Small orrery by Benjamin Martin
1738-1777
Foucault Pendulum for Demonstrating the Earth's Rotation
1988
Plaster model of the lunar surface
1844
Astronomical quadrant with stand, 1685-1724
1685-1724
Gunter quadrant by Walter Hayes
1648-1687
Mural arc made for King George III
1770
Celestial globe by Willem Janszoon Blaeu
1603
Pocket globe in case by Dudley Adams
1799-1802
Prototype beam splitter for the Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (aLIGO)
2008 (prototype)
Walnut and brass model of the "Great Paris Telescope"
1898-1900
Filar micrometer by William Herschel, 1780-1800
1780-1800
Gunter quadrant
1650-1725
Gunter quadrant
1650-1725
Refracting telescope of 5.9-inch aperture, mounted on English type equatorial mounting with off-set lead counterweight
1829
Italian celestial globe, 1636
1636
Ebony and brass octant.
1777-1810
Gunter quadrant
1640
Terrestrial globe by Willem Janszoon Blaeu
1599
Altitude quadrant
1552
Horary quadrant by Henry Sutton
1658
Horary quadrant by Henry Sutton
1658
Armillary sphere by Girolamo Della Volpaia
1554
Astrolabe by Ferdinand Arsenius
1607-1618
Clockwork drive, for refracting telescope of 5.9-inch aperture
1829
Objective lens by John Reeves
1657-1689
Moon globe by John Russell;England;1797
1797
Orrery made by John Rowley for the Earl of Orrery
1712-1713
Digital Optical Module (DOM) from the IceCube neutrino detector
2007-2008
Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)
1668; 1924
Islamic Astrolabe
901-1100 CE
Telescope by Galileo (replica)
1610; 1923
Orrery planetary model
1789-1795
Ptolemaic armillary sphere
1501-1600
Photograph of the Great Nebula in Orion, 1883
1883
Lunar Crater model
1849-1851
Islamic Astrolabe
1666-1667
Cometarium, by W and S Jones
1791-1859
Sextant by Jesse Ramsden with case
1770-1775
Incomplete aerial telescope, 1686-1691
1686-1691
projected view of the centre of the town of Luton at sunset through a camera obscura
1960-1979
Horace Dall observatory
1960-1979
Airship R101 over Southern England
1929-1930
Film positive (9 7/8" x 7 3/4") nebula N.G.C. 5866
1923
Film positive (9 7/8" x 7 3/4") Nebula N.G.C. 4594
1923
Brass framed octant with case.
1794-1801
Positive on glass
1890
Drawing of suspension for Foucault's pendulum (1) Foucault's method (2) Science Museum
1917
Gregorian reflecting telescope of 2 1/2 inch aperture, with stand, tripod and case
1808-1850
Series of 11 photographs (some duplicates)
1883
Set of four photographs in window mounts showing an enlarged portions of the Sun's visible disc
1872-1884