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Napier's Bones

Napier's Bones

1690

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

Wooden Acupuncture Model

Wooden Acupuncture Model

1681

Early balance spring watch by Thomas Tompion

Early balance spring watch by Thomas Tompion

1675-1679

Freud electronic laughing ball

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Dividing engine for making sextants and octants

Dividing engine for making sextants and octants

Made late 1700s, modified 1800s

Telescope by Christopher Cock

Telescope by Christopher Cock

1673

Slide rule by Robert Bissaker

Slide rule by Robert Bissaker

1654

wheel cutting machine

wheel cutting machine

1668-1672 Probable

Model of early manual fire engine, ca. 1680.

Model of early manual fire engine, ca. 1680.

1680

Compound microscope

Compound microscope

1700

30 hour longcase clock by Thomas Tompion

30 hour longcase clock by Thomas Tompion

1672

Pocket watch by Thomas Tompion

Pocket watch by Thomas Tompion

1675-1700

Table clock in ebony case by Joseph Knibb

Table clock in ebony case by Joseph Knibb

1675-1685

Telescope by John Marshall

Telescope by John Marshall

1685-1695

Magnetic compass and sundial by Henry Sutton

Magnetic compass and sundial by Henry Sutton

1650-1665

Longcase clock by John Fromanteel, originally fitted with a cross-beat escapement

Longcase clock by John Fromanteel, originally fitted with a cross-beat escapement

1665-1670

Telescope by John Yarwell.

Telescope by John Yarwell.

1685-1695

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Combined graphometer and plummet clinometer, 1663.

Combined graphometer and plummet clinometer, 1663.

1663

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

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

1675-1685

Neolithic flint scraper

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

CAROLVS II.

CAROLVS II.

1667

Pendulum clock by Pieter Visbach

Pendulum clock by Pieter Visbach

1660

Horary quadrant by Henry Sutton

Horary quadrant by Henry Sutton

1658

Morland's calculating machine

Morland's calculating machine

1666-1680

Pair cased watch by Anna Adamson

Pair cased watch by Anna Adamson

1685

Brass-bound lodestone

Brass-bound lodestone

1675-1700

Lantern clock by Peter Closon

Lantern clock by Peter Closon

1650-1660

Spiral slide-rule

Spiral slide-rule

1663

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

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

1680-1690

Table clock in tortoiseshell case by Fromanteel and Clarke

Table clock in tortoiseshell case by Fromanteel and Clarke

1695-1696

Table clock with pull quarter repeat by Thomas Tompion

Table clock with pull quarter repeat by Thomas Tompion

1695-1700

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

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

1697

Month-going longcase clock with a 1¼ seconds pendulum

Month-going longcase clock with a 1¼ seconds pendulum

1675-1685

Longcase clock in a marquetry case by William Cattell

Longcase clock in a marquetry case by William Cattell

1675-1685

Watch movement by Thomas Tompion

Watch movement by Thomas Tompion

1692

Watch movement by Daniel Quare

Watch movement by Daniel Quare

1700

Table clock in ebony case by Samuel Knibb

Table clock in ebony case by Samuel Knibb

1665-1666

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

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

1680

Watch with mock pendulum, by M. Martinot

Watch with mock pendulum, by M. Martinot

1700

Table clock in walnut case by Henry Jones

Table clock in walnut case by Henry Jones

1675

Table clock with quarter chiming by William Speakman

Table clock with quarter chiming by William Speakman

1690-1700

Watch with 'six hour' dial by Francis Stamper

Watch with 'six hour' dial by Francis Stamper

1680-1685

Table clock by Richard Baker

Table clock by Richard Baker

1675-1700

Cupellation furnace

Cupellation furnace

1696-1700

Horary quadrant by Henry Sutton

Horary quadrant by Henry Sutton

1658

Handheld reading lens and case

Handheld reading lens and case

1680-1700

Verge escapement watch movement by Ahasuerus Fromanteel

Verge escapement watch movement by Ahasuerus Fromanteel

1685

ELIAS ALLEN

ELIAS ALLEN

1666