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Napier's Bones

Mathematics

1690

Executioner’s mask, Europe, 1501-1700

Wellcome (general)

1501-1700

Islamic astrolabe

Astronomy

1666-1667

Oak wood statue of St Sebastian

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1520-1530

Robert Hooke type microscope

Microscopes

1671-1700

Isaac Newton’s reflecting telescope (replica)

Astronomy

1668; 1924

Astrolabe by Ferdinand Arsenius

Astronomy

1607-1618

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

Astronomy

1610; 1923

Amputation saw, Europe, 1501-1600

Surgery

1501-1600

Genoese medicine chest

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1562-1566

Early balance spring watch by Thomas Tompion

Time Measurement

1675-1679

Table clock by Nicholas Vallin

Time Measurement

1598-1603

Pendulum clock designed by Galileo in 1642 and made by his son in 1649, model.

Time Measurement

1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)

Pocket watch by Thomas Tompion

Time Measurement

1675-1700

Wooden acupuncture model

Asian Medicine

1681

Sun-and-moon dial by Elias Allen

Time Measurement

1607-1653

Cupellation furnace

Metallurgy

1696-1700

John Dee's crystal, Europe, 1582

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1582

Drawing instruments by Charles Whitwell

Mathematics

1593-1610

Slide rule by Robert Bissaker

Mathematics

1654

Whole model, full rigged, of ship of the line, H.M.S. 'Prince'

Water Transport

1670

Spring clock in ebony case by Samuel Knibb

Clockmakers

1665-1666

Lantern clock by Peter Closon

Clockmakers

1650-1560

Small drum-shaped clock from the second quarter of the 16th Century

Clockmakers

1525-1550

Celestial globe by Willem Janszoon Blaeu

Astronomy

1603

Armillary sphere by Girolamo Della Volpaia

Astronomy

1554

Watch by David Margotin with a Blois Enamelled Case

Clockmakers

1601-1700

wheel cutting machine

Hand and Machine Tools

1668-1672 Probable

Horary quadrant by Henry Sutton

Astronomy

1658

Avoirdupois weight (standard)

Weighing & Measuring

1588

Lead mortuary crosses, England, 1300s and 1600s

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1601-1700

Magnetic compass and sundial by Henry Sutton

Navigation

1650-1665

Cylindrical form of Napier's bones

Mathematics

c. 1700

Glass pestle and mortar, Europe, 1601-1700

Pharmacy-ware

1601-1700

Seven almost identical unfinished watch movements

Clockmakers

1670

Silver and tortoiseshell watch pair-cased watch with differential dial by John Ferrers

Clockmakers

1690-1695

Silver star-shaped verge watch by David Ramsay

Clockmakers

1625

Chamber pot, England, 1501-1700

Public Health & Hygiene

1501-1700

Bow spectacles

Ophthalmology

1601-1700

Exchequer standard gallon measure of Queen Elizabeth I, 1601

Weighing & Measuring

1601

Eight-day longcase clock by Edward East in a later marquetry case

Clockmakers

1675-1685

Clock weight from long-case clock by Fromanteel

Time Measurement

1660-1665

Telescope by Christopher Cock

Optics

1673

Masterpiece clock from Augsburg, Germany, 1625-1635

Time Measurement

1625-1635

Simple theodolite

Surveying

1600-1630

Napier's bones

Mathematics

1671-1700

Otter's paw mounted on brooch

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1580-1650

Terrestrial globe by Willem Janszoon Blaeu

Astronomy

1599

Exchequer standard yard of Queen Elizabeth I, 1588

Weighing & Measuring

1588

Gunter sector signed Elias Allen

Mathematics

1623