Telescope by Galileo (replica)
1610; 1923
Orrery made by John Rowley for the Earl of Orrery
1712-1713
Plaster model of the lunar surface
1844
Small orrery by Benjamin Martin
1738-1777
Armillary sphere by Girolamo Della Volpaia
1554
Moon globe by John Russell, England, 1797
1797
Pocket globe in case by Dudley Adams
1799-1802
Celestial globe by Willem Janszoon Blaeu
1603
Astrolabe by Ferdinand Arsenius
1607-1618
Terrestrial globe by Willem Janszoon Blaeu
1599
Prototype beam splitter for the Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (aLIGO)
2008 (prototype)
Filar micrometer by William Herschel, 1780-1800
1780-1800
Gunter quadrant
1650-1725
Gunter quadrant
1640
Gunter quadrant by Walter Hayes
1648-1687
Ebony and brass octant.
1777-1810
Mural arc made for King George III
1770
Horary quadrant by Henry Sutton
1658
Altitude quadrant
1552
Gunter quadrant
1650-1725
Horary quadrant by Henry Sutton
1658
Walnut and brass model of the "Great Paris Telescope"
1898-1900
Objective lens by John Reeves
1657-1689
1999 eclipse viewer
1999
Hand held solar viewer
1750-1799
Base (foot) from brass quadrant
Glass beaker from brass quadrant
Base (foot) from brass quadrant
Brass weight from brass quadrant
Base (foot) from brass quadrant
Islamic Astrolabe
1666-1667
Model (scale 1:200) of the Jodrell Bank Lovell Telescope
1957 (original); 1961 (model)
Caroline Herschel's telescope, 1795-1816
1795-1825
Brass quadrant by Peter and John Dollond of 18-inch radius with optical sights on a tripod
1780-1820
Reflecting telescope by William Herschel
1783-1785
Sextant by Jesse Ramsden
circa 1772
Twelve-inch quadrant by John Bird
1760-1769
Refracting telescope of 5.9-inch aperture, mounted on English type equatorial mounting with off-set lead counterweight
1829
Clockwork drive, for refracting telescope of 5.9-inch aperture
1829
Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)
1668; 1924
Foucault Pendulum for Demonstrating the Earth's Rotation
1988
Digital Optical Module (DOM) from the IceCube neutrino detector
2007-2008
Islamic astrolabe, 1645-1655
1645-1655
Caroline Herschel's telescope, 1795-1816
1795-1816
Islamic Astrolabe
1666-1667
Foucault Pendulum for demonstrating the Earth's rotation, with stand, divided arc, lapse clock, storage box
1883
Orrery planetary model
1789-1795
Parts from the Cambridge Interplanetary Scintillation Array
1967
Ptolemaic armillary sphere
1501-1600
Photograph of the Great Nebula in Orion, 1883
1883