egyptian, probably New Kingdom, 1580-1350BC

Alabaster bottle, Egyptian, probably New Kingdom

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1350 BCE
Glass display bottle, cylindrical with hollow conical stopper, filled with amber liquid, English, probably 1st half 19th century

Glass display bottle, cylindrical with hollow coni

Medical Glass-ware

1801-189
Silver vinaigrette, rectangular, gilt inside with perforated inner lid, loop at side for suspension, hallmarked in London, 1798

Silver vinaigrette, rectangular, gilt inside with

Pharmacy-ware

1798
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
Bronze medal commemorating the Battle of the Nile, 1 August 1798/T. Wyon. Obverse: winged female, recumbent at foot of pyramid, holds a medallion with Nelson's bust, inscribed 'A . LD . NELSON.' in left hand. In her right hand a cross, with a skull on ground. Behind, a lion, harp and palm tree. Legend: 'VIRTUTE NIHIL OBSTAT & ARMIS' (Nothing withstands valour and arms). Exergue: 'VICTORY OF THE NILE AUGT . I . 1798.' Reverse: Leaning against an anchor, the Union shield, the Royal arms in centre, surrounded by laurel wreath. On a ribbon, which passes over both objects: 'NOV . 29 LAUS DEO1798.' The heavenly eye casts its rays over the group. Legend: 'SUB HOC SIGNO VINCES' (Under this sign thou shalt conquer).

Bronze medal commemorating the Battle of the Nile,

Wellcome Medals

1798