Marine Timekeeper known as 'H5' by John Harrison and Son 1770
1770
Napier's Bones
1690
Telescope by Galileo (replica)
1610; 1923
Orrery made by John Rowley for the Earl of Orrery
1712-1713
Arkwright's prototype spinning machine, 1769.
1769
Wooden Acupuncture Model
1681
Early balance spring watch by Thomas Tompion
1675-1679
Camera Obscura
1701-1752
Longcase clock by James and John Harrison
1728
Armillary sphere by Girolamo Della Volpaia
1554
Orrery by Thomas Wright
1735-1745
Print of Henry Beighton's Engraving of a Newcomen Engine
1717-1725
Astronomical 'Masterpiece' Clock by Johann Schneider
1625
Celestial globe by Willem Janszoon Blaeu
1603
Demainbray's Newcomen engine model
1720
Astrolabe by Ferdinand Arsenius
1607-1618
Sun-and-moon dial by Elias Allen
1607-1653
Month-going longcase clock by John May
1700-1710
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Silver microscope by George Adams, c. 1761.
1763
Dividing engine for making sextants and octants
Made late 1700s, modified 1800s
Telescope by Christopher Cock
1673
Slide rule by Robert Bissaker
1654
Compound microscope
1701-1723
Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772
1772 (original); 1919 (model)
wheel cutting machine
1668-1672 Probable
Astronomical table clock by Samuel Watson, believed to have belonged to Sir Isaac Newton
1690-1710
Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement
1705-1737
Statue of St Mary Magdalene
1601-1750
Compound microscope
1700
Longcase clock movement by John and James Harrison
1726-1728
Model of early manual fire engine, ca. 1680.
1680
Pocket watch by Thomas Tompion
1675-1700
George III's philosophical table
1761-1762
30 hour longcase clock by Thomas Tompion
1672
Great spinning wheel
c.1750
Terrestrial globe by Willem Janszoon Blaeu
1599
Majolica pharmacy jar
1730-1750
Earthenware jug
1601-1700
Thomas Tuttell
1695-1702
Table clock in ebony case by Joseph Knibb
1675-1685
Pocket microscope by Jeremiah Sisson
1752
Table clock by Nicholas Vallin
1598-1603
Turret clock movement by William Smith
1750
Telescope by John Marshall
1685-1695
Year-going longcase clock by Daniel Quare
1700-1710
Barnard Tompion clock
1708
Magnetic compass and sundial by Henry Sutton
1650-1665
Silver star-shaped verge watch by David Ramsay
1625
Longcase clock by John Fromanteel, originally fitted with a cross-beat escapement
1665-1670