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Camera obscura

King George III

1701-1752

Small orrery by Benjamin Martin

Astronomy

1738-1777

Early balance spring watch by Thomas Tompion

Time Measurement

1675-1679

Terrestrial Globe by George Adams

King George III

1766

Theodolite used for the Principal Triangulation of Great Britain

Surveying

1791

Gunter sector signed Elias Allen

Mathematics

1623

Orrery made for the Earl of Orrery

Astronomy

1712-1713

Table clock by Nicholas Vallin

Time Measurement

1598-1603

Robert Hooke type microscope

Microscopes

1671-1700

Sun-and-moon dial by Elias Allen

Time Measurement

1607-1653

Dividing engine for making sextants and octants

Industrial Metrology

Made late 1700s, modified 1800s

Drawing instruments by Charles Whitwell

Mathematics

1593-1610

Armillary sphere by Girolamo Della Volpaia

Astronomy

1554

Sextant by Jesse Ramsden

Astronomy

c. 1772

Silver microscope by George Adams, c. 1761.

Microscopes

1763

Astrolabe by Ferdinand Arsenius

Astronomy

1607-1618

George III's philosophical table

King George III

1761-1762

Pocket globe in case by Dudley Adams

Astronomy

1799-1802

George III's Magdeburg hemispheres

King George III

1761

Reflecting telescope by William Herschel

Astronomy

1783-1785

Brass-bound lodestone

Navigation

1675-1700

Magnetic compass and sundial by Henry Sutton

Navigation

1650-1665

Satirical print of a failed balloon launch from Foley House, London in 1784

Paul Sandby

1784

Sector by Charles Whitwell

Mathematics

1600-11

Celestial globe by George Adams

King George III

1766

George III's clockwork bell

King George III

1761

Moon globe by John Russell;England;1797

Astronomy

1797

Pedometer by Spencer & Perkins

Surveying

1775-1794

George III's double-barrelled air pump

King George III

1761

Altitude quadrant

Astronomy

1552

Section of lightning conductor from St Paul’s cathedral

Geophysics

1769

Refracting telescope with achromatic lens, made by the Dollond family

Optics

1760-1775

Compendium by Elias Allen

Time Measurement

1630-1653

Celestial globe by Willem Janszoon Blaeu

Astronomy

1603

Telescope by John Marshall

Optics

1685-1695

Marine chronometer by John Arnold and Son, 1787-1799

Time Measurement

1787-1799

Demainbray's Newcomen engine model

King George III

1720

‘Visual glasses’ designed by Benjamin Martin

Optics

1756-1800

Thomas Tuttell

.Unattributed

1695-1702

Terrestrial globe by Willem Janszoon Blaeu

Astronomy

1599

Pocket watch by Thomas Tompion

Time Measurement

1675-1700

Case for William Roy’s standard scale, 1742

Weighing & Measuring

1742

Horary quadrant by Henry Sutton

Astronomy

1658

King George III's friction machine

King George III

1762

Telescope by Christopher Cock

Optics

1673

Mrs. Sage

.Unattributed

1785

Demainbray's compound microscope

Microscopes

1745

Sundial making tool

Time Measurement

1690-1710

wheel cutting machine

Hand and Machine Tools

1668-1672 Probable

Demainbray's speaking trumpet

King George III

1700-1752