Gunter quadrant
1650-1725
Replica of refracting telescope by Galileo, 1610
1610
Mural arc made for King George III
1770
Walnut and brass model of the "Great Paris Telescope"
1898-1900
Astronomical quadrant with stand, 1685-1724
1685-1724
Gunter quadrant
1650-1725
Filar micrometer by William Herschel, 1780-1800
1780-1800
Prototype beam splitter for the Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (aLIGO)
2008 (prototype)
Small orrery by Benjamin Martin
1738-1777
Celestial globe by Willem Janszoon Blaeu
1603
Gunter quadrant by Walter Hayes
1648-1687
Pocket globe in case by Dudley Adams
1799-1802
Gunter quadrant
1640
Armillary sphere by Girolamo Della Volpaia
1554
Ebony and brass octant.
1777-1810
Astrolabe by Ferdinand Arsenius
1607-1618
Altitude quadrant
1552
Terrestrial globe by Willem Janszoon Blaeu
1599
Plaster model of the lunar surface
1844
Italian celestial globe, 1636
1636
Orrery made by John Rowley for the Earl of Orrery
1712-1713
Horary quadrant by Henry Sutton
1658
Objective lens by John Reeves
1657-1689
Horary quadrant by Henry Sutton
1658
Refracting telescope of 5.9-inch aperture, mounted on English type equatorial mounting with off-set lead counterweight
1829
Clockwork drive, for refracting telescope of 5.9-inch aperture
1829
Moon globe by John Russell;England;1797
1797
Foucault Pendulum for Demonstrating the Earth's Rotation
1988
Cometarium, by W and S Jones
1791-1859
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
Airship R101 over Southern England
1929-1930
Horace Dall observatory
1960-1979
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
Refracting telescope on portable altazimuth mounting, with tripod and accessories
1822
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
Refracting telescope with 5.9-inch aperture lens, brass tube and English type equatorial mounting and clockwork drive
1829
Drawing of Grand Orrery by Thomas Wright and engraving of 'The Grand Orrery' by John Rowley
1715-1728
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
Fifteen Photographs of Nasmyth's Lunar Crater Models
1850-1871
Diapositives of photographs taken with the Kew Photoheliograph
1860-1862
Orrery planetary model designed by William Pearson, 1813-1822
1813-1822
Plaster cast from the chapel ceiling in the Great Temple at Dendera
50 BCE
Parts from the Cambridge Interplanetary Scintillation Array
1967
Reflecting telescope with trolly stand, 1767-1768
1767-1768