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Demainbray's Newcomen engine model

King George III

1720

Orrery made for the Earl of Orrery

Astronomy

1712-1713

Sun-and-moon dial by Elias Allen

Time Measurement

1607-1653

Astrolabe by Ferdinand Arsenius

Astronomy

1607-1618

Early balance spring watch by Thomas Tompion

Time Measurement

1675-1679

Reflecting telescope by William Herschel

Astronomy

1783-1785

Robert Hooke type microscope

Microscopes

1671-1700

Magnetic toy by George Adams

King George III

1765

Mrs. Sage

.Unattributed

1785

Silver microscope by George Adams, c. 1761.

Microscopes

1763

Gunter sector signed Elias Allen

Mathematics

1623

Theodolite used for the Principal Triangulation of Great Britain

Surveying

1791

Camera obscura

King George III

1701-1752

Drawing instruments by Charles Whitwell

Mathematics

1593-1610

Dividing engine for making sextants and octants

Industrial Metrology

Made late 1700s, modified 1800s

Table clock by Nicholas Vallin

Time Measurement

1598-1603

‘Visual glasses’ designed by Benjamin Martin

Optics

1756-1800

Pocket watch by Thomas Tompion

Time Measurement

1675-1700

Telescope by John Yarwell.

Optics

1685-1695

Telescope by Christopher Cock

Optics

1673

Pocket globe in case by Dudley Adams

Astronomy

1799-1802

Slide rule by Robert Bissaker

Mathematics

1654

Small orrery by Benjamin Martin

Astronomy

1738-1777

Section of lightning conductor from St Paul’s cathedral

Geophysics

1769

George III's philosophical table

King George III

1761-1762

Celestial globe by Willem Janszoon Blaeu

Astronomy

1603

Pair-cased pocket watch

Time Measurement

1705-1737

Pedometer by Spencer & Perkins

Surveying

1775-1794

George III's double-barrelled air pump

King George III

1761

Compendium by Augustine Ryther

Time Measurement

1588

Pocket microscope by Jeremiah Sisson

Microscopes

1752

Armillary sphere by Girolamo Della Volpaia

Astronomy

1554

Moon globe by John Russell;England;1797

Astronomy

1797

Brass quadrant by Peter and John Dollond of 18-inch radius with optical sights on a tripod

Astronomy

1780-1820

Terrestrial globe by Willem Janszoon Blaeu

Astronomy

1599

Simple theodolite

Surveying

1600-1630

Sextant by Jesse Ramsden

Astronomy

c. 1772

Model of H.M. Bark 'Endeavour', 1974

Water Transport

1974

Model diving bell

King George III

before 1753

Handheld reading lens and case

Optics

1680-1700

Surveyor's Level by Joseph Jackson

King George III

1735-60

Gunter quadrant

Astronomy

1650-1725

Demainbray's model of a camera obscura

King George III

1752

Cupellation furnace

Metallurgy

1696-1700

Orrery by Thomas Wright

King George III

1735-1745

Telescope by John Marshall

Optics

1685-1695

Pair of seventeenth-century dividers

Mathematics

1600-1699

Case for William Roy’s standard scale, 1742

Weighing & Measuring

1742

Marine chronometer by John Arnold and Son, 1787-1799

Time Measurement

1787-1799

Simple theodolite

Surveying

1600-1630