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Longcase clock by James and John Harrison

1728

Dr Macaura’s blood circulator

1890-1910

Terrestrial refracting telescope

Ivory hydrometer 5 1/2" long

1700-1730

Mechanical massager

1890-1910

Searce, lignum vitae with brass mesh

1700-1750

Lignum vitae pestle, probably English, 1751-1900

1751-1900

Wooden pestle, probably English, 1750-1900

1750-1900

Cylindrical string box with octagonal base

1801-1900

Ligmum vitae pestle, European, 1701-1900

1701-1900

Top of coffee or pepper mill

1701-1800

Wooden snuff box made of lignum vitae

1800-1850

Early ivory hydrometer in turned wooden case

Plaster spatula with octagonal rounded handle

1871-1930

Plaster spatula

1871-1930

Plaster spatula

1871-1930

Plaster spatula

1871-1930

Clinical Thermometer by Alexander Wilson, 1735-1745

1735-1745

Scioptic ball, ostensibly by George Adams

Camera obscura by Jones (artist)

1801-1810

Terrestrial telescope, 1752.

1752

Water lubricated lignum vitae bearing

1937

Harris's balance electrometer, 1840-74.

1840-1874

Small hydrometer of silvered brass

1760-1780

Ivory hydrometer 6" long

1700-1730

Saddle maker's press made from lignum vitae.

Double cone, lignum vitae and ivory

Telescope in scioptic ball

Telescope in Scioptic ball

Telescope in scioptic ball

Scioptic ball, ostensibly by George Adams

Simple scioptic ball

1740-1760

Roller bearing bushed sheave

1787 Date of patent

Newton's colour disc chromotrope by Carpenter & Westley

1890-1900

Turned wooden drug mill

1701-1800

Wooden Carpenter's Brace, 1830-1860

1830-1860

Scientific instrument stand, 1762

1762

Ligum vitae pestle, probably English, 1701-1900

1701-1900

Turned wooden mortar with flat base and bulbous body

1601-1800

Lignum vitae pestle, Europe, 1701-1900

1701-1900

Straight cistern-tube barometer, 1760-1775.

1760-1775

Turned lignum vitae pestle, European, 1701-1900

1701-1900

Support for L-shaped nozzle from enema set

Three hydrometers, 1700-1730.

1700-1730

Plaster spatula, late 19th or early 20th century

1871-1930

Conversation tube hearing aid

1860-1895

Pewter quart measure

Pint size measure

Wooden medicine chest, empty, European, 1750-1850

1750-1850

Crown Green bowls, lignum vitae: Single bowl, inscribed LNER/2

Crown green bowls