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Napier's Bones, c.1690.

Mathematics

c. 1690

Wooden acupuncture model

Asian Medicine

1681

Robert Hooke type microscope

Microscopes

1671-1700

Pocket watch by Thomas Tompion

Time Measurement

1675-1700

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

Water Transport

1670

Early balance spring watch by Thomas Tompion

Time Measurement

1675-1679

John Yarwell

Art

1683

wheel cutting machine

Hand and Machine Tools

1668-1672 Probable

Brass-bound lodestone

Navigation

1675-1700

Telescope by Christopher Cock

Optics

1673

Cupellation furnace

Metallurgy

1696-1700

Spring clock with pull quarter-repeat by Thomas Tompion

Clockmakers

1700

Silver and leather pair-cased verge watch by Charles Gretton

Clockmakers

1690

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

Clockmakers

1700

Spring clock in walnut case by Henry Jones

Clockmakers

1675

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

Clockmakers

1675-1685

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

Clockmakers

1671

Silver and tortoiseshell pair-cased watch by Ignatius Huggeford

Clockmakers

1675

Pair-cased verge watch by Anna Adamson

Clockmakers

1685

Napier's bones

Mathematics

1671-1700

Watch movement by Thomas Tompion

Clockmakers

1692

Model of early manual fire engine, ca. 1680.

Firefighting

1680

Handheld reading lens and case

Optics

1680-1700

Telescope by John Marshall

Optics

1685-1695

Longcase clock movement by Thomas Bradford c. 1692

Clockmakers

1690-1695

Telescope by John Yarwell.

Optics

1685-1695

Trade card for John Yarwell, optician, London, England, 1697

.Unattributed

1697

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

Astronomy

1677

Cylindrical form of Napier's bones

Mathematics

c. 1700

Clay tobacco pipe, incomplete, part of stem missin

Smoking

1670-1700

Silver vinatigrette, shouldered body tapering to s

Pharmacy-ware

1701-800

Serving bottle

Glass Technology

1700

Clay tobacco pipe, incomplete, part of stem missin

Smoking

1670-1690

Surveying quadrant, 1674.

Surveying

1674

Wooden pulley, one of three for iron turret clock

Time Measurement

1675-1685

Small bell-shaped bronze mortar, flared rim and fo

Pharmacy-ware

1671-1700

Maize palette mortar, stone, probably South Americ

Pharmacy-ware

501-1700

Unidentified instrument with pointed end

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1-1700

Oil jar, Egypt, 1580-1350BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1350 BCE

Unidentified rod with gold decoration, bronze

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1-1700

Large bronze mortar, flared rim, cornice foot, mou

Pharmacy-ware

1700

Wooden stand for mortar

Pharmacy-ware

1671-1700

Clay figure of animal

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1000 BCE

Horn framed reading lens with trefoiled handle, 16

Optics

1680-1700

French demi-livre weight from Rodez, 1670

Weighing & Measuring

1670

Bronze mortar, deep flared rim, flat base and prot

Pharmacy-ware

1675-1700

One 6-inch brass sector for fortification and gunn

Mathematics

1675-1700

Retractor, bronze, found in a cave in Cyprus

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1-1700

Clay tobacco pipe, incomplete, part of stem missin

Smoking

1680-1700

Memento mori ring, United Kingdom, 1692

Wellcome (general)

1692