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Date

Napier's Bones

1690

Telescope by Christopher Cock

1673

30 hour longcase clock by Thomas Tompion

1672

Sundial by Elias Allen

1625-1635

Early balance spring watch by Thomas Tompion

1675-1679

Slide rule by Robert Bissaker

1654

Model of early manual fire engine, ca. 1680.

1680

Spring-driven Bracket Clock by Isaac Thuret

1665-1670

wheel cutting machine

1668-1672 Probable

Dover Castle turret clock

1632-1640

Pulley from long-case clock by Fromanteel

1660-1665

Sector by Charles Whitwell

1600-11

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

1625

Otter's paw mounted on brooch

1580-1650

Exchequer standard quart measure of Queen Elizabeth I, 1601

1601

Exchequer standard gallon measure of Queen Elizabeth I, 1601

1601

Combined graphometer and plummet clinometer, 1663.

1663

Sector signed John Allen

1630-1642

Gunter quadrant by Walter Hayes

1648-1687

Compendium by Elias Allen

1630-1653

Clock weight from long-case clock by Fromanteel

1660-1665

Gear wheel from long-case clock by Fromanteel

1660-1665

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

Celestial globe by Willem Janszoon Blaeu

1603

Spiral slide-rule

1663

Compendium rule signed Humfrey Cole

1574

Puritan-style watch by Edward East

1630

Silver 'Puritan' watch by Edward East

1640

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

Form watch by Benjamin Hill

1650

Gold watch with champlevé enamel dial by Edward East

1650

Silver star-shaped verge watch by David Ramsay

1625

Octagonal crystal-cased watch by an unknown maker

1610

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

1600

Watch in an octagonal silver case by Robert Grebauval

1625

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

1640

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

1640

Oval shaped watch by Henry Archer

1630

Watch movement by Thomas Tompion with a later case and dial

1680

Silver watch with '6-hour dial' by William Bartram

1680

Longcase clock in a marquetry case by William Cattell

1675-1685

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

1680

Silver and tortoiseshell pair cased watch by Ignatius Huggeford

1675

Silver watch with alarm by Jeremy Gregory

1670