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Explore the tools people have used to understand the heavens. These objects form a world-class record of astronomical instrument-making, observation and demonstrations from the 10th century to the present day.

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Foucault Pendulum for demonstrating the Earth's rotation

Astronomy

1988

Orrery made for the Earl of Orrery

Astronomy

1712-1713

Astrolabe by Ferdinand Arsenius

Astronomy

1607-1618

Caroline Herschel's telescope, 1795-1816

Astronomy

1795-1825

Reflecting telescope by William Herschel

Astronomy

1783-1785

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

Astronomy

1610; 1923

Isaac Newton’s reflecting telescope (replica)

Astronomy

1668; 1924

Orrery planetary model

Astronomy

1851-1856

Pocket globe in case by Dudley Adams

Astronomy

1799-1802

Small orrery by Benjamin Martin

Astronomy

1738-1777

Replica of refracting telescope by Galileo, 1610

Astronomy

1610

Celestial globe by Willem Janszoon Blaeu

Astronomy

1603

Armillary sphere by Girolamo Della Volpaia

Astronomy

1554

Islamic astrolabe

Astronomy

1666-1667

Moon globe by John Russell;England;1797

Astronomy

1797

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

Astronomy

1780-1820

Terrestrial globe by Willem Janszoon Blaeu

Astronomy

1599

Sextant by Jesse Ramsden

Astronomy

c. 1772

Gunter quadrant

Astronomy

1650-1725

Brass refracting telescope of 4 1/2 inch aperture

Astronomy

1855-1865

Foucault Pendulum for demonstrating the Earth's rotation, 1883

Astronomy

1883

Altitude quadrant

Astronomy

1552

Terrestrial globe by John Senex

Astronomy

1738

Gunter quadrant

Astronomy

1640

English glass celestial globe, 1739

Astronomy

1739

Gunter quadrant

Astronomy

1650-1725

Objective lens by John Reeves

Astronomy

1657-1689

Horary quadrant by Henry Sutton

Astronomy

1658

Walnut and brass model of the "Great Paris Telescope"

Astronomy

1898-1900

Ebony and brass octant.

Astronomy

1777-1810

Horary quadrant by Henry Sutton

Astronomy

1658

Gunter quadrant by Walter Hayes

Astronomy

1648-1687

Filar micrometer by William Herschel, 1780-1800

Astronomy

1780-1800

MONOPOLY®: Astronomy Edition

Astronomy

2001

Ptolemaic armillary sphere

Astronomy

1501-1600

Orrery planetary model

Astronomy

1789-1795

Brass weight from brass quadrant

Astronomy

Base (foot) from brass quadrant

Astronomy

Glass beaker from brass quadrant

Astronomy

Base (foot) from brass quadrant

Astronomy

Base (foot) from brass quadrant

Astronomy

Orrery planetary model designed by William Pearson, 1813-1822

Astronomy

1813-1822

Six-foot speculum [metal] mirror on travelling carriage from the Great Rosse Telescope, the 'Leviathan of Parsonstown', built by the Third Earl of Rosse at Birr, Ireland, 1844-46.

Mirror for the Great Rosse Telescope, 1844-1846

Astronomy

1844-1846

European celestial globe

Astronomy

1878

Plaster model of the lunar surface

Astronomy

1844

Copernican armillary sphere

Astronomy

1807-1846

Orrery planetary model

Astronomy

1775-1799

Model (scale 1:200) of the Jodrell Bank Lovell Telescope

Astronomy

1957 (original); 1961 (model)

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

Astronomy

1677

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

Astronomy

2008 (prototype)

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