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Carpenter's slide rule

Mathematics

1861-1910

Nautical slide rule for weights of wire, rope and

Mathematics

1830-1860

Tobacco jar, Japan, 1701-1800

Smoking

1701-1800

Mathematical models, early 18th century.

Mathematics

1713-1750

Boxwood Coggeshall folding slide rule, 1720-1730.

Mathematics

1720-1730

Priestley Smith perimeter, with spare parts and ac

Ophthalmology

1901-1930

Excise officer's slide rule in boxwood, 12 inches

Mathematics

Robert Hooke type microscope

Microscopes

1671-1700

Electrotherapy equipment, London, England, 1780-1800

Therapeutics

1801-1822

Wooden backstaff

Navigation

1730; 1967

Wood blocks for printing English chintz and calico designs

Textiles Machinery

1750-1830

Parker's Prestometer Tablet, mid 19th century

Mathematics

c. 1860

Ivory and box wood vaccinator, Europe, 1701-1800

Public Health & Hygiene

1701-1800

Circular slide rule, 1660-1680.

Mathematics

1660-1680

Charles Cotterell's `Instrument for Arithmeticke'

Mathematics

1677

Vaginal speculum, possibly French, 1801-1850

Clinical Diagnosis

1801-1850

Smith and Dolier's 'arithmetical scales', late 19th century.

Mathematics

1880-1900

English horary quadrant, 1650-1725

Astronomy

1650-1725

Broca-type goniometer for measuring the angles of the face, France, 1865-1875

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1865-1875

Weighing machine with ruler for height, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1831-1910

Nursing & Hospital Furnishings

1831-1910

Gunter's scale, early example, boxwood, 2' long

Mathematics

Small phial of atropine with cocaine

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1880-1920

Scoliometer, London, England, 1874-1902

Clinical Diagnosis

1874-1902

Duffin Pessary, 1880-1900

Therapeutics

1880-1900

Electrotherapy equipment

Therapeutics

1780-1810

Excise slide rule of Verie type in boxwood (stock

Mathematics

Slide rule in boxwood, single long slider

Mathematics

Glover's sector, compendium in electrum and boxwoo

Mathematics

1839-1850

Statue of goddess Kwannon

Asian Medicine

1801-1900

Boxwood Sector, 1680-1720

Mathematics

1680-1720

Mathematical reckoning rule

Mathematics

1750-1800

Isograph

Mathematics

1876

Plotting scale

Mathematics

1876

Excise officer's slide rule by W. Rix, Verie type

Mathematics

1740-1746

Statue in form of skeleton and demon, depicting the dance of death

Asian Medicine

Gunter type, 12-inch boxwood sector with brass hi

Mathematics

1620-1700

Fathom Rule, signed Lilley's Patent, late 19th cen

Mathematics

1880-1900

Artificial mercury horizon.

Astronomy

1845-1855

Excise Officer's slide rule in boxwood, 12-inch lo

Mathematics

1801-1830

Plotting scale

Mathematics

1876

conversion rule

Weighing & Measuring

1800-1805

Wooden backstaff.

Navigation

1759

Tobacco jar, wood carved in form of human skull, w

Smoking

1701-1800

Protractor with plummet clinometer

Mathematics

1876

Plotting scale

Mathematics

1876

Dring and Fage Slide Rule, boxwood and ivory

Mathematics

1820-1860

Plotting scale

Mathematics

1876

Boxwood Harrow Mark Reducer slide rule by E.S.A.,

Mathematics

European horary quadrant, 1650-1725

Astronomy

1650-1725

Adjustable flexible curve

Mathematics