Foucault Pendulum for Demonstrating the Earth's Rotation
1988
Armillary sphere by Girolamo Della Volpaia
1554
Celestial globe by Willem Janszoon Blaeu
1603
Walnut and brass model of the "Great Paris Telescope"
1898-1900
Filar micrometer by William Herschel, 1780-1800
1780-1800
Gunter quadrant by Walter Hayes
1648-1687
Mural arc made for King George III
1770
Small orrery by Benjamin Martin
1738-1777
Pocket globe in case by Dudley Adams
1799-1802
Gunter quadrant
1650-1725
Gunter quadrant
1650-1725
Terrestrial globe by Willem Janszoon Blaeu
1599
Altitude quadrant
1552
Astrolabe by Ferdinand Arsenius
1607-1618
Plaster model of the lunar surface
1844
Clockwork drive, for refracting telescope of 5.9-inch aperture
1829
Ebony and brass octant.
1777-1810
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
Gunter quadrant
1640
Objective lens by John Reeves
1657-1689
Moon globe by John Russell;England;1797
1797
Horary quadrant by Henry Sutton
1658
Orrery made by John Rowley for the Earl of Orrery
1712-1713
Digital Optical Module (DOM) from the IceCube neutrino detector
2007-2008
Hindu astrolabe
1870
Hindu quadrant, 1800-1899
1800-1899
Wooden backstaff.
1733
Earth globe from orrery planetary model
1867-1900
Islamic Astrolabe
1666-1667
Brass disc with diagram of inner Solar System showing Thomas Wright's "construction" of the Great Comet of 1744
Watch fob of cornelian engraved with Edmond Halley and his comet
Mechanical model to illustrate the precession of the equinoxes by Henri Robert
1867
Islamic horary quadrant
Artificial horizon of black glass
1830-1860
Gyroscopic artificial horizon.
1886-1895
Small Newtonian telescope, on stand (not original)
Gregorian reflecting telescope of 2 1/2 inch aperture and 17 inch focal length
1740-1780
European horary quadrant, 1650-1725
1650-1725
Calender ring from orrery planetary model
1850-1900
Italian armillary sphere, 1648
1648
Model astrometer
1900-1914
German armillary sphere, 1542
1542
Orrery planetary model by Space Educational Aids Limited, 1967-9
1967-1969
Astronomical object glass lens of 10-inch diameter by G. & S. Merz
1867-1904
Solar Corona 1871
1871
Moon globe
c.1963
Large map of the Moon (approx. 80cm) by Wilhelm Lohrmann
1880-1883
Pocket planetarium, 1935-1939
1935-1939
Rude's star identifier A-N type 1 date c. 1942
1942