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Orrery made by John Rowley for the Earl of Orrery

Orrery made by John Rowley for the Earl of Orrery

1712-1713

Theodolite used for the Principal Triangulation of Great Britain

Theodolite used for the Principal Triangulation of Great Britain

1791

Early balance spring watch by Thomas Tompion

Early balance spring watch by Thomas Tompion

1675-1679

Small orrery by Benjamin Martin

Small orrery by Benjamin Martin

1738-1777

Refracting telescope with achromatic lens, made by the Dollond family

Refracting telescope with achromatic lens, made by the Dollond family

1760-1775

Camera Obscura

Camera Obscura

1701-1752

Armillary sphere by Girolamo Della Volpaia

Armillary sphere by Girolamo Della Volpaia

1554

Orrery by Thomas Wright

Orrery by Thomas Wright

1735-1745

Moon globe by John Russell, England, 1797

Moon globe by John Russell, England, 1797

1797

Pocket globe in case by Dudley Adams

Pocket globe in case by Dudley Adams

1799-1802

Sun-and-moon dial by Elias Allen

Sun-and-moon dial by Elias Allen

1607-1653

Celestial globe by Willem Janszoon Blaeu

Celestial globe by Willem Janszoon Blaeu

1603

Astrolabe by Ferdinand Arsenius

Astrolabe by Ferdinand Arsenius

1607-1618

Demainbray's Newcomen engine model

Demainbray's Newcomen engine model

1720

Silver microscope by George Adams, c. 1761.

Silver microscope by George Adams, c. 1761.

1763

Telescope by Christopher Cock

Telescope by Christopher Cock

1673

Dividing engine for making sextants and octants

Dividing engine for making sextants and octants

Made late 1700s, modified 1800s

Slide rule by Robert Bissaker

Slide rule by Robert Bissaker

1654

wheel cutting machine

wheel cutting machine

1668-1672 Probable

George III's philosophical table

George III's philosophical table

1761-1762

Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement

Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement

1705-1737

100 Link Steel Surveying Chain, 1784.

100 Link Steel Surveying Chain, 1784.

1784

Compound microscope

Compound microscope

1700

Pocket watch by Thomas Tompion

Pocket watch by Thomas Tompion

1675-1700

‘Visual glasses’ designed by Benjamin Martin

‘Visual glasses’ designed by Benjamin Martin

1756-1800

Terrestrial globe by Willem Janszoon Blaeu

Terrestrial globe by Willem Janszoon Blaeu

1599

Thomas Tuttell

Thomas Tuttell

1695-1702

‘Medico-Electrical Machine’ by Nairne and Blunt

‘Medico-Electrical Machine’ by Nairne and Blunt

1782-1793

Pocket microscope by Jeremiah Sisson

Pocket microscope by Jeremiah Sisson

1752

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

Clarke's Hydrometer (c. 1755)

Clarke's Hydrometer (c. 1755)

1755

Drawing instruments by Charles Whitwell

Drawing instruments by Charles Whitwell

1593-1610

Table clock by Nicholas Vallin

Table clock by Nicholas Vallin

1598-1603

Barnard Tompion clock

Barnard Tompion clock

1708

Pair of seventeenth-century dividers

Pair of seventeenth-century dividers

1600-1699

Telescope by John Yarwell.

Telescope by John Yarwell.

1685-1695

Edmund Culpeper

Edmund Culpeper

1720

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

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

1784

Demainbray's polemoscope

Demainbray's polemoscope

1701-1752

Gunter quadrant

Gunter quadrant

1650-1725

Gunter quadrant

Gunter quadrant

1640

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

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

1785-1790

Gunter quadrant by Walter Hayes

Gunter quadrant by Walter Hayes

1648-1687

CAROLVS II.

CAROLVS II.

1667

George III's pendulum

George III's pendulum

1762

Etching of an electrically powered garden

Etching of an electrically powered garden

1755

Gunter sector signed Elias Allen

Gunter sector signed Elias Allen

1623

Brass-bound lodestone

Brass-bound lodestone

1675-1700

Section of lightning conductor from St Paul’s cathedral

Section of lightning conductor from St Paul’s cathedral

1769