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Science City 1550 -1800: The Linbury Gallery

Explore the objects on display in Science City and discover how London grew from a bustling capital city to a global hub for trade, commerce, and scientific enquiry between 1550 and 1800.

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Camera Obscura

King George III

1701-1752

Small orrery by Benjamin Martin

Astronomy

1738-1777

Robert Hooke type microscope

Microscopes

1671-1700

Astrolabe by Ferdinand Arsenius

Astronomy

1607-1618

Orrery made for the Earl of Orrery

Astronomy

1712-1713

Marine chronometer by John Arnold and Son, 1787-1799

Time Measurement

1787-1799

Theodolite used for the Principal Triangulation of Great Britain

Surveying

1791

Early balance spring watch by Thomas Tompion

Time Measurement

1675-1679

Refracting telescope with achromatic lens, made by the Dollond family

Optics

1760-1775

Table clock by Nicholas Vallin

Time Measurement

1598-1603

Pocket watch by Thomas Tompion

Time Measurement

1675-1700

‘Visual glasses’ designed by Benjamin Martin

Optics

1756-1800

Sun-and-moon dial by Elias Allen

Time Measurement

1607-1653

Cupellation furnace

Metallurgy

1696-1700

Drawing instruments by Charles Whitwell

Mathematics

1593-1610

Reflecting telescope by William Herschel

Astronomy

1783-1785

Clock movement for Shelton regulator clock

Time Measurement

1768-1769

Slide rule by Robert Bissaker

Mathematics

1654

Hindley's pyrometer

King George III

1752

Demainbray's Newcomen engine model

King George III

1720

Silver microscope by George Adams, c. 1761.

Microscopes

1763

Dividing engine for making sextants and octants

Industrial Metrology

Made late 1700s, modified 1800s

Moon globe by John Russell;England;1797

Astronomy

1797

George III's philosophical table

King George III

1761-1762

Demainbray's speaking trumpet

King George III

1700-1752

Ebony and brass octant.

Astronomy

1777-1810

Mrs. Sage

.Unattributed

1785

Sextant by Jesse Ramsden

Astronomy

c. 1772

Gunter quadrant

Astronomy

1650-1725

Celestial globe by Willem Janszoon Blaeu

Astronomy

1603

Armillary sphere by Girolamo Della Volpaia

Astronomy

1554

Section of lightning conductor from St Paul’s cathedral

Geophysics

1769

wheel cutting machine

Hand and Machine Tools

1668-1672 Probable

Horary quadrant by Henry Sutton

Astronomy

1658

George III's cycloidal pendulum

King George III

1762

Magnetic compass and sundial by Henry Sutton

Navigation

1650-1665

Celestial globe by George Adams

King George III

1766

Thin-walled square glass bottle

King George III

1761

Orrery by Thomas Wright

King George III

1735-1745

Demainbray's model of a camera obscura

King George III

1752

Barrel and Device from George III's guinea and feather' apparatus

King George III

1761

Bow spectacles

Ophthalmology

1601-1700

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

Water Transport

1974

Model diving bell

King George III

before 1753

Clock weight from long-case clock by Fromanteel

Time Measurement

1660-1665

George III's glass sphere

King George III

1761

Telescope by Christopher Cock

Optics

1673

Masterpiece clock from Augsburg, Germany, 1625-1635

Time Measurement

1625-1635

Simple theodolite

Surveying

1600-1630

Lunardi's second balloon ascending from St. George's Fields, 1785

Julius Caesar Ibbetson

1785-1790