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Napier's Bones

1690

Spring-driven Bracket Clock by Isaac Thuret

1665-1670

Boot for torture purposes, probably English, 1501-1600

1501-1700

Wooden Acupuncture Model

1681

Amputation saw, Europe, 1501-1600

1501-1600

Belt made of spiked metal, Europe, 1501-1700

1501-1700

Combined graphometer and plummet clinometer, 1663.

1663

Celestial globe by Willem Janszoon Blaeu

1603

Pair of seventeenth-century dividers

1600-1699

Drum shaped clock in a gilt-metal case, signed R.S. c.1600

1600

Rock crystal and silver watch in the form of a tulip, by Sermand c.1640

1640

Watch in an octagonal silver case by Robert Grebauval

1625

Silver watch in the shape of a Tudor rose by William Clay

1640

Watch by David Margotin with a Blois Enamelled Case

1601-1700

Verge escapement watch movement by Ahasuerus Fromanteel

1685

Wandering hour watch by Sinclare, Dublin, c.1690

1690

Pendulum clock by Pieter Visbach

1660

Astronomical 'Masterpiece' Clock by Johann Schneider

1625

Ivory folding sundial by Jacob Karner

1630

Tin glazed earthenware albarello

1601-1630

Albarello pharmacy jar, Spain, 1600-1625

1600-1625

Model of early manual fire engine, ca. 1680.

1680

Glass pestle and mortar, Europe, 1601-1700

1601-1700

wheel cutting machine

1668-1672 Probable

Telescope by John Yarwell.

1685-1695

Sector signed John Allen

1630-1642

Dover Castle turret clock

1632-1640

Gunter quadrant by Walter Hayes

1648-1687

Telescope by Christopher Cock

1673

Compendium by Elias Allen

1630-1653

Pulley from long-case clock by Fromanteel

1660-1665

Clock weight from long-case clock by Fromanteel

1660-1665

Gear wheel from long-case clock by Fromanteel

1660-1665

Brass-bound lodestone

1675-1700

Escape wheel from long-case clock by Fromanteel

1660-1665

Silver sundial by Hunfrey Cole

1568-1590

"The description and use of the Sector, Cross-staff and other Instruments", 2nd edition by Edmund Gunter

1636

Gunter sector signed Elias Allen

1623

Spiral slide-rule

1663

Sector by Charles Whitwell

1600-11

Compendium rule signed Humfrey Cole

1574

Cupellation furnace

1696-1700

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

1697

Puritan-style watch by Edward East

1630

Silver 'Puritan' watch by Edward East

1640

Watch with faceted oval rock crystal case and protective outer case by John Ramsay

1625

Silver watch by James Vautrollier

1630

Watch in a rock crystal case by David Ramsay

1630

Month-going longcase clock with a 1¼ seconds pendulum

1675-1685

Silver form watch, in the shape of a cockle shell by Richard Masterson, c.1630

1630