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Category
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Place
Material
Date
Napier's Bones

Napier's Bones

1690

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

Orrery made by John Rowley for the Earl of Orrery

Orrery made by John Rowley for the Earl of Orrery

1712-1713

Wooden Acupuncture Model

Wooden Acupuncture Model

1681

Early balance spring watch by Thomas Tompion

Early balance spring watch by Thomas Tompion

1675-1679

Longcase clock by James and John Harrison

Longcase clock by James and John Harrison

1728

Print of Henry Beighton's Engraving of a Newcomen Engine

Print of Henry Beighton's Engraving of a Newcomen Engine

1717-1725

Astronomical 'Masterpiece' Clock by Johann Schneider

Astronomical 'Masterpiece' Clock by Johann Schneider

1625

Celestial globe by Willem Janszoon Blaeu

Celestial globe by Willem Janszoon Blaeu

1603

Demainbray's Newcomen engine model

Demainbray's Newcomen engine model

1720

Astrolabe by Ferdinand Arsenius

Astrolabe by Ferdinand Arsenius

1607-1618

Sun-and-moon dial by Elias Allen

Sun-and-moon dial by Elias Allen

1607-1653

Month-going longcase clock by John May

Month-going longcase clock by John May

1700-1710

Freud electronic laughing ball

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Slide rule by Robert Bissaker

Slide rule by Robert Bissaker

1654

Dividing engine for making sextants and octants

Dividing engine for making sextants and octants

Made late 1700s, modified 1800s

Telescope by Christopher Cock

Telescope by Christopher Cock

1673

Compound microscope

Compound microscope

1701-1723

wheel cutting machine

wheel cutting machine

1668-1672 Probable

Astronomical table clock by Samuel Watson, believed to have belonged to Sir Isaac Newton

Astronomical table clock by Samuel Watson, believed to have belonged to Sir Isaac Newton

1690-1710

Longcase clock movement by John and James Harrison

Longcase clock movement by John and James Harrison

1726-1728

Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement

Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement

1705-1737

Compound microscope

Compound microscope

1700

Model of early manual fire engine, ca. 1680.

Model of early manual fire engine, ca. 1680.

1680

30 hour longcase clock by Thomas Tompion

30 hour longcase clock by Thomas Tompion

1672

Pocket watch by Thomas Tompion

Pocket watch by Thomas Tompion

1675-1700

Earthenware jug

Earthenware jug

1601-1700

Silver star-shaped verge watch by David Ramsay

Silver star-shaped verge watch by David Ramsay

1625

Thomas Tuttell

Thomas Tuttell

1695-1702

Table clock in ebony case by Joseph Knibb

Table clock in ebony case by Joseph Knibb

1675-1685

Telescope by John Marshall

Telescope by John Marshall

1685-1695

Year-going longcase clock by Daniel Quare

Year-going longcase clock by Daniel Quare

1700-1710

Magnetic compass and sundial by Henry Sutton

Magnetic compass and sundial by Henry Sutton

1650-1665

Barnard Tompion clock

Barnard Tompion clock

1708

Longcase clock by John Fromanteel, originally fitted with a cross-beat escapement

Longcase clock by John Fromanteel, originally fitted with a cross-beat escapement

1665-1670

Amputation saw with ivory handle

Amputation saw with ivory handle

1601-1700

Telescope by John Yarwell.

Telescope by John Yarwell.

1685-1695

Pair of seventeenth-century dividers

Pair of seventeenth-century dividers

1600-1699

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Silver watch in the shape of a Tudor rose by William Clay

Silver watch in the shape of a Tudor rose by William Clay

1640

Edmund Culpeper

Edmund Culpeper

1720

Combined graphometer and plummet clinometer, 1663.

Combined graphometer and plummet clinometer, 1663.

1663

Table clock with pull quarter repeat by George Tyler

Table clock with pull quarter repeat by George Tyler

1715-1725

Gunter quadrant

Gunter quadrant

1640

Gunter quadrant

Gunter quadrant

1650-1725

Eight-day longcase clock by Edward East in a later marquetry case

Eight-day longcase clock by Edward East in a later marquetry case

1675-1685

Neolithic flint scraper

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Albarello pharmacy jar, Spain, 1600-1625

Albarello pharmacy jar, Spain, 1600-1625

1600-1625

Gunter quadrant by Walter Hayes

Gunter quadrant by Walter Hayes

1648-1687

Brass-bound lodestone

Brass-bound lodestone

1675-1700