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Breast pump, Europe, 1771-1830

1771-1830

'Merman'

1801-1900

Glass prism with lugs, in shaped sharkskin case

1745-1755

pocket camera obscura

1701-1800

Glass bottle

1701-1800

Claude Lorrain mirror

1701-1800

Galilean refracting telescope (spyglass) with shagreen body and brass tubes by Henry Pyefinch

1763-1791

Achromatic telescope, 4-draw, green shagreen with brass mounts

Four inch pocket case of drawing instruments by T.Heath

1720-1753

Claud Lorraine mirror

1780-1800

Early Withering Botanic simple microscope

1775-1785

Simple aquatic microscope, with box-foot stand

1795-1805

Optical cabinet or compendium in wooden mahogany case by Benjamin Martin

1765-1775

Refracting terrestrial telescope by Mann & Ayscough

1740-1750

Dark grey fishskin case for spyglass telescope

1701-1800

Compass microscope, England, 1731-1770

1731-1770

Pocket globe by Charles Price

1710-15

Cased set of catheters

1750-1900

Polemoscope or 'Jealousy Glass'

1725-1735

Claude Lorrain mirror in fishskin case with metal mounts

1780-1800

Terrestrial refracting telescope

Brical British calculator

1900-1909

Artificial leech set

1771-1800

Claude Lorrain mirror

Rectangular black fish-skin instrument case containing five mastoid drills and three other instruments

1860-1920

Pocket surgical instrument set in green fishskin case

1701-1830

Claude Lorrain mirror in fish-skin case

1801-1820

Culpeper microscope, 1730-1740

1730-1740

Galilean telescope (spyglass) with achromatic object glass

1770-1780

pancratic (variable magnification) achromatic refracting telescope

1825-1835

Terrestrial refracting telescope

1695-1705

Magazine case of drawing instruments by E. Nairne

1749-1796

Early set of drawing instruments by William Cary

1795-1825

simple compass microscope with accessories: five objective lenses

1775-1785

Clark's Simple Microscope

1755-1765

Pair of chopsticks, knife and spoon in fish skin case

1801-1900

Pouch with curled edges

1801-1900

Terrestrial hand telescope

1690-1700

Gregorian reflecting telescope

1785-1795

brass contact goniometer

1825-1835

Ivory "Steel-Yard" signed "Martin Fecit. No.1176"

1772-1777

Musical transposition calculator in circular slide-rule format

1840-1880

Octagonal Pocket Sundial, Butterfield type, brass, in case, unisigned, England

Octagonal Pocket Sundial

Telescope, early 18th century, inscribed: "J. Marshall" 4-draw tube covered with fishskin, draw-tubes covered with green vellum, stamped with gilt ornament, horn mounts, silver dust-caps. Length 12 1/4", O.G. aperture 5/8"

Telescope, early 18th century

Two AquAdvantage Bred transgenic salmon in display case, bred by Aqua Bounty Farms in December 1997 and sacrificed in July 2000. One fish contains a growth hormone transgene, the other is a sibling without the transgene.

Two salmon, one with and one without growth hormone transgene, 1997

1997-2000

Set of scales, with oval box-type beam ends, in fish-skin covered case, with twelve weights, possibly English, 1701-1900

Set of scales

1701-1900

Galilean telescope (spyglass) with triple achromatic object glass, 4-power eye-piece, in black fish-skin case by Benjamin Martin, London, England, c. 1782. Fitted with slotted bracket for tripod. Lacking the dust-cap for the object glass

Galilean telescope (spyglass) with triple achromatic object glass

1780-1790