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'Mortars'
Date: 1910-1914Reference: WA/HMM/CO/Ear/636Part of: Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and Library- Archives and manuscripts
M0007519: Three stone mortars
Date: 6 September 1940Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/64/67Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive- Books
Bell-metal mortars / [D. Davison].
Davison, Daniel.Date: [1930?]- Archives and manuscripts
M0007511: Two decorated mortars
Date: 6 September 1940Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/64/59Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive- Archives and manuscripts
M0007512: Two decorated mortars
Date: 6 September 1940Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/64/60Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive- Books
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A treatise of such mathematical instruments, as are usually put into a portable case. Shewing some of their uses in arithmetic, geometry, trigonometry, spherics, Architecture, Surveying, Geography, Perspective, &c. with an Appendix; Containing The Description and Use of the Gunners Callipers. And The Description of, and Precepts for the Delineation of, Ship-Guns and Sea Mortars. To this Treatise, is prefixed A Brief Account of Authors, who have wrote on the Proportional Compasses and Sector. The third edition, with many additions. By John Robertson, Librarian to the Royal Society.
Robertson, J. (John), 1712-1776.Date: M.DCC.LXXV. [1775]- Archives and manuscripts
M0007505: Display of pharmaceutical pestles and mortars
Date: 6 September 1940Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/64/53Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive- Archives and manuscripts
M0009195: Two pestle and mortars
Date: 17 August 1945- Archives and manuscripts
M0007503: Display of pharmaceutical pestles and mortars
Date: 6 September 1940Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/64/51Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive- Archives and manuscripts
M0007504: Display of pharmaceutical pestles and mortars
Date: 6 September 1940Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/64/52Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive- Books
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A treatise of artillery: containing I. General constructions of brass and iron guns used by sea and land, and their Carriages. II. General Constructions of Mortars and Howitzes, their Beds and Carriages. III. Dimensions of all Carriages used in Artillery. IV. Exercise of the Regiment at Home, and Service Abroad in a Siege of Battle. V. Its March and Encampment, Ammunition, Stores, and Horses. VI. Lastly, The necessary Laboratory Work for Fire-Ships, &c. To which is prefixed, an introduction, with a theory of powder applied to fire-arms. By John Muller, Professor of Artillery and Fortification, And Preceptor of Engineering, &c. to his Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester.
Muller, John, 1699-1784.Date: 1780- Books
Dated English bell-metal mortars / [Arthur G Hemming].
Hemming, Arthur G.Date: [1930?]- Archives and manuscripts
Photograph of pestles and mortars Corbyn, Stacey & Co's
Date: c.1900Reference: MS.8101/5/3Part of: Corbyn & Co., chemists and druggists, London- Books
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A treatise of artillery: containing I. General constructions of brass and iron guns used by sea and land, and their Carriages. II. General Constructions of Mortars and Howitzes, their Beds and Carriages. III. Dimensions of all Carriages used in Artillery. IV. Exercise of the Regiment at Home, and Service Abroad in a Siege or Battle. V. Its March and Encampment, Ammunition, Stores, and Horses. VI. Lastly, The necessary Laboratory Work for Fire-Ships, &c. To which is prefixed an introduction, with a theory of powder applied to fire-arms. The second edition, with large additions, alterations, and corrections. By John Muller, Professor of Artillery and Fortification, And Preceptor of Engineering, &c. to his Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester.
Muller, John, 1699-1784.Date: 1768- Books
Some bell-metal mortars from the Netherlands in British collections / by Agnes Lothian-Short.
Lothian Short, Agnes (Agnes Edith), 1903-1983.Date: 1971- Pictures
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A hand mill with four mortars operated by two assistants. Engraving, 16--, after J. Besson.
Besson, Jacques.Date: [between 1600 and 1699]Reference: 45411i- Pictures
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A bell-founder with his stock of bells, mortars, braziers etc. Woodcut by J. Amman.
Amman, Jost, 1539-1591.Date: [1568]Reference: 34961i- Books
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Artificial fire-works, improved to the modern practice, from the minutest to the highest branches; Containing Aigrettes Amber-Lights Balloons Batteries Chinese Fire-Ships Cohorns Cones Crackers Cascades Dodecadrons Ducks Earthquakes Flights Flyers Fountains Gerbes Globes Gold-Rain Grand Volutes Leaders Lights Mines Matches Mortars Marrons Moons Neptune's Chariot Potts Pumps Rain-Fall Rockets Sea-Fights Silver-Rain Spur-Fire Squibs Stars Sky-Rockets Swans Swarms Thunder in Rooms Towering-Rockets, double and single Tourbillons Trees Water Fire-Works Wheels Yew-Trees With all their Ingredients, Compositions, Preparations, Machines, Moulds, and Manner to make them, refining Salt-Petre, and to extract it from damaged Gunpowder, &c. With about 100 of the principal Figures beautifully engraved on Copper Plates. The second edition, With the Addition of many new and beautiful Fire-Works, and 3 large Copper-Plates. By Robert Jones, Lieutenant in the Royal Regiment of Artillery.
Jones, Robert, Captain.Date: MDCCLXVI. [1766]- Pictures
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A witch at her table being helped by her attendant: they are surrounded by various bottles, mortars and jars. Etching by W. Unger.
Unger, William, 1837-1932.Reference: 37987i- Books
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An easy introduction to practical gunnery, or, the art of engineering. Containing, I. Decimal Arithmetic, Extraction of Roots. II. Mensuration of Planes and Solids, and the Computation of the Strength of Timber Joists, &c. III. The Computation of Balls and Shells. IV. The necessary Theorems in Geometry, demonstrated in a very plain and easy Way. V. The Nature and Use of Logarithms. VI. Plane Trigonometry in all its Cases; with the Method of taking Heights and Distances, and a one Station. Vii. Gunnery, where the Cases are solved by Addition and Subtraction only, with numeral Examples, the Rules in Words at length, for those who are unacquainted with the Elements of the higher Geometry. Viii. The Theory of Projectiles. IX. Tables of Experiments of Cannons and Mortars, with some Observations. X. The Solution of a difficult Problem to find the Velocity of a Bullet, shot from any Piece of Artillery. XI. The necessary Tables of Gunnery. Illustrated with Copper Plates. By F. Holliday, Master of the Free Grammar School at Haughton Park, near Retford, Nottinghamshire.
Holliday, Francis, 1717-1787.Date: MDCCLVI. [1756]- Books
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Artificial fireworks, improved to the modern practice, from the minutest to the highest branches; Containing Aigrettes Amber-Lights Balloons Batteries Chinese Fire-Ships Cohorns Cones Crackers Cascades Dodecaedrons Ducks Earthquakes Flights Flyers Fountains Gerbes Globes Gold-Rain Grand Volutes Leaders Lights Mines Matches Mortars Marrons Moons Neptune's Chariot Pots Pumps Rain-Falls Rockets Sea-Fights Silver-Rain Spur-Fire Squibs Stars Sky-Rockets Swans Swarms Thunder in Rooms Towering-Rockets, double and single Tourbillons Trees Water Fire-Works Wheels Yew-Trees, &c. With all their Ingredients, Compositions, Preparations, Machines, Moulds, and Manner to make them, refining Salt-Petre, and to extract it from damaged Gun-Powder, &c. With about 100 of the principal Figures beautifully engraved on Copper Plates. The second edition, corrected. With the Addition of many new and beautiful Fire-Works, and three large Copper Plates. By Captain Jones. Also, Mr. Muller's Fireworks, For Sea and Land Service, His Tables for Sea and Land Cannon, which may save above 100,000?. a Year, by diminishing the Weight of the Guns, the Labour of Men, the Quantity of Powder in charging, from 1-half to 1-3d, 1-4th, and even to 1-5th.
Jones, Robert, Captain.Date: MDCCLXXVI. [1776]- Pictures
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A seventeenth-century German apothecary's shop with ornate pharmacy jars, large metal mortars and a stuffed turtle hanging from the ceiling; recreated for the German National Museum in Nuremberg. Photograph by Christof Müller.
Müller, Christof (Photographer)Date: [between 1900 and 1999]Reference: 36193i- Digital Images
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A mortar
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Miscellaneous lamps and gas burners, mouth mirrors, spatulas, syringes, mortars, mixing tablets, files, polishing requisites, specialities for the mouth, dental and medical books, accounting requisites, etc., etc / The S.S. White Dental Mfg. Co.
S.S. White Dental Manufacturing Company.Date: 1912- Pictures
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A mortar adorned with unusual carvings. Etching by J. Breun, 1849.
Date: 22 March 1849Reference: 16033i