Islamic astrolabe

Astronomy

1666-1667

Foucault Pendulum for demonstrating the Earth's rotation

Astronomy

1988

Small orrery by Benjamin Martin

Astronomy

1738-1777

Isaac Newton’s reflecting telescope (replica)

Astronomy

1668; 1924

Astrolabe by Ferdinand Arsenius

Astronomy

1607-1618

Orrery made for the Earl of Orrery

Astronomy

1712-1713

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

Astronomy

1610; 1923

Caroline Herschel's telescope, 1795-1816

Astronomy

1795-1825

Plaster model of the lunar surface

Astronomy

1844

Reflecting telescope by William Herschel

Astronomy

1783-1785

Moon globe by John Russell;England;1797

Astronomy

1797

Foucault Pendulum for demonstrating the Earth's rotation, 1883

Astronomy

1883

Ebony and brass octant.

Astronomy

1777-1810

Sextant by Jesse Ramsden

Astronomy

c. 1772

Gunter quadrant

Astronomy

1650-1725

Celestial globe by Willem Janszoon Blaeu

Astronomy

1603

Armillary sphere by Girolamo Della Volpaia

Astronomy

1554

Horary quadrant by Henry Sutton

Astronomy

1658

Prototype beam splitter for the Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (aLIGO)

Astronomy

2008 (prototype)

Islamic astrolabe

Astronomy

901-1100 CE

Terrestrial globe by Willem Janszoon Blaeu

Astronomy

1599

Twelve-inch quadrant by John Bird

Astronomy

1760-1769

Hindu astrolabe

Astronomy

1870

Altitude quadrant

Astronomy

1552

Gunter quadrant

Astronomy

1650-1725

Walnut and brass model of the "Great Paris Telescope"

Astronomy

1898-1900

Filar micrometer by William Herschel, 1780-1800

Astronomy

1780-1800

Gunter quadrant

Astronomy

1640

Brass quadrant by Peter and John Dollond of 18-inch radius with optical sights on a tripod

Astronomy

1780-1820

Objective lens by John Reeves

Astronomy

1657-1689

Gunter quadrant by Walter Hayes

Astronomy

1648-1687

Pocket globe in case by Dudley Adams

Astronomy

1799-1802

Horary quadrant by Henry Sutton

Astronomy

1658

Ptolemaic armillary sphere

Astronomy

1501-1600

Tenmon Bun’ya no zu (map showing divisions of the heavens and regions they govern)

Astronomy

1677

Photograph of the Great Nebula in Orion, 1883

Astronomy

1883

Islamic astrolabe, 1645-1655

Astronomy

1645-1655

English glass celestial globe, 1739

Astronomy

1739

Brass weight from brass quadrant

Astronomy

Base (foot) from brass quadrant

Astronomy

Base (foot) from brass quadrant

Astronomy

Glass beaker from brass quadrant

Astronomy

Base (foot) from brass quadrant

Astronomy

Chinese celestial globe, 1830

Astronomy

1830

Islamic horary quadrant, Persian, 1701-1800

Astronomy

1701-1800

European celestial globe

Astronomy

1878

Orrery planetary model

Astronomy

1851-1856

Dutch celestial globe, 1625

Astronomy

1625

Norman Lockyer’s seven-prism spectroscope

Astronomy

1868

Photograph of gibbous Moon

Astronomy

1880