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Category
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Place
Material
Date

Early inhaler for ether anaesthesia

1847-1848

Cammann type binaural stethoscope

1845-1855

Builder's whole, rigged model, of SS 'Great Eastern', 1853-1857

1853-1857

Orrery made by John Rowley for the Earl of Orrery

1712-1713

Sectional Model of a Beam Engine, 1866.

1866

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

Dental key

1725-1780

Original laboratory sample of 'M and B 693', England, 1938

1938

Scold's Bridle Mask which partially covers face

1550-1800

Medal, Blanchard's balloon ascent, Nuremberg, Germany, 1787

1785

Medal commemorating balloon flight of Blanchard at Frankfurt

1785

Galvanic brooch

1880-1920

Disease mask for healing rituals

Electronic induction motor for Dry Cupping Vacuum Therapy

1980-1990

Ivory netsuke in the form of doctor and patient

1871-1900

Stone amulet contained within a leather purse

Painted Marurassa mask

1771-1900

Netsuke depicting man with moxa on leg

1771-1800

Rotative Compound Beam Engine, 1881

1968-1971

Early binaural stethoscope

1861-1866

Tobacco pipe

1880-1920

Steel-bound fetish pipe

1880-1920

Model of William Murdock's Oscillating Engine, 1785.

1785

Bottle of liquid extract of Cinchona

1940-1949

Tobacco pipe

1880-1920

Votive right leg and foot

200 BCE -200 CE

Model of Rotative Beam Engine by William Tongue, c. 1804

1797-1804

Robert Dudgeon’s sphygmograph

1876

Copy of a blood-grouping tile

1970-1981

Carbon water filter

1890-1915

Charles Green Aeronaut

1836

Model of adenovirus

1974-1976

Silver-gilt medicine spoon

1801-1920

Medresco Portable Hearing Aid

1953

Model Draw Door Weir, 1872

1872 (original); 1909 (model)

Box of aspirin tablets, London, England, 1949-1966

1949-1966

Columnar Engine, 1862

1862

Vertical Compound Steam Engine with Hackworth's Valve Gear, 1898

1898

Turned wood mortar and pestle

1651-1850

Pewter tea-pot, used by Lord Nelson, inscribed: 'Battle of Trafalgar 1805'

Empty bottle for Opium tincture tablets

1880-1940

Stanhope square demonstrator, c.1805.

circa 1805

Avoirdupois weight (standard)

1588

Electric Flat Iron, 1895-1905

1895-1905

Sample of Simulated Intermediate Level Waste by BNFL, 1990.

1990-1991

Multo Brunsviga type barrel calculating machine

1950-1960

Earthenware Phrenological Bust

1860-1896

Strowger automatic telephone, 1901-1910

1901-1910

Hindley's pyrometer and three expansion tubes made by Henry Hindley

1752

Pill tile with four short legs

1701-1800