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Napier's Bones

Mathematics

1690

Robert Hooke type microscope

Microscopes

1671-1700

Isaac Newton’s reflecting telescope (replica)

Astronomy

1668; 1924

Orrery made for the Earl of Orrery

Astronomy

1712-1713

Early balance spring watch by Thomas Tompion

Time Measurement

1675-1679

Pocket watch by Thomas Tompion

Time Measurement

1675-1700

Wooden acupuncture model

Asian Medicine

1681

Cupellation furnace

Metallurgy

1696-1700

Amulet and charm to protect against plague

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1690-1710

Dividing engine for making sextants and octants

Industrial Metrology

Made late 1700s, modified 1800s

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

Water Transport

1670

Gold pair-cased watch with gold champleve dial, by Daniel Quare

Clockmakers

1710

wheel cutting machine

Hand and Machine Tools

1668-1672 Probable

Cylindrical form of Napier's bones

Mathematics

c. 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

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

Clockmakers

1675-1685

Telescope by Christopher Cock

Optics

1673

Year-going longcase clock by Daniel Quare

Clockmakers

1700-1710

Napier's bones

Mathematics

1671-1700

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

Clockmakers

1671

Longcase clock movement by Thomas Bradford

Clockmakers

1690-1695

Astronomical spring clock by Samuel Watson, believed to have belonged to Sir Isaac Newton

Clockmakers

1690-1710

Model of early manual fire engine, ca. 1680.

Firefighting

1680

Barometer by Daniel Quare

Meteorology

1695-1705

Sundial making tool

Time Measurement

1690-1710

Barnard Tompion clock

Time Measurement

1708

Brass-bound lodestone

Navigation

1675-1700

Telescope by John Marshall

Optics

1685-1695

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

Clockmakers

1700

Watch movement with a quarter-repeating mechanism of early design by Thomas Tompion.

Clockmakers

1680

Wandering hour watch by Sinclare, Dublin, c.1690

Clockmakers

1690

Silver pair-cased verge escapement watch by Benjamin Wolverstone

Clockmakers

1670

Verge watch by Daniel Quare, in a polychrome enamel case signed 'Les Frères Huaud'

Clockmakers

1712

Spring clock with pull quarter-repeat by Thomas Tompion

Clockmakers

1700

Watch movement by Thomas Tompion

Clockmakers

1692

Handheld reading lens and case

Optics

1680-1700

Verge escapement watch movement by Ahasuerus Fromanteel

Clockmakers

1685

Striking and repeating watch movement by Thomas Tompion and Edward Bangor.

Clockmakers

1701-1708

Gold pair-cased watch with outer case chased in a basket-weave pattern by Charles Gretton

Clockmakers

1702

Silver and leather pair-cased verge watch by Charles Gretton

Clockmakers

1690

Silver and tortoiseshell pair-cased watch with 'six hour' dial by Francis Stamper

Clockmakers

1680-1685

Verge escapement watch movement by Thomas Tompion and George Graham.

Clockmakers

1711

Silver and tortoiseshell pair-cased watch by Ignatius Huggeford

Clockmakers

1675

Pair-cased verge watch by Anna Adamson

Clockmakers

1685

Spring clock in walnut case by Henry Jones

Clockmakers

1675

Silver verge escapement watch with sun and moon dial, by H Adamson.

Clockmakers

1680-1690

Telescope by John Yarwell.

Optics

1685-1695

Tenmon Bun’ya no zu (map showing divisions of the heavens and regions they govern)

Astronomy

1677

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

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE