Foucault Pendulum for demonstrating the Earth's rotation

Astronomy

1988

Islamic astrolabe

Astronomy

1666-1667

Hindu astrolabe

Astronomy

1870

Caroline Herschel's telescope, 1795-1816

Astronomy

1795-1825

Plaster model of the lunar surface

Astronomy

1844

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

Astronomy

1610; 1923

Orrery made by John Rowley for the Earl of Orrery

Astronomy

1712-1713

Isaac Newton’s reflecting telescope (replica)

Astronomy

1668; 1924

Small orrery by Benjamin Martin

Astronomy

1738-1777

Reflecting telescope by William Herschel

Astronomy

1783-1785

Armillary sphere by Girolamo Della Volpaia

Astronomy

1554

Moon globe by John Russell;England;1797

Astronomy

1797

Horary quadrant by Henry Sutton

Astronomy

1658

Astrolabe by Ferdinand Arsenius

Astronomy

1607-1618

Orrery planetary model by James Ferguson, 1755-1756

Astronomy

1755-1756

Terrestrial globe by Willem Janszoon Blaeu

Astronomy

1599

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

Astronomy

2008 (prototype)

Gunter quadrant

Astronomy

1640

Pocket globe in case by Dudley Adams

Astronomy

1799-1802

Sextant by Jesse Ramsden

Astronomy

c. 1772

Gunter quadrant

Astronomy

1650-1725

Ebony and brass octant.

Astronomy

1777-1810

Ptolemaic armillary sphere

Astronomy

1501-1600

Celestial globe by Willem Janszoon Blaeu

Astronomy

1603

Altitude quadrant

Astronomy

1552

Filar micrometer by William Herschel, 1780-1800

Astronomy

1780-1800

Islamic astrolabe, 1645-1655

Astronomy

1645-1655

Foucault Pendulum for demonstrating the Earth's rotation, with stand, divided arc, lapse clock, storage box

Astronomy

1883

Horary quadrant by Henry Sutton

Astronomy

1658

Photograph of the Great Nebula in Orion, 1883

Astronomy

1883

Hadley's Gregorian reflecting telescope, c.1740

Astronomy

1740-1744

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

Astronomy

1957 (original); 1961 (model)

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

Astronomy

1780-1820

Gunter quadrant

Astronomy

1650-1725

Gunter quadrant by Walter Hayes

Astronomy

1648-1687

Twelve-inch quadrant by John Bird

Astronomy

1760-1769

European astrolabe, 1495-1505

Astronomy

1495-1505

Orrery planetary model

Astronomy

1789-1795

Objective lens by John Reeves

Astronomy

1657-1689

Walnut and brass model of the "Great Paris Telescope"

Astronomy

1898-1900

Glass positive:- Halley's Comet

Astronomy

1910

Islamic astrolabe

Astronomy

901-1100 CE

Kew Photoheliograph

Astronomy

1857

English glass celestial globe, 1739

Astronomy

1739

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

Astronomy

1851-1856