Foucault Pendulum for Demonstrating the Earth's Rotation
1988
Orrery made by John Rowley for the Earl of Orrery
1712-1713
Gunter quadrant by Walter Hayes
1648-1687
Small orrery by Benjamin Martin
1738-1777
Celestial globe by Willem Janszoon Blaeu
1603
Pocket globe in case by Dudley Adams
1799-1802
Filar micrometer by William Herschel, 1780-1800
1780-1800
Walnut and brass model of the "Great Paris Telescope"
1898-1900
Mural arc made for King George III
1770
Gunter quadrant
1650-1725
Gunter quadrant
1650-1725
Prototype beam splitter for the Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (aLIGO)
2008 (prototype)
Altitude quadrant
1552
Gunter quadrant
1640
Refracting telescope of 5.9-inch aperture, mounted on English type equatorial mounting with off-set lead counterweight
1829
Terrestrial globe by Willem Janszoon Blaeu
1599
Horary quadrant by Henry Sutton
1658
Horary quadrant by Henry Sutton
1658
Armillary sphere by Girolamo Della Volpaia
1554
Astrolabe by Ferdinand Arsenius
1607-1618
Clockwork drive, for refracting telescope of 5.9-inch aperture
1829
Ebony and brass octant.
1777-1810
Objective lens by John Reeves
1657-1689
Moon globe by John Russell;England;1797
1797
Plaster model of the lunar surface
1844
Foucault Pendulum for demonstrating the Earth's rotation, with stand, divided arc, lapse clock, storage box
1883
Glass framed photograph, time lapse sequence of the partially eclipsed Sun and corona at totality
1912
Airship R101 over Southern England
1929-1930
Chinese planisphere with pamplet, 1819
1819
Lunar globe
1961-1964
Brass disc with diagram of inner Solar System showing Thomas Wright's "construction" of the Great Comet of 1744
Watch fob of cornelian engraved with Edmond Halley and his comet
Islamic horary quadrant
Artificial horizon of black glass
1830-1860
Small Newtonian telescope, on stand (not original)
Gregorian reflecting telescope of 2 1/2 inch aperture and 17 inch focal length
1740-1780
European horary quadrant, 1650-1725
1650-1725
Model astrometer
1900-1914
Orrery planetary model by Space Educational Aids Limited, 1967-9
1967-1969
Solar Corona 1893 April 16
1893
Solar Corona 1871
1871
One of two old lenses, in lead mount
Rude's star identifier A-N type 1 date c. 1942
1942
Charge-coupled device chip by RCA
1975-1984
Pocket Gregorian Telescope
Diffraction Series
1964
stereoviews
Coloured astronomical lantern slide
Sir Patrick Moore's “Precious” blue box containing various badges and pens
Fake Islamic astrolabe, 1890-1930
1890-1930