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Hadley's Gregorian reflecting telescope, c.1740

Astronomy

1740-1744

Medicine chest, Ireland, 1771-1790

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1771-1790

Pocket case of mathematical drawing instruments by

Mathematics

1797-1826

Microscope by Marshall, c. 1700

Microscopes

1695-1705

Octagonal silver sundial in case

Time Measurement

1701-1750

Pocket set of drawing instruments

Mathematics

Wilson screw barrel microscope (brass) in fishskin

Microscopes

1753

Pocket surgical instrument set, incomplete, case o

Surgery

1701-1850

Silver-mounted fishskin etui, empty

Public Health & Hygiene

1701-1830

Pocket surgical instrument set in fishskin case

Surgery

1701-1850

Instrument case, England, 1650-1700

Surgery

1650-1700

Terrestrial refracting telescope

King George III

Surgical instrument set, Europe, 1650-1685

Surgery

1650-1685

Fishskin case, English(?), 1730-1830

Surgery

1730-1830

Spectacle (?) case, silver-mounted green fishskin,

Ophthalmology

1750-1900

Fishskin case, empty, felt lined, 1750 to 1850

Wellcome (general)

1750-1850

Case for one draw tube opera glass

Optics

1780-1850

Oat-Beard type Hygrometer, 1771-1830

Meteorology

1771-1830

Case, fishskin, empty, felt lined with metal clips

Wellcome (general)

1750-1850

Pocket surgical instrument case

Surgery

Fishskin case only, possibly held surgical instrum

Surgery

1701-1830

small telescope (prospect glass; spyglass; opera g

Optics

1759

Black fishskin spectacle case

Optics

1780-1870

leather framed eyeglasses with iron nose clip, in

Optics

c. 1700

Opera glass, one draw tube

Optics

1725-1735

Holt's urethral dilator and two cannulae

Surgery

Culpeper Compound microscope, with accessories, by Scarlett

Microscopes

1735-1745
Black fishskin case for Poids de Marc weight, 1735

Fishskin case for weight

Weighing & Measuring
Fishskin case for pear shaped troy pound weight.

instrument case

Weighing & Measuring

1737

Lined fishskin case for Farey's Ellipsograph

Mathematics

Equinoctial ring dial, by Honemann

King George III

1725-1775

Compound drum microscope

Microscopes

1740

Pocket surgical instrument set

Surgery

Pocket surgical instrument set in silver mounted f

Surgery

Lithotomy set

Surgery

Distance Meter for Plane Table, 1765-1775

Surveying

1765-1775

Fishskin case, possibly held, surgical instruments

Surgery

1701-1830

Fishskin case, empty, English(?), 1701-1850

Surgery

1701-1850
Gunner's level in case, made by George Adams the Younger, Fleet Street, London, 1772-1796.

Gunner's level in case

King George III

1772-1796
Gregorian reflecting telescope of 2 1/8 inch aperture with shagreen covered tube and wooden case. The telescope has a ball and socket stand with a claw foot tripod and a mahogany stand made by the Science Museum workshops. Attached to the wooden stand is another ball and socket mounting with screw stand added by Mr T H Court, the donor.

Gregorian reflecting telescope of 2 1/8 inch apert

Astronomy

1724-1731
Medicine chest, fishskin covered, 18 bottles, 14 labelled, 9 by Garden of Oxford Street and 3 by Coley of Stroud, with glass pestle and mortar, 1800-1880

Fishskin covered medicine chest, 1800-1880

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1800-1880
Grey/black fishskin case for spyglass telescope, lined with pink velvet, unsigned, Europe, 1745-1755

Grey/black fishskin case for spyglass telescope

Optics

1745-1755
Ellis type aquatic microscope, by Peter Dollond, London, England, c. 1765; in fishskin case with accessories: 3 objective lenses, 3 bone slides, 1 ivory container, 2 pieces of glass, 1 pair of tweezers, 1 adjustable probe, 1 spare crosspiece for mounting microscope. Compound and simple microscope attachments.

Ellis type aquatic microscope, by Peter Dollond

Microscopes
Surgical instrument set comprising six scalpels, 2 curved bistouries and a hook; scalpels by Young of Edinburgh, 1 bistoury by Savigny of London, in case, 19th century

Surgical instrument set

Surgery
Fishskin case for set of lithotomy instruments, c.1775, English

Fishskin case for set of lithotomy instruments, c.1775, English

Surgery

1771-1780
Pendulum-type pedometer, in velvet lined fishskin case, by George Adams the Younger, Fleet Street, London, England, 1780-1795.

Pendulum-type Pedometer, English, 1780-95

Surveying

1780-1795
Cylindrical wooden fishskin covered case for prospect glass (spyglass), probably English, 1725-1735.

Cylindrical wooden fishskin covered case for prosp

Optics

1725-1735
Lady's companion in fish skin case, Chinese(?) or Japanese(?), 1850-1920

Medicine scale in fish skin case

Asian Medicine

1850-1920
Spyglass telescope (prospect glass), non-achromatic, shagreen single draw-tube, leather body with brass fitting and cylindrical fishskin covered wooden case, by J. Dollond & Son, England, 1752-1761.

Spyglass telescope with fishskin case.

Optics

1752-1761
Brass spyglass decorated with shagreen and with an achromatic lens, by Jesse Ramsden, London, England, 1762-1800

Brass spyglass decorated with shagreen and with an achromatic lens

Optics

1762-1800