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Stipple engraving. 'Beetling, scutching, hackling the flax' from a set "The Irish Linen Industry", by William Hincks. published August 1783.

Stipple engraving. 'Beetling

1783
Faience Eye of Horus amulet, right eye, Egyptian, 4000 BCE-30 BCE

Eye of Horus amulet

4000-30 BCE
Stone amulet, heart, Egyptian, 4000-30BC

Heart-shaped stone amulet, Egyptian

4000-30 BCE
Jasper amulet, thet, Egyptian, 4000-30BC

Thet (or tyet) amulet, Ancient Egyptian, 4000-30 BC.

4000-30 BCE
English delftware syrup jar, decorated in blue and white with the winged angel pattern, labelled V: AEGYPTIA: (Egyptian ointment), used for ulcers especially in the mouth, 1675-1685

English delftware syrup jar

1975-1685
Faience amulet, Anubis, Egyptian, 4000-30BC

Faience amulet, Anubis, Egyptian, 4000-30BC

4000-30 BCE
Lapis lazuli amulet of Thoth, Egyptian, 4000-30BC

Amulet representing the god Thoth

4000-30 BCE
Drawing of apparatus described by Hero AD 50

Drawing of apparatus described by Hero

1897; 50 CE
Plaster replica of a Greek relief, showing Asklepios (Asclepius; Latin: Aesculapius) and his family and a group of supplicants, original is 4th century BC, cast 1860-1920

Plaster replica of a Greek relief

1860-1920; 499-400 BCE
Photograph of a horse-shoe magnet made by Johann Dietrich of Basle in 1755.

Horse-shoe magnet

1876
Quadriceps switch, occupational therapy device, used to link movement from a the front of the top of a leg to a woodwork or printing activity, used to the develop the leg muscles of rehabilitating patients, 1930-70.

Quadriceps switch

1930-70
Approximately 100 photographs for press adverts promoting the work of the Central Council for Health Education (1927-69), Health Education Council (1969-84) and Health Education Authority (1984-98).

100 health education press photographs

1927-98
Carnelian amulet, djed pillar, Egyptian, 4000-30BC

Carnelian amulet, djed, Egyptian, 4000-30BC

4000-30 BCE
Fletcher Wiltshire Bed-loom adapted to be rigged over a bed and operated by pulleys and roller skates, occupational therapy device used for rehabilitation of patients with muscle wastage, assembled by hospital workshops, 1930-70.

Fletcher Wiltshire Bed-loom adapted to be rigged over a bed and operated by pulleys and roller skates

1930-70
Faience amulet, Anubis, Egyptian, 4000-30BC

Faience amulet, Anubis, Egyptian, 4000-30BC

4000-30 BCE
Alabaster kohl pot, Egyptian, probably New Kingdom, 1580-1350BC

Alabaster kohl pot

2000-1350
Alabaster kohl pot, Egyptian, probably New Kingdom, 1580-1350BC

Alabaster kohl pot

2000-1350 BCE
Faience amulet, Bes, Egyptian, 4000 to 30 BC

Faience amulet, Bes, Egyptian, 4000 to 30 BC

4000-30 BCE
Plaster copy of female bust, original probably Roman, 100BC-200AD, replica made 1901-1940

Plaster copy of female bust

100 BC-200 CE; 1901-1940
Two wooden boxes containing 146 glass lecture slides on Public Health themes, showing slum clearance schemes in Britain and abroad, diagrammatic details of construction, and modern flats in c1949, reproductions of historical documents, etc, provenance unknown, 1930-1955.

146 glass lecture slides on public health

1930-55
Reproduction of a Roman groma, based on one excavated at Pompeii, 1st century AD

Reproduction of a Roman groma

1-79 CE; before 1923
Watch, verge movement

Watch, verge movement

1710; 1800-1899
Part of cake made of compacted figs, probably grave goods, Egyptian, 3500BC to 1500BC

Part of cake made of compacted figs

3500-1500
4 human urinary calculi from prehistoric cemetery of Gebel-Moya, Sudan, from a late Neolithic combined cemetery and settlement locality in south-central Sudan. It was excavated from 1911-14 over four seasons by Sir Henry Wellcome

Human Stones from excavation at Jebel Moya, 1911-1914

5000-1 BCE
2 pieces of incomplete metatarsal bone, sharing exostosis, from prehistoric cemetery at Gebel-Moya, Sudan

2 pieces of incomplete metatarsal bone

5000-1 BCE
Extracts from regulations for working single lines of railway on the Electric Train Tablet or Electric Train Staff Block System for the guidance of Enginemen, Guards and others concerned. 43 page booklet produced by the London & North Western Railway.

Train Signalling Regulations

January 1923
Marble copy of a Greek(?) statue of Homer, original possibly 4th to 2nd century BC, copy possibly 1800-1920

Homer

1800-1920; 400-200 BCE
Model of Asia minor plough which was used in the time of Job and Ulysses

model of Asia minor plough

circa 2000-1500 BCE
Standard printing press converted to an occupational therapy device, hand operated by pulling a handle to strengthen limbs weakened through accident or illness, can be rigged to exercise any part of the body, assembled by hospital workshops, type and additional composing equipment included, 1930-70.

Standard printing press converted to an occupational therapy device

1930-70
Plaster copy of female bust, original probably Roman, 100BC-200AD, replica made 1901-1940

Plaster copy of female bust

100 BCE-200 CE; 1901-1940
Hammer head, bronze, with restored wooden handle, Graeco-Roman, 500BC-500AD

Hammer head

1851-1930; 500 BCE-500 CE
Two flint drill Heads and Sandstone Block used for testing similar drills, found on the site of the Temple of Zoser Saqqara, c.3000 BCE

Sandstone blockhead

3000 BCE
Large hand magnifier, European, early 19th century

Large hand magnifier, European, early 19th century

1801-850
Compound monocular microscope by Dellebarre, Dutch, dated 1784

Compound monocular microscope by Dellebarre

1784
Pottery funerary vase, bulbous body and pagoda-shaped lid,decoration in high relief, on hardwood stand (1801-1900), vase Chinese, possibly 500 BCE - 500 CE

Pottery funerary vase

500 BCE-500 CE; 1801-1900
Cyclator Mark II ventilator/ anaesthetic apparatus, made by the British Oxygen Company, 1950-70.

Cyclator Mark II ventilator/ anaesthetic apparatus

1950-70
Gelatin silver print entitled 'Mr & Mrs Phillips lived with their three children (4,3 & 1 1/2 years) in a council owned slum house. A few years before Mr Phillips was earning £30.40 as a spot welder and they lived in a new council house. Then Mr P began going blind (a danger of his trade) he lost his job, fell into rent arrears was evicted into this sub-standard property-no bath, no hot water, outdoor lavatory. They live on £10.15 per week'. See interview P17 "Happy Christmas"'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Mr & Mrs Phillips…

00/10/1970
Planet News photograph titled 'Laurence Olivier takes 'Old Vic' Company on tour'. caption on back reads: Sir Laurence Olivier and his wife (actress Vivien Leigh) left Euston Station on the 'Corinthic' boat train with the Old Vic company for a nine months tour of Australia, New Zealand and Tasmania. Photo shows -- Vivien Leigh says good-bye to Mr. W.J. Jordan, New Zealand High Commissioner, watched by her husband Sir Laurence Olivier, at Euston.

Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh leave for Australia

14 Februry 1948
[Holograph letter] 1784 Oct 30, Birm[ingha]m, [to] Mr. James McGrigor, M[---]d, via Ferrybridge, Glasgow / J. Watt. [McGrigor was Watt's second father-in-law. He wishes to revise 'my survey of the ground between Inverness and Fort William' but fears 'the estimate is less than it can be done for'. Re Mr. Arkwright 'he is, to say no worse, one of the most self sufficient ignorant men I have ever met with', yet 'certainly a man of merit in his way, and one to whom Britain is much indebted and whom she should honour & reward'. Watt gives details of past dealings with Arkwright, adding that 'our rotative engines ... are certainly very applicable to the driving of cotton mills'. He continues 'As Mr Boulton is absent I cannot give any answer .. about the Engineership of this Great Canal'. His mind is 'almost wholly turned toward the steam engine', and 'business which is now very extensive takes up all the time that bad health will permit me to work'. He says 'we must ... go to law with some people who encroach on our patent rights'. He adds his views on taxation 'which is exclusively leveled at trade and manufactures'. And 'our business is going on successfully, and could we only depend on its durability we need look for no better']

Holograph letter 1784 Oct 30

1784 Oct 30
Book: Beschreibung der Bersuche .... Aerostatischen Maschinen (1784) by F. de StFond.

Beschreibung der Bersuche .... Aerostatischen Maschinen

1784
Diary of James Upjohn

Diary of James Upjohn

1784
Rail profile set, cased, for flat-bottomed rail, by Glass Developments Ltd, London c.1955.

Rail profile set

1950-1060
Balance, NIVOC brand, with white metal beam and polished white metal column, made by W J George and Becker in London EC1. Instrument number 2768. Imperial weights calibrated for metric use in Dec 1979. Calibration notice on inside of glazed mahogany case with black glass base.

Balance, NIVOC brand

1950-80
Rigged model, Scale 1:36, of an English Well Smack (after Chapman's Architecture Novalis Mercatoria, 1768), by Major Raban Williams, Ringmore, Devon, England, March 1937. These vessels were used by the fishing fleet of Shetland to bring fish to market as fresh as possible. Therefore they needed to be fast and were built for speed.

Rigged model of an English Well Smack

1936-37
Working model of Watt's parallel motion

Watt's Parallel Motion, 1784

1784 (original); 1986 (model)
A fibreglass cast of the 15th corbel in St. Martin's Church, Salisbury, showing spectacles of the earliest known style worn in Europe, made Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, 1960.

Replica of Corbel with Spectacles, 15th Century

1401-1500 (original); 1960 (model)
Plaster replica of a Roman dedication slab, with a relief depicting Aesculapius and Salus (Hygieia), dedicated by a Doctor in the Roman Army in Britain, original probably 180-220, English(?) , cast 1879-1920

Plaster replica of a Roman dedication slab

180-220 CE
Glass display bottle, cylindrical with hollow conical stopper, filled with amber liquid, English, probably 1st half 19th century

Glass display bottle

1801-189
Machine for sawing wood into curved, bevelled, and winding forms.

Spindle moulder, for cutting wood into curved, bevelled, and winding forms

1791-3
Bust of Sir Isaac Newton (copy of a bust by L.F. Roubiliac).

Portrait bust of Sir Isaac Newton

before 1857; 1755