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Cylindrical electrical machine

King George III

Excise officer's slide rule in boxwood, 12 inches

Mathematics

Adjustable flexible curve

Mathematics

Carpenter's sliding joint-rule by I Trafford, Oxfo

Mathematics

1772

Lens holder rim, eye stop ring and two pieces of beading

King George III

1750-1800

Whistle

King George III

Zwanke's stem pessary, boxwood, steel and ivory, s

Therapeutics

1851-1900

Electric cell, 1823

King George III

1823

Quadrant electrometer

King George III

1828-1857

Vaginal speculum with plug

Clinical Diagnosis

1851-1900

Adjustable apparatus with fixed diaphragm

King George III

European horary quadrant, 1650-1725

Astronomy

1650-1725

Boxwood model to illustrate the aberration of light, discovered by James Bradley, the third Astronomer Royal, in 1728.

Astronomy

c. 1729

Matchbox, safety containing medicine man's "medici

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1898-1928

Long callipers from excise instruments set

Mathematics

1876

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

Mathematics

1820-1880

Head rod from excise measuring instruments set

Mathematics

1876

Triangular quadrant

Astronomy

1683

Boxwood lever and fulcrum, right-angled, 1762

King George III

1762

Plotting scale

Mathematics

1876

Zwanke's stem pessary, boxwood, metal, bone and ru

Therapeutics

1851-1900

Plotting scale

Mathematics

1876

Carving of human skeleton wresting bag from demon

Asian Medicine

Vaginal speculum

Clinical Diagnosis

1851-1900

Excise slide rule of Verie type in boxwood (stock

Mathematics
Wooden pregnancy calendar, for estimating time of paturition, 1848 to 1900

Wooden pregnancy calendar, for estimating time of

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1848-1900
Hicks patent mercurial minimum thermometer with brass sliding scale, by Hicks, 1861.

Hicks patent mercurial minimum thermometer with br

Meteorology

1861
Mercury maximum thermometer by L. Casella, 1861-1872.

Mercury maximum thermometer by L.Casella

Meteorology

1861-1872
Rotch true-wind calculator, by C. F. Casella, 1903, for use at sea.

Rotch true-wind calculator, for use at sea

Meteorology

1903
Scioptic ball? in mount

Scioptic ball? in mount

King George III
Set of flat, bowood Napier's rods, 17th century, in fitted case (B493; A191).

Set of flat, boxwood, Napier's rods

Mathematics

1600-1699
Poison bottle, colourless glass, empty, for morphine chloride. 163 height x 60 mm diameter, 283 g. Box wood stopper is cracked along the side and the cork is missing from the base. Painted inscription on gold background with black lettering, reads 'MORPH:MUR'. Made by Toogood, Mount Street, London, English, 1860-1900.

Poison bottle for Morphine Chloride

Medical Glass-ware

1860-1900
Psychrometer by Griffin, 1894.

Psychrometer by Griffin, 1894.

Meteorology

1894
10 supportive pessaries, various patterns, English, 1860-1900

10 supportive pessaries, various patterns, English

Therapeutics

1860-1900
Boxwood snuff flask with brass mounted neck and double strand steel chain attached to sides, complete with bone snuff spoon, drop-shaped bowl, incised handle, Central or Southern African, 1880-1925

Boxwood snuff flask with brass mounted neck and do

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1880-1925
Series of bobbins and shuttles used in cotton manufacture, mounted on a wooden board, and coloured drawings: 38 items, by Wilson Brothers Bobbin Company, Garston, Liverpool, England, 1894-1909.

Series of bobbins and shuttles used in cotton manu

Textiles Machinery

1894-1909
Pair of turned wooden standards, English, 1880-1920

Pair of turned wooden standards, English, 1880-192

Pharmacy-ware

1880-1920
Navigational slide rule by Norie and Co., London.

Navigational slide rule by Norie and Co., London.

Mathematics

c.1825
Spirit thermometer by Pastorelli, 1849, graduated from -60 degrees F. to +120 degrees F.

Spirit thermometer by Pastorelli, 1849, graduated

Meteorology

1849
Specimen bottle of hygrophila spinosa seeds, talmakhana, India, 1920-1940

Specimen bottle of hygrophila spinosa seeds, talma

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1920-1940
Orthops optical rule, wood and steel, by Raphael's of London, early 20th century

Orthops optical rule, wood and steel, by Raphael's

Ophthalmology

1901-1930
Mercury thermometer by Pastorelli, 1857.

Mercury thermometer by Pastorelli, 1857.

Meteorology

1857
Tapering open ended box mounted on slotted beam which carries 3 adjustable stands

Open ended box attached to slotted beam with three adjustable stands

King George III
Stylet, for introduction of vagina rods(?), boxwood and steel, 1880-to 1920

Stylet, for introduction of vagina rods(?), boxwoo

Veterinary Medicine

1880-1920
4 drainage tubes, silver(?), in boxwood case, 1880-1920

4 drainage tubes, silver(?), in boxwood case, 1880

Surgery

1880-1920
Fleam, single folding blade, steel with boxwood handle, probably English, 1740 to 1830

Fleam, single folding blade

Veterinary Medicine

1740-1830
Dental pelican, double ended made from boxwood with a single iron claw. Made in Europe circa 1550-1750.

Dental pelican, double ended made from boxwood wit

Dentistry

1550-1750
Rope maker's, or rigger's, gauge for measuring rope diameters.

Rope maker's, or rigger's, gauge for measuring rop

Textiles Machinery
Boxwood Gunter horary quadrant (5 1/2-inch radius), English, with wooden volvelle (planispheric nocturna) on reverse side.

English horary quadrant, 1675-1700

Astronomy

1675-1700
Constipation roller, boxwood(?), for promoting peristalsis, Chinese, 1801-1920

Constipation roller for promoting peristalsis

Asian Medicine

1801-1920