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Morland's calculating machine, engraved "Samuel Morland, Inventor, 1666"

Mathematics

1666-1680

Bark apron from Medicine man's outfit

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1881-1925

windsor mantle clock

Railway Timepieces

1845-1855

Folding scissors

Wellcome (general)

1801-1900

Telegraph instrument

Signalling & Telecommunications

Leather bag with objects for divination, Africa, 1880-1930

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1880-1930

Head hunter's basket

Asian Medicine

1851-1920

Adding Machine

Mathematics

1843

Copy of Roman dental bridge, Europe, 1901-1930

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1901-1930

Divination set, south east Africa, before 1934

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

before 1934

Napoleon's Toothbrush, Europe, 1790-1821

Dentistry

1790-1821

Mole's foot amulet, Norfolk, England, 1890-1910

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1890-1910

Model of 120 gun ship: the French 1st rate "Ocean"

Water Transport

1793-1815

Lancet in bone sheath, Indian, 1800-1899

Oriental Medicine

1800-1899

Toothbrushes, bone, made by Savory and Moore, Lond

Dentistry

1851-1930

Peg frame for knitting with a steel and a bone nee

Textiles Machinery

Debrie 'Le Parvo' 35mm Cine Camera

Cinematography

1908

Purse decorated with collodion positive photograph

Photographs

c. 1860

Pantascopic camera No 32

Photographic Technology

1862

Williamson Cinematograph Camera

Cinematography

c. 1910

Calabash rattle, Nigeria, 1851-1920

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1851-1920

Reynolds and Branson quarter plate stand camera

Photographic Technology

1895-1905

Gastro-intestinal bobbins, United Kingdom, 1880-1920

Surgery

1880-1920

Luzo camera

Photographic Technology

1891-1901

Steel lancet in bone sheath, India, 1800-1899

Asian Medicine

Effigy of Medicine Man, North West Coast America, 1867-1900

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1867-1900

Copy of Etruscan denture, Europe, 1901-1930

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1901-1930

Mole's foot amulet, Norfolk, England, 1890-1910

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1890-1910

Japanese Dotchin balance with beam, pan, and weight

Weighing & Measuring

1870-1920

Herschel actinometer by Robinson & Barrow, 1842

Meteorology

1842

Bone tiki, untraditional, Maori, New Zealand, late

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1871-1924

Bone snuff spoon with two bowl, attached to fine b

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1880-1915

Nose pin, consisting of piece of bone, curved, wit

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1871-1920

Bare tiki, with shell eyes tattooed around eyes an

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1871-1926

2 bone pendants attached to metal suspension rings

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1870-1920

Child's amulet, from Seville, Spanish, 18th or 19t

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1701-1900

Small snuff horn

Asian Medicine

1701-1900

Sculpture of skull

Oriental Medicine

Stylised skull on tall pillar

Oriental Medicine

Stylised model of skeleton

Oriental Medicine

Needle used in opium smoking

Oriental Medicine

Probe or trocar

Oriental Medicine

1801-1930

Crookes' Radiometer, 1872-1879

Heat

1872-1879

Straight eye preserver spectacles

Ophthalmology

1801-1900

Weights Set

Scientific Instruments & Research

1850-1860

'New Improved' universal compound microscope

Optics

1785-1795

Collection of specimens illustrating palette deformities

Dentistry

1950-1970

Blood-letting knife, bone, on tassels with glass b

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

Jackson's instantaneous shutter

Photographic Technology

1850-1900

Stainless steel and bone dessert knife, London & North Eastern Railway

Passenger Comforts

1923-1948