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Electrogalvanic amulet

Therapeutics

1870-1930

Model of early manual fire engine, ca. 1680.

Firefighting

1680

Silver-plated divination bowl

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1200-1399; 1801-1900

King George III's archimedean screw

King George III

1762

Galvanic brooch

Therapeutics

1880-1920

Electrogalvanic amulet

Therapeutics

1870-1935

Oval enamelled box, England, 1761-1820

Smoking

1761-1820

Chronoscope, England, 1921-1939

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1921-1939

A solar powered car

Road Transport

1998

Trademark printint block

Textile Industry

1880-1910

Rotative Compound Beam Engine, 1881

Pumping Machinery

1968-1971

Anti-mosquito spray gun

Public Health & Hygiene

1914-1918

'Multiload-250', intra-uterine device

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1970-1981

London & North Eastern Railway steam locomotive 'Mallard'

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1938

Demainbray's Newcomen engine model

King George III

1720

Test type to test eyesight, England, 1920-1960

Ophthalmology

1920-1960

Intra-uterine device 'Copper-Y’

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1970-1981

Oersted Compass Needle, 1828

Science Teaching

1828

Galvanic brooch

Therapeutics

1860-1916

Richardson's galvanic amulet against diseases

Therapeutics

1881-1900

Galvanic brooch in shape of Greek cross

Therapeutics

1880-1920

Ivory lancet case containing three lancets

Therapeutics

1801-1900

filings coherer, glass tube containing powdered copper, bulb at one end, 1894-1904

Radio Communication

1894-1904

Ronalds' rain and vapour gauge (evaporimeter) by A

Meteorology

1843

Cardiac pacemaker, Birmingham, England, 1960-1970

Therapeutics

1960-1970

Helmholtz pendulum, Berlin, Germany, 1895-1910

Clinical Diagnosis

1895-1910

Dynamopath electromedical apparatus

Therapeutics

1900-1930

Enamelled and gilt incense burner 1701-1850

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1701-1850
Battery of 18 Leyden jars, housed in a wooden box, about 1775, made and used by Henry Cavendish for electrical experiments in his private laboratory at Clapham Common, London.

Battery of Leyden jars made by Henry Cavendish

Electricity and Magnetism

About 1775

Stethoscope made with copper for its antimicrobial properties

Nursing & Hospital Furnishings

2014
Joule's original calorimeter ('paddle-wheel apparatus') used in determining the mechanical equivalent of heat. Copper mixing vessel with vane and spindle

mechanical equivalent of heat apparatus

Heat

1876

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

Motive Power

1898
1 Soldering bolt, broken, piece of copper attached by wire.

Soldering iron from James Watt's workshop

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1790-1819

Lister-type carbolic steam spray

Surgery

1869-1890

Rigged model of the PS 'Scotia'

Water Transport

1861

Fulminating tubes by George Adams

King George III

1772-1795

Steelyard ammeter, 1885

Electricity Supply

1885
Model of Savery's engine.

Model Savery engine, before 1754.

King George III

1698-1744

Samples of metallic elements

Experimental Chemistry

2019

Model of an eye

Anatomy & Pathology

1801-1900

Bow Nuremberg spectacles, cased, Germany, 1651-1710

Ophthalmology

1651-1710

Parsons' steam turbine generator, 1884.

Motive Power

1884

Medal, commemorating Samuel Hahnemann, Germany, 1829

Wellcome Medals

1829

Intra-uterine device, with applicator

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1970-1981

Intra-uterine device, ‘Copper-7’

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1970-1981

Oval copper bed warmer

Nursing & Hospital Furnishings

1881-1910

Carved wooden 'spirit mask', Alaska, 1801-1900

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1801-1900

Pilsen Joel dynamo, about 1875

Electricity Supply

1870-1880

Single-Cylinder Drop Valve Engine, c1900.

Motive Power

1867-1933

'Step-up' transformer from Battersea Power Station

Electricity Supply

1932