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French Clock with orrery planetary model and winding keys

Astronomy

1830-1832

Lunar crater model

Astronomy

1850-1871
The first 48-inch speculum mirror cast by Sir William Herschel in 1785 for his 'Forty-Foot' telescope at Slough, England.

Original mirror for William Herschel's forty-foot telescope, 1785.

Astronomy

1785

Kew Photoheliograph

Astronomy

1857

European astrolabe, 1295-1305

Astronomy

1295-1305

Hindu astrolabe

Astronomy

1870

New improved pocket terrestial globe by J. & W. Ne

Astronomy

1817-1818

Hindu quadrant, 1800-1899

Astronomy

1800-1899
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

Parts from the Cambridge Interplanetary Scintillation Array

Astronomy

1967

Double-frame brass sextant.

Astronomy

1810-1826

Islamic astrolabe

Astronomy

901-1100 CE

Photograph of the Great Nebula in Orion, 1883

Astronomy

1883

Lunar Crater model

Astronomy

1849-1851

30-inch reproduction of a 200-inch Map of the Moon

Astronomy

1932-1938

Refracting telescope with 5.9-inch aperture lens, brass tube and English type equatorial mounting and clockwork drive

Astronomy

1829

Photograph of a plaster relief model of the Moon's surface

Astronomy

1850-1871

Lunar globe

Astronomy

1987

Copernican armillary sphere

Astronomy

1807-1846

European celestial globe

Astronomy

1878

Dall-Kirkham reflecting telescope, 1960-1975

Astronomy

1960-1975

Astronomical quadrant with stand, 1685-1724

Astronomy

1685-1724

Twin reflecting and refracting telescopes on observatory mounting, 1885

Astronomy

1885

English glass celestial globe, 1739

Astronomy

1739

Foucault pendulum explanatory exhibit.

Astronomy

1972

MONOPOLY®: Astronomy Edition

Astronomy

2001

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

Astronomy

2008 (prototype)

Islamic astrolabe, 1145-1155

Astronomy

1145-1155

Refracting telescope on portable stand, 1800-1825

Astronomy

1800-1825

Chinese planisphere with pamplet, 1819

Astronomy

1819

star and sundial, Dutch, 1681

Astronomy

1681
Orrery patented 1897 (No.578,108 USA) and 1910 (No.958,139 USA) by Alexander Laing and manufactured by Laing Planetarium Company, Detroit, Michigan.

Orrery planetary model by the Laing Planetarium Company, 1910-1920

Astronomy

1910-1920

Cambridge Observatory eight-foot mural circle

Astronomy

1832

Orrery planetary model

Astronomy

1775-1799

French lunar globe

Astronomy

1880-1899

Celestial globe, 12-inch diameter by Newton & Son,

Astronomy

1851-1857

English celestial globe with Sun and Moon arms, 1747

Astronomy

1747
Eye-piece micrometer inscribed E.6 in wood mount with brass frame divided circle (120 divisions numbered from 0 degree to 60 degrees) and steel screw, 2 threads in position

Filar micrometer by William Herschel, 1780-1800

Astronomy

1780-1800

Islamic astrolabe, 1605-1606

Astronomy

1605-1606

Photographic print of Herschel's Forty-Foot Telescope, 1890

Astronomy

1890

Nasmyth reflecting telescope on turntable stand, 1850-1852

Astronomy

1850-1852
Brass lacquered sextant with straight-bar-pattern, 24 pillar frame, polished brass limb, wooden handle with counterbalanced tripod pillar stand and mercury artificial horizon in wooden box, all by John and Edward Troughton, 136 Fleet Street , London, England, 1790-1800. Consists of brass 127° scale (-5° to 140°) with 20’ divisions and brass vernier (10”), three index-filter shades (red & green), two horizon filters (red & green), scale magnifier on 90mm swivelling arm. Fitted with threaded telescope bracket for sighting telescope (182mm – inverted image) with 2 extra draw tubes, 131mm sighting tube and other accessories. The fitted rectangular case has in the lid the trade card for J. & E. Troughton. The artificial mercurial horizon consisting of a rectangular wooden trough fitted in a tin tray and a brass-framed, roof-shaped cover with glazed side panels, unsigned, made later, 1845-55.

Brass framed sextant with stand, artificial horizon and case.

Astronomy

1790-1800

Armillary sphere

Astronomy

1601-1700

European astrolabe, 1495-1505

Astronomy

1495-1505

A lithograph depicting a solar eclipse, taken from a photograph, 1869

Astronomy

1869

Hammond's Improved Planisphere, designed by Comman

Astronomy

1890-1910

Metal lunar globe with plastic stand, 6-inch diame

Astronomy

1969

Cometarium

Astronomy

1791-1859

Astrolabe, c.1650

Astronomy

1645-1655

Celestial globe, on later plain oak stand

Astronomy

1816-1820