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Magnetic compass and sundial by Henry Sutton

Navigation

1650-1665

Gear wheel from long-case clock by Fromanteel

Time Measurement

1660-1665

Gilt-metal and engraved silver verge watch by James Valtrolier

Clockmakers

1622-1628

Watch movement by Thomas Tompion

Clockmakers

1692

Gunter quadrant

Astronomy

1640

Silver pair-cased astronomical watch

Clockmakers

1660

Sundial by Elias Allen, c.1630

Clockmakers

1625-1635

Spring clock with pull quarter-repeat by Thomas Tompion

Clockmakers

1700

Model of early manual fire engine, ca. 1680.

Firefighting

1680

Pill tile, England, 1617-1700

Pharmacy-ware

1617-1700

Silver watch in the shape of a dove by Soret et Jay

Clockmakers

1630-85

Sector signed John Allen

Mathematics

1630-1642

Oval verge watch by G Petit c.1630

Clockmakers

1630

Combined graphometer and plummet clinometer, 1663.

Surveying

1663

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

Clockmakers

1675-1685

Gear wheel from long-case clock by Fromanteel

Time Measurement

1660-1665

Samuel Morland's calculating machine

Mathematics

1666-1695

Handheld reading lens and case

Optics

1680-1700

Gunter sector signed Elias Allen

Mathematics

1623

Verge escapement watch movement by Ahasuerus Fromanteel

Clockmakers

1685

Objective lens by John Reeves

Astronomy

1657-1689

Robert Hooke type microscope

Microscopes

1671-1700

wheel cutting machine

Hand and Machine Tools

1668-1672 Probable

Gold verge watch with red and blue champlevé enamel dial by Edward East

Clockmakers

1650

Pre-balance-spring era watch movement by Thomas Tompion c.1671

Clockmakers

1671

Compendium by Elias Allen

Time Measurement

1630-1653

Clock weight from long-case clock by Fromanteel

Time Measurement

1660-1665

Pocket watch by Thomas Tompion

Time Measurement

1675-1700

Morland's calculating machine, engraved "Samuel Morland, Inventor, 1666"

Mathematics

1666-1680

Oval silver pair-cased watch by Sampson Shelton

Clockmakers

1640

Astronomical and automaton Augsberg 'masterpiece' clock by Johann Schneider

Clockmakers

1625

Early balance spring watch by Thomas Tompion

Time Measurement

1675-1679

Horary quadrant by Henry Sutton

Astronomy

1658

Islamic astrolabe

Astronomy

1666-1667

Telescope by John Marshall

Optics

1685-1695

Spring clock in ebony case by Samuel Knibb

Clockmakers

1665-1666

Silver and leather pair-cased verge watch by Charles Gretton

Clockmakers

1690

Silver and tortoiseshell pair-cased watch by Ignatius Huggeford

Clockmakers

1675

Pair-cased watch with astronomical indications by Henry Childe

Clockmakers

1650

Verge watch by Peter Debaufre with later modification by Alexander Cumming, London

Clockmakers

1700

Longcase clock movement by Thomas Bradford c. 1692

Clockmakers

1690-1695

Escape wheel from long-case clock by Fromanteel

Time Measurement

1660-1665

Cupellation furnace

Metallurgy

1696-1700

Earthenware posset pot, glazed

Nursing & Hospital Furnishings

1650-1700

Wooden acupuncture model

Asian Medicine

1681

Brass-bound lodestone

Navigation

1675-1700

Pair-cased verge watch by Anna Adamson

Clockmakers

1685

Oval crystal-cased verge watch with outer case and ribbon with miniature and locket by A Senebier

Clockmakers

1630

Telescope by Christopher Cock

Optics

1673

Gunter quadrant by Walter Hayes

Astronomy

1648-1687