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Reflecting telescope by William Herschel

Astronomy

1783-1785

Robert Hooke type microscope

Microscopes

1671-1700

Stanhope square demonstrator, c.1805.

Mathematics

c.1805

Small orrery by Benjamin Martin

Astronomy

1738-1777

George III's philosophical table

King George III

1761-1762

George III's double-barrelled air pump

King George III

1761

Sheraton medicine chest, Europe, 1720-1800

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1720-1800

Demainbray's model of a camera obscura

King George III

1752

Wheatstone printing telegraph, 1841

Telecommunications

1841

Dial micrometer, 1760-1772.

King George III

1760-1772

Electrical chimes by George Adams

King George III

1781-1790

George III's inclined plane and Horse-way

King George III

1762

Model of Jenning's patent water closet

Public Health & Hygiene

1895-1905

Beale-type microscope

Microscopy (Wellcome)

1871-1900

Demainbray's optical model

King George III

1752

Child’s rocking chair commode, Europe, 1751-1850

Public Health & Hygiene

1751-1850

George III's cycloidal pendulum

King George III

1762

George III's compound engine

King George III

1762

Pharmacist's label cabinet, London, England, 1850-1930

Pharmacy-ware

1850-1930

Model to demonstrate the path of a projectile

King George III

1740-1753

King George III's archimedean screw

King George III

1762

Gunter quadrant

Astronomy

1650-1725

Demainbray's compound microscope

Microscopes

1745

King George III's central forces machine

King George III

1762

Beam compass by George Adams

King George III

1775-1795

Demainbray's wharf jib crane model

King George III

1729-1753

Calculator for treadwheel labour, 1823

King George III

1823

George III's apparatus for oblique and compound collision

King George III

1762

King George III's friction machine

King George III

1762

George III's model crriage body

King George III

1762

George III's tidal demonstration model

King George III

1762

Footstool/spittoon, South Eastern & Chatham Railway

Railway Furniture

Guard's chronometer, Birmingham & Derby Junction Railway

Railway Timepieces

1834-1844

Rocking microtome, Cambridge, England, 1885

Microscopes

1885

Orrery planetary model

Astronomy

1775-1799

'Photo-rotoscope' 35mm projector mechanism

Cinematography

1896

Orrery planetary model by James Ferguson, 1755-1756

Astronomy

1755-1756

Surgical instrument set, London, England, 1810-1812

Surgery

1810-1812

Lunar Crater model

Astronomy

1849-1851
Calotype camera with lens and metal focussing cover, (mahogany), c 1839-1842. Camera owned and used by William Henry Fox Talbot; made by Andrew Ross. During 1838 and 1840 Talbot purchased a number of cameras to make photogenic drawings from the London instrument maker, Andrew Ross. Equipped with simple lens there is also an inspection hole in the lens panel above the lens that was use to check that the image was centrally located on the sensitive paper and correctly focused.

Calotype camera used by William Henry Fox Talbot, c 1841

Photographic Technology

1839-1842

Statue of god Kali on prostrate body of god Siva

Asian Medicine

1801-1900

Elaborate set of geometrical wooden models for dem

Mathematics

1850-1899

Priestley Smith perimeter, with spare parts and ac

Ophthalmology

1901-1930

Crystal Controlled Marine Chronometer by Patek Philippe, 1965-1984

Time Measurement

1965-1984

Weighing and measuring machine by John Joseph Merlin, London, 1760-1803

Nursing & Hospital Furnishings

1760-1803

Photographic print of Herschel's Forty-Foot Telescope, 1890

Astronomy

1890
Model of the piledriver designed by James Vauloue, maker unknown, before 1753, London. Once belonged to Stephen Demainbray.

Model of Vauloue's piledriver

King George III

1737-1752

American refracting telescope, 1870-1880

Astronomy

1870-1880

Microscope used by Louis Pasteur in his investigations on silkworm diseases, Paris, France, 1860-1870

Microscopy (Wellcome)

1860-1870

Carbon arc lamp

King George III