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Napier's Bones, c.1690.

Mathematics

c. 1690

Robert Hooke type microscope

Microscopes

1671-1700

Wooden acupuncture model

Asian Medicine

1681

Early balance spring watch by Thomas Tompion

Time Measurement

1675-1679

Pocket watch by Thomas Tompion

Time Measurement

1675-1700

Napier's bones

Mathematics

1671-1700

Cupellation furnace

Metallurgy

1696-1700

Longcase clock movement by Thomas Bradford c. 1692

Clockmakers

1690-1695

Telescope by Christopher Cock

Optics

1673

Model of early manual fire engine, ca. 1680.

Firefighting

1680

wheel cutting machine

Hand and Machine Tools

1668-1672 Probable

Telescope by John Marshall

Optics

1685-1695

Brass-bound lodestone

Navigation

1675-1700

Silver and tortoiseshell pair-cased watch by Ignatius Huggeford

Clockmakers

1675

Watch movement by Thomas Tompion

Clockmakers

1692

Spring clock with pull quarter-repeat by Thomas Tompion

Clockmakers

1700

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

Clockmakers

1675-1685

Handheld reading lens and case

Optics

1680-1700

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

Clockmakers

1671

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

Pair-cased verge watch by Anna Adamson

Clockmakers

1685

Telescope by John Yarwell.

Optics

1685-1695

Spring clock in walnut case by Henry Jones

Clockmakers

1675

Cylindrical form of Napier's bones

Mathematics

c. 1700

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

.Unattributed

1697

Works of clock (dated 1671) removed from St. Giles

Time Measurement

1671

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

Astronomy

1677

Oil jar, Egypt, 1580-1350BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1350 BCE

Incomplete aerial telescope, 1686-1691

Astronomy

1686-1691

Wooden Cross-staff.

Navigation

1687

Surveying quadrant, 1674.

Surveying

1674

Ivory and horn anatomical model of the eye, Italy, 1674

Ophthalmology

1674

Engraving of the Oxford Physic Garden, England, 1675

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1675

Eyepiece, 6-inch focal length, from Huygen's aerial telescope

Astronomy

1686-1691

Female alms box figure from Bethlem Hospital, England, 1671-1681

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1671-1681

Simple theodolite, Italian, 1676

Surveying

1676

Musschenbroek hand microscope, Netherlands, 1671-1700

Microscopy (Wellcome)

1671-1700

Sterling silver posset pot, London, England, 1698

Nursing & Hospital Furnishings

1698

Unidentified instrument with printed end

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1-1700

Reconstruction of Robert Hooke's Deep Sea Sounder, 1685-95

Oceanography

1685-1695 (original)

Circumferentor, Italian, 1686

Surveying

1686

leather framed eyeglasses with iron nose clip, in

Optics

c. 1700

Terrestrial hand telescope, 3-draw, green vellum,

Optics

1690-1700

John Yarwell

Art

1683

Bushel measure, 'Winchester Standard', bronze, 1673

Weighing & Measuring

1673

Print showing adult and child skeletons, Paris, France, 1678

Amé Bourdon

1678

Leather covered perfume case, Netherlands, 1671-1700

Pharmacy-ware

1671-1700

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

Building Construction

2000-1001 BCE

star and sundial, Dutch, 1681

Astronomy

1681