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Compound monocular microscope

1870-1880

Bell Transmitter with Membrane Diaphragm, 1875-1877

1875-1877

'Leesona' Pirn Winder

1893-1959

Lloyd hygrodeik, 1903.

1903

Cataract cryoextractor

1980

Stereo Hawkeye Model No 2 camera. Stereoscopic camera for roll film 118

circa 1904-1907

Singer Lockstitch sewing machine model of 1851

1851-1855

Industrial lockstitch button hole sewing machine by The Union Button Sewing Machine Co.

Vaginal speculum

1851-1900

Whitworth square die nut

Caisson gauge, calibrated for heat, 1940

1940

Metal piston-action syringe

Hypodermic syringe for administering anaesthetics in the mouth

Microscope by Tolles, 1870

1870

Demonstration microscope by Tolles

1850-1880

Wooden shoe polisher by Whittemore Bros. and Co., Boston

Main drive

1880-1920

X-ray tubes

1910-1920

Hammond's Improved Planisphere

1890-1910

Ritchie's patent liquid compass with hollow metal cross type compass rose in tin bowl

07-04-1863

Notice of ‘The late Sarti's new Florentine anatomical model’ exhibit, Boston, England, c. 1854

1850-1859

Admission ticket to medical lectures on midwifery, Boston, United States, 1830-1837

1830-1837

Watch movement converted from key winding to keyless winding

1860-1910

Uterine curette with steel shaft and ebony handle

1871-1900

Gas burner for lighting by electricity

1879

Atomiser, made by Whitall Tatum Company

Keystone Model A-12 Cine Camera

1949

Comins electro-psychrometer by the American Moistening Co.

1910

Celestial globe (12-inch) by Josiah Loring

1833

Double thread chain-stitch treadle sewing machine

1853-1858

Grover and Baker two-thread chain-stitch sewing machine, 1871.

1871

Crosby pressure gauge indicator

Student microscope on cast iron stand

1900-1925

Combined vaginal

1871-1900

Hypodermic syringe

1900-1914
Weights from the Castlereagh Collection for Boston (USA). Boxed set of 6 cylindrical brass weights for the Troy and Avoirdupois system in a leather bound lockable case.

Weights from the Castlereagh Collection for Boston

1800-1818
Dalton electric toaster, manufactured by Dalton Heating Co. Inc., Boston, Mass., USA (pre 1939)

Dalton electric toaster

Original Remington Arms lock-stitch sewing machine head: the 'Empire' model of 1870, by the Remington Arms Company, Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 1870.

Remington Arms Company lock-stitch sewing machine, 1870.

1870
Keystone 8mm camera model K-8. Cine camera for double run 8mm film. Fitted with a Wollensak cine Veliostigmat lens, iris diaphragm f/3.5-16. Screw mount 12, 16, 48 fps, clockwork motor, lock on button. Folding frame finder, direct vision optical finder. Rotary footage indicator. No.887926. Keystone.

Keystone 8mm camera model K-8. Cine camera for double run 8mm film. Fitted with a Wollensak cine Veliostigmat lens

1937
Singer Lockstitch sewing machine model of 1851, by I. M. Singer and Company or the Singer Manufacturing Company, Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 1851-1855

Example of original pattern Singer sewing machine of 1851, made c. 1853.

1851-1855
X-ray tube, with tungsten anti-cathode, aluminium cathode and asbestos vacuum regulator, by Macalaster Wiggin Co., American,1915

X-ray tube with tungsten anti-cathode, aluminium cathode and asbestos vacuum regulator, American,1915

1910-1920
UPI telephoto. Caption on back reads: BOSTON: A diagram shows as Dr. Judah Folkman explains how he headed a team of surgeons that saved Jan Dangora's left lower leg after it was 95% amuptated when he was brought into City Hospital 9/1/66 following a motorcycle accident. Dangora, shown, was discharged from hospital 2/1 with feeling restored to his leg but for one small part.

Doctor save's man's leg

02 February 1967
Blair Hawk-Eye Junior 4x5 made by the Blair Camera Company, Boston Mass. USA. Box camera for 3 1/2" wide rollfilm or plates 4 x 5". Simple lens fixed aperture; lever focusing 100-8'; rotating shutter three speeds (unmarked) and T. Two reflecting finders. Rollfilm runs in hollow side through exposing chamber; removable ground glass focussing screen, provision for accepting darkslide. Pat, Feb 25 1890.

Blair Hawk-Eye Junior Camera

1890-1900
Refracting telescope of 2 7/8-inch aperture with mahogany tube by Robert B. Tolles, Boston, USA with case.

Refracting telescope of 2 7/8-inch aperture with mahogany tube and case

1870-1880
Steam engine indicator made by Crosby Steam Gage and Valve Company, Boston. Date made about 1895. Recording drum 900mm x 460mm diameter

Steam engine indicator made by Crosby Steam Gage and Valve Company

1890-1900
Weights from the Castlereagh Collection for Boston (USA). Boxed set of 6 cylindrical brass weights for the Troy and Avoirdupois system in a leather bound lockable case.

Castlereagh Collection weights

1800-1818
Planimeter, for use with steam engine indicator output recording graphs, in fitted velvet lined leatherette case, by the American Steam Gauge and Valve Manufacturing Co., Boston, USA, c. 1890.

Planimeter made by the American Steam Gauge and Valve Manufacturing Co

1890
The "Small" Pocket Calculator, a circular slide rule patented 1918, made by G. Small, Boston, in leather pouch

The "Small" Pocket Calculator

"Sweeper-Vac" carpet sweeper by Pneuvac Ltd., Boston, Mass., 1915

"Sweeper-Vac" carpet sweeper by Pneuvac Ltd

1915
Forsyth glass silver nitrate applicator, boxed, with conductors and instructions, by P.N. Condit, 120 Boylston Street, Boston, USA, 1920-1940

Forsyth glass silver nitrate applicator

1925-1940