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Place
Material
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Electrical chimes by George Adams

1781-1790

Vaginal speculum

1801-1850

Demainbray's model scorpion catapult

1745-1755

Demainbray's convex lens

1750

Demainbray's turquoise disc

1745-1755

Demainbray's yellow disc

1745-1755

Boxwood human torso showing internal organs

1800-1920

Demainbray's scioptric ball

1745-1755

Statue depicting the dance of death

Tobacco jar in the shape of a skull

1701-1800

Beam compass by George Adams

1775-1795

Rope maker's

Pounce Sprinkler

Terrestrial refracting telescope

1700-1750

Lens polisher

Counting machine

Balance beam, steel, boxwood

1745-1755

Henley Discharging Table, 1820-1850

1820-1850

European horary quadrant, 1650-1725

1650-1725

Gunter's scale, early example, boxwood, 2' long

Constipation roller for promoting peristalsis

1801-1920

Apparatus to demonstrate the thermal expansion of liquids, mid 19th century.

1831-1870

Cylindrical electrical machine

Pair of coloured glass discs, 1750.

1745-1755

Demainbray's Inclined plane

1701-1752

Wooden backstaff.

1759

Set of flat, boxwood, Napier's rods

1600-1699

Small phial of atropine with cocaine

1880-1920

Dental key handle

1801-1860

Two inclined cylinders for centre of gravity demonstrations

1762

Cylindrical wooden clamp for X-ray tube

1890-1900

Fixed weights for experiments with the balance

1762

Rotch true-wind calculator, for use at sea

1903

Lind type anemometer, 1870-1876

1870-1876

Whirling speculum mirror with components

1762

Pomander, two halves unscrew

Navigator's Gunter scale in boxwood 24" long

circa 1775

Electric cell, 1823

1823

Lever, angled, boxwood, 1762

1762

Carpenter's slide rule

1861-1910

11-Inch cattle gauging slide rule patented by G.H. Meire

1820-1880

Boxwood Coggeshall folding slide rule, 1720-1730.

1720-1730

Carpenter's sliding joint-rule by I Trafford

1772

Navigational slide rule by Norie and Co., London.

circa 1825

Brass and boxwood Hatter's rule

1900-1950

Boxwood hatter's rule, [Imperial Measure] with measuring slider

circa 1920

Boxed set of drawing curves

1920-1930

Vaginal speculum with plug

Boxwood and ebony vaginal speculum

1851-1900

Burt's American Board Rule for superficial measurements

circa 1908