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Compound monocular microscope

1870-1880

'Leesona' Pirn Winder

1893-1959

Bell Transmitter with Membrane Diaphragm, 1875-1877

1875-1877

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

circa 1904-1907

Singer Lockstitch sewing machine model of 1851

1851-1855

Lloyd hygrodeik, 1903.

1903

Hammond's Improved Planisphere

1890-1910

Vaginal speculum

1851-1900

Whitworth square die nut

Metal piston-action syringe

Hypodermic syringe for administering anaesthetics in the mouth

Microscope by Tolles, 1870

1870

Demonstration microscope by Tolles

1850-1880

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

Caisson gauge, calibrated for heat, 1940

1940

Cataract cryoextractor

1980

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

Main drive

1880-1920

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

07-04-1863

X-ray tubes

1910-1920

Atomiser, made by Whitall Tatum Company

Keystone Model A-12 Cine Camera

1949

Gas burner for lighting by electricity

1879

Uterine curette with steel shaft and ebony handle

1871-1900

Combined vaginal

1871-1900

Hypodermic syringe

1900-1914

Comins electro-psychrometer by the American Moistening Co.

1910

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

Celestial globe (12-inch) by Josiah Loring

1833

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

1850-1859

Watch movement converted from key winding to keyless winding

1860-1910

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

1830-1837

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

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

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

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

Dalton electric toaster

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

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

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

Portable field microscope, Fieldmaster model FM-31, with 4 additional phase objectives and 2 lamps, by Swift International, USA, made in Japan, 1970-1985

Portable field microscope

1970-1985

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

Boxed glass bottles of "Anodyne Filling" temporary cement with instructions, by P.N. Condit, 120 Boylston Street, Boston, USA, 1930-1955

"Anodyne Filling" temporary cement

1930-1955

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

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

"Sweeper-Vac" carpet sweeper by Pneuvac Ltd

1915

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

The "Small" Pocket Calculator