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Incomplete hinged-lever cork extractor (corkscrew missing)

1873-1880

Thermometer, surface, watch-type

1801-1900

Hand-operated apple peeling machine with integral clamp

1867-1870

Inhaler for chloroform anaesthesia

1848-1900

Bronchitis kettle

1830-1860

Lebsche sternal chisel

1970

Gastroscope, by J. Leiter

1900

Schhimmelbusch mask for open chloroform anaesthesia

1890-1935

Schimmelbusch mask for open chloroform anaesthesia

1890-1935

Schimmelbusch mask for open chloroform anaesthesia

1890-1935

Pap boat

Midwifery forceps

1870-1901

Schimmelbusch mask for open chloroform anaesthesia

1890-1935

Schimmelbusch mask for chloroform anaesthesia

Empty ethyl chloride bottle for use with local anaesthesia

1900-1940

Levy's oddification of Schimmelbusch's mask for open chloroform

1890-1935

Wood and bone apothecary's sppon

1701-1730

Hand-operated apple peeling machine with integral table clamp

1875-1876

Traube's plessimeter with scale

Portable monaural stethoscope

1831-1920

RCA EMU-2B Transmission Electron Microscope, United States, 1946

1946

'Dandy' hand-operated apple peeler which automatically peels

1910-1912

Scarificator in case

1769
Hand-operated raisin stoner no. 36, with integral table clamp, works b y feeding wet raisins into toothed rollers which strip the flesh off, US patent 1895, made by Enterprise Manufacturing Co., Philadelphia, U. S.A., 1895-1900

Hand-operated raisin stoner no. 36

1895-1900
Charcoal-fuelled Samovar, in which charcoal is burned in a grate at the base of a central flue tube to provide constant supply of hot water or tea in surrounding vessel, teapot shape with perforated base, pair of hinged lids and ornate floral decoration, metal, Middle Eastern or Russian, 1880-1920

Charcoal-fuelled Samovar

1880-1920
Prototype model of an electric firelighter, resembling a hairdryer in appearance, designed to light smokeless fuel easily by blowing out hot air at 800 centigrade, by the General Electric Co, English, 1960

Prototype model of an electric firelighter

1960
"Hotpoint" electric tea infuser, with vertical immersion heater with s afety cut-out, and tea canister which can be raised or lowered on a chain from the lid so that tea can be brewed to taste and reduce tannin content, plated metal in teapot style, by Edison Electric Appliance Co ., U.S.A., 1915-1935

"Hotpoint" electric tea infuser

1915-1935
Bastian type A20 portable electric fire no 340, with 6 horizontal coil ed-wire heating elements supported by quartz tubes, elements patented by Bastian no 19,333 in 1908, all covered by semicircular wire mesh su pported by metal frame, with lead and plug, by Bastian Electric Heatin g Syndicate Ltd., London, 1908-1920

Bastian type A20 portable electric fire no 340

1908-1920
Sensor array A32 for use in electronic noses, made by Aromascan plc, 1994

Sensor array A32 for use in electronic noses

1994
Copy of Lister's experimental apparatus of 1863 to demonstrate that blood coagulation is caused by foreign solids, made for Lister Centenary exhibition, 1927

Copy of Lister's experimental apparatus of 1863 to demonstrate that blood coagulation is caused by foreign solids

Potato masher comprising triangular box with perforated sides, and a handle with solid plate to press the potato through the perforations, of sheet metal construction, of a type originally patented by Archibald Kenrick (pat no 18144), English, 1920-1940

Potato masher comprising triangular box with perforated sides

Banks focimeter, Bolton, 20th century

Banks focimeter, Bolton, 20th century

Metal swab handle, with tapering swab handle

Metal swab handle

Part of Lund's inflator used for administration of ether per rectum

Part of Lund's inflator

Charpentier dental forceps, 1830-50

Charpentier dental forceps

1830-1850
Tuning fork (G), marked Philharmonic, probably made in England, 1801-1950.

Tuning fork, c 1800-1850.

1801-1850
Inhaler for use with liquid anaesthetic, possibly ether or chloroform

Inhaler for use with liquid anaesthetic

1850-1900
Dental elevator, unusual type, early 19th century, English

Dental elevator

1801-1830
Gas poker for lighting fires, comprising flexible metal tube, coiled w ire handle, and poker with holes at the tip, by Lambert Bros, English, 1935-1945

Gas poker for lighting fires

1935-1945
Ivory pleximeter

Ivory pleximeter

Butter dispenser, works by depressing knob to eject a small fluted knob of butter, metal, provisional patent no. 23503, English, 1880-1920

Butter dispenser

1880-1920
"Solartron" tangential fan electric heater with casing removed to show all internal parts, a new method of electric heating developed in Ger many from 1950's, whereby 4 rows of coiled wire heating elements are swept by air from the fan, by Firth Cleveland Ltd, London, 1964

"Solartron" tangential fan electric heater with casing removed to show all internal parts

1964