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Penicillin powder in bottle

1942

Protopye Prestcold Packawy refrigerator

1945-48

Bundle of eight polythene catheters

1965-1975

T SPOT-TB

circa 2009

W. Baxter ALS FHS. Curator of the Botanic Garden, Oxford

1871

William Henry Perkin

1880-1929

Helium Liquefier by Prof. F. E. Simon, 1932-36

1932-1936

Carpenter's sliding joint-rule by I Trafford

1772

Mr. Sadler's ascent from Merton Fields, Oxford

1816

Research Machines RM 380Z keyboard

1980

Diagram showing the variation of frequency and wavelength of characteristic X-rays from various elements

1950

Crawford UV monitor type 760 by the Littlemore Sci. Eng. Co. Oxford

1960-1969 (estimated)

MinION portable device for electronic single-molecule sensing

circa 2014

Superconducting magnet, United Kingdom, 1968

1968

Storage bottle for opium tincture

1801-1850

Set of twelve slides and explanatory booklet-entitled Electromagnetic Optics

1950-1980

"Oxford" astrolabe

1925-1930

Clay tobacco pipe

1620-1655

Abscess lancet

1801-1900

Clay tobacco pipe

1620-1655

Artery forceps

1884-1912

Artery forceps

1884-1912

Artery forceps

1884-1912

Forceps, artery, steel

1884-1912

Artery forceps

1884-1912

2 scalpels and 1 bistoury

1884-1912

Artery forceps

1884-1912

Naevus needle

1884-1912

Stereotactic head clamp, Oxford, England, 1973-1978

1970-1979

Potters tissue homogeniser

1955-1960

Spencer Wells torsion forceps

1851-1900

Spencer Wells torsion forceps

1880-1920

letterpress. M. Salmoni

1780-1860

Microwave device made from high temperature superconductor

Two bladed fleam

1823-1846

'ESO' chloroform apparatus, Oxford, England, 1945

1945

Metal single bladed fleam

1867-1884

Resistivity meter by Martin-Clark, Oxford, 1977

1977

Ball and disc integrator made in the Physical Chemistry Laboratory

'Al' Social Distance Portrait by Fran Monks

2020

Coxing blazer worn by Stephen Hawking when thrown into river

1960s

Book: recent academic treatment of Galieo Galilei by historian of science John Heilbron

2010

Philosophical book for general audiences on the limits of science by cosmologist John Barrow, with dedication to Hawking

1998

Engraving of the Oxford Physic Garden, England, 1675

1675

Reginald Southey with Skeletons

1857-06

William Henry Fox Talbot Album 14

1843-1844

Heaf test gun, Oxford, England, 1978

1978

Prestcold Packaway' electric refrigerator, 1959.

1959

Calotype negative of Merton College

Daily Herald Photograph: Kidney bean competition

1937-09-14