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Compound monocular microscope

1870-1880

'Leesona' Pirn Winder

1893-1959

Bell Transmitter with Membrane Diaphragm, 1875-1877

1875-1877

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

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

Whitworth square die nut

Lloyd hygrodeik, 1903.

1903

Cataract cryoextractor

1980

Metal piston-action syringe

Hypodermic syringe for administering anaesthetics in the mouth

Vaginal speculum

1851-1900

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

circa 1904-1907

Hammond's Improved Planisphere

1890-1910

Demonstration microscope by Tolles

1850-1880

Singer Lockstitch sewing machine model of 1851

1851-1855

Microscope by Tolles, 1870

1870

Caisson gauge, calibrated for heat, 1940

1940

X-ray tubes

1910-1920

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

07-04-1863

Crosby pressure gauge indicator

Comins electro-psychrometer by the American Moistening Co.

1910

Combined vaginal

1871-1900

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

1850-1859

Atomiser, made by Whitall Tatum Company

Keystone Model A-12 Cine Camera

1949

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

1830-1837

Celestial globe (12-inch) by Josiah Loring

1833

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

1871

Gas burner for lighting by electricity

1879

Uterine curette with steel shaft and ebony handle

1871-1900

Student microscope on cast iron stand

1900-1925

Hypodermic syringe

1900-1914

Watch movement converted from key winding to keyless winding

1860-1910

Double thread chain-stitch treadle sewing machine

1853-1858

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

Dalton electric toaster

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

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

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

Carton of bronchial troches, by John I. Brown and Son, U.S.A.

Carton of bronchial troches

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

"Sweeper-Vac" carpet sweeper by Pneuvac Ltd

1915

Dental anaesthetic syringe, the "New Imperial No.2" nickel plated brass, by the Randall-Faichney Co., USA, 1900-1935

Dental anaesthetic syringe

1900-1935

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

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

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

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

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

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

Four stage planing machine for wood, type 132 BM, c. 1918, made by F A Wood, Boston, USA

Four stage planing machine for wood

1918