Napier's Bones
1690
Wells Cathedral clock, 1392
1392
Belt made of spiked metal, Europe, 1501-1700
1501-1700
Wooden Acupuncture Model
1681
Robert Hooke type microscope and accessory
1671-1700
Boot for torture purposes, probably English, 1501-1600
1501-1700
Amputation saw, Europe, 1501-1600
1501-1600
Armillary sphere by Girolamo Della Volpaia
1554
Early balance spring watch by Thomas Tompion
1675-1679
Pendulum clock designed by Galileo in 1642 and made by his son in 1649, model.
1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)
Replica of refracting telescope by Galileo, 1610
1610
Astrolabe by Ferdinand Arsenius
1607-1618
Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)
1668; 1924
Model of early manual fire engine, ca. 1680.
1680
Earthenware jug
1601-1700
Dover Castle turret clock
1632-1640
Slide rule by Robert Bissaker
1654
Medieval Exchequer Tally Sticks
circa 1440
John Dee's crystal, Europe, 1582
1582
Oak wood statue of St Sebastian
1520-1530
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Magnetic compass and sundial by Henry Sutton
1650-1665
Amputation saw with ivory handle
1601-1700
Compound microscope
1700
Dividing engine for making sextants and octants
Made late 1700s, modified 1800s
Telescope by Galileo (replica)
1610; 1923
Combined graphometer and plummet clinometer, 1663.
1663
Telescope by Christopher Cock
1673
Exchequer standard pint measure of Queen Elizabeth I, 1601
1601
Pocket watch by Thomas Tompion
1675-1700
Spring-driven Bracket Clock by Isaac Thuret
1665-1670
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Terrestrial globe by Willem Janszoon Blaeu
1599
Sun-and-moon dial by Elias Allen
1607-1653
Drawing instruments by Charles Whitwell
1593-1610
Celestial globe by Willem Janszoon Blaeu
1603
Brass-bound lodestone
1675-1700
Lead Mortuary Cross
1340-1350 CE
Iron artificial arm, Europe, 1560-1600
1560-1600
Telescope by John Marshall
1685-1695
Lead mortuary crosses
1340-1350 CE
Gunter quadrant
1640
Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB
1990-95
Hooke's compound microscope, copy, 1665-1675.
1665-1675
Compendium rule signed Humfrey Cole
1574
Pair of seventeenth-century dividers
1600-1699
Parturition (birthing) chair
1601-1700
Telescope by John Yarwell.
1685-1695
Morland's calculating machine
1666-1680
Horizontal sundial in bronze
1551