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'Siderius Nuncius Magna' and 'Dissertatis cum Sideris Nuncio'

Printed Books

1610-1611

Exchequer standard gallon measure of Queen Elizabeth I, 1601

Weighing & Measuring

1601

Exchequer standard pint measure of Queen Elizabeth I, 1601

Weighing & Measuring

1601

Gunter quadrant

Astronomy

1640

Combined graphometer and plummet clinometer, 1663.

Surveying

1633

Sector signed John Allen

Mathematics

1630-1642

Gunter sector signed Elias Allen

Mathematics

1623

Celestial globe by Willem Janszoon Blaeu

Astronomy

1603

Replica of refracting telescope by Galileo, 1610

Astronomy

1610

Astrolabe by Ferdinand Arsenius

Astronomy

1607-1618

Exchequer standard quart measure of Queen Elizabeth I, 1601

Weighing & Measuring

1601

Albarello drug jar for Mesue's French Musked Lozenges of Aloes Wood, Sicily, 1601-1630

Medical Ceramic-ware

1601-1630

Multiplying spectacles, 1650.

Optics

1650

Albarello drug jar, Sicily, 1640

Medical Ceramic-ware

1640

Clay tobacco pipe, London, England, 1620

Smoking

1620

Hand brand, for use on felons or deserters, England, 1642-1649

Wellcome (general)

1642-1649

Islamic astrolabe, 1605-1606

Astronomy

1605-1606

Albarello drug jar for horse fat, Italy, 1620

Medical Ceramic-ware

1620

Albarello drug jar, Sicily, 1629

Medical Ceramic-ware

1629

Pair of child’s leg supports, possibly French, 1601-1650

Orthopaedics

1601-1650

Drug jar for Salomonis opiate

Medical Ceramic-ware

1601-1650

Exchequer standard gallon measure of Queen Elizabeth I, 1601

Weighing & Measuring

1601

Mummy of a crocodile, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

Square pavement brick from Babylonia (Southern Iraq), 2nd millennium BC.

Building Construction

2000-1001 BCE

Italian celestial globe, 1636

Astronomy

1636

Dutch celestial globe, 1625

Astronomy

1625

Syrup jar used for Scabious Water, Italy, 1648

Medical Ceramic-ware

1648

Pewter theriac container

Pharmacy-ware

1603

Oil jar, Egypt, 1580-1350BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1350 BCE

Bronze mortar, England, 1614

Pharmacy-ware

1614

Replica of Torricelli's first barometer, 1643.

Meteorology

1643

Tablet Sundial, ivory, engraved and coloured, date

Time Measurement

1649

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

Time Measurement

1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)

Bronze mortar, England, 1607

Pharmacy-ware

1607

First edition of John Napier's "Rabdologiae" (1617

Printed Books

1617

Arithmetical Jewel, 1619.

Mathematics

c. 1619

Masterpiece clock

Time Measurement

1625-1635
Upright table clock with winding key made in Augsburg, Germany, between 1625 and 1635 by unknown maker.

Masterpiece clock

Time Measurement

1625-1635

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

Astronomy

1610; 1923

Albarello vase for theriac, Italy, 1641

Medical Ceramic-ware

1641

Ivory bust of General Wallenstein, Europe, after 1634

Wellcome (general)

after 1634

Brass syringe

Therapeutics

1601-1630

Pewter barber's shaving bowl, France, 1638

Public Health & Hygiene

1638

Pestle and mortar, Egypt, 1650-1575BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1650-1575 BCE

Mummy of a peregrine falcon, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

Sundial making tool

Astronomy

1620-1635

Nocturnal

Time Measurement

1601-1650

Haematite weight, Syrian

Weighing & Measuring

1700-1600 BCE

European astrolabe,1650

Astronomy

1650

Italian armillary sphere, 1648

Astronomy

1648