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
Dover Castle turret clock
1632-1640
Slide rule by Robert Bissaker
1654
John Dee's crystal, Europe, 1582
1582
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Magnetic compass and sundial by Henry Sutton
1650-1665
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
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
Gunter quadrant
1640
Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB
1990-95
Hooke's compound microscope, copy, 1665-1675.
1665-1675
Morland's calculating machine
1666-1680
Table clock by Nicholas Vallin
1598-1603
wheel cutting machine
1668-1672 Probable
Albarello pharmacy jar, Spain, 1600-1625
1600-1625
Exchequer standard gallon measure of Queen Elizabeth I, 1601
1601
Avoirdupois weight (standard)
1588
Gunter sector signed Elias Allen
1623
Spiral slide-rule
1663
Exchequer standard yard of Queen Elizabeth I, 1588
1588
CAROLVS II.
1667
Simple theodolite
1600-1630
Horary quadrant by Henry Sutton
1658
Hand brand, for use on felons or deserters, England, 1642-1649
1642-1649
Electrotype replica of a 16th-century mariner’s astrolabe
1580-1588; 1930
Sector signed John Allen
1630-1642
Tin glazed earthenware albarello
1601-1630
Compendium by Elias Allen
1630-1653
Italian celestial globe, 1636
1636
Horary quadrant by Henry Sutton
1658
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
Avoirdupois weight (standard)
1588
Copy of Roman artificial leg, London, England, 1905-1915
300 BCE; 1905-1915
Islamic Astrolabe
1666-1667
Model of Gutenberg's Press, 1430
1960-1979
Copy of clay liver used for divination, original from Babylon, 2050-1750 BCE
2050-1750 BCE
"The description and use of the Sector, Cross-staff and other Instruments", 2nd edition by Edmund Gunter
1636