Image
Category
Collection
Maker
On Display
Object type
Place
Material
Date
Napier's Bones

Napier's Bones

1690

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

Wooden Acupuncture Model

Wooden Acupuncture Model

1681

Early balance spring watch by Thomas Tompion

Early balance spring watch by Thomas Tompion

1675-1679

Freud electronic laughing ball

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

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

wheel cutting machine

wheel cutting machine

1668-1672 Probable

Model of early manual fire engine, ca. 1680.

Model of early manual fire engine, ca. 1680.

1680

Compound microscope

Compound microscope

1700

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

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

Telescope by John Yarwell.

Telescope by John Yarwell.

1685-1695

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

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

CAROLVS II.

CAROLVS II.

1667

Pair cased watch by Anna Adamson

Pair cased watch by Anna Adamson

1685

Brass-bound lodestone

Brass-bound lodestone

1675-1700

Silver watch with sun and moon dial, by H Adamson.

Silver watch with sun and moon dial, by H Adamson.

1680-1690

Table clock in tortoiseshell case by Fromanteel and Clarke

Table clock in tortoiseshell case by Fromanteel and Clarke

1695-1696

Table clock with pull quarter repeat by Thomas Tompion

Table clock with pull quarter repeat by Thomas Tompion

1695-1700

Trade card for John Yarwell, optician, London, England, 1697

Trade card for John Yarwell, optician, London, England, 1697

1697

Month-going longcase clock with a 1¼ seconds pendulum

Month-going longcase clock with a 1¼ seconds pendulum

1675-1685

Longcase clock in a marquetry case by William Cattell

Longcase clock in a marquetry case by William Cattell

1675-1685

Watch movement by Thomas Tompion

Watch movement by Thomas Tompion

1692

Watch movement by Daniel Quare

Watch movement by Daniel Quare

1700

Watch movement with a quarter-repeating mechanism of early design by Thomas Tompion.

Watch movement with a quarter-repeating mechanism of early design by Thomas Tompion.

1680

Watch with mock pendulum, by M. Martinot

Watch with mock pendulum, by M. Martinot

1700

Table clock in walnut case by Henry Jones

Table clock in walnut case by Henry Jones

1675

Table clock with quarter chiming by William Speakman

Table clock with quarter chiming by William Speakman

1690-1700

Watch with 'six hour' dial by Francis Stamper

Watch with 'six hour' dial by Francis Stamper

1680-1685

Table clock by Richard Baker

Table clock by Richard Baker

1675-1700

Cupellation furnace

Cupellation furnace

1696-1700

Handheld reading lens and case

Handheld reading lens and case

1680-1700

Verge escapement watch movement by Ahasuerus Fromanteel

Verge escapement watch movement by Ahasuerus Fromanteel

1685

Silver and tortoiseshell pair cased watch by Ignatius Huggeford

Silver and tortoiseshell pair cased watch by Ignatius Huggeford

1675

Silver watch by Charles Gretton

Silver watch by Charles Gretton

1690

Silver watch with differential dial by John Bushman

Silver watch with differential dial by John Bushman

1700

Silver pair-cased watch by Benjamin Bell

Silver pair-cased watch by Benjamin Bell

1690

Pair cased watch by Thomas Tompion

Pair cased watch by Thomas Tompion

1670-1680

Watch movement by Thomas Tompion with a later case and dial

Watch movement by Thomas Tompion with a later case and dial

1680

Silver watch with '6-hour dial' by William Bartram

Silver watch with '6-hour dial' by William Bartram

1680

Seven almost identical unfinished watch movements

Seven almost identical unfinished watch movements

1670

Watch with a later case and dial by Edward East

Watch with a later case and dial by Edward East

1680

Silver watch with alarm by Jeremy Gregory

Silver watch with alarm by Jeremy Gregory

1670

Watch with differential dial by John Ferrers

Watch with differential dial by John Ferrers

1690-1695

Square-shaped watch by Francis Raynsford

Square-shaped watch by Francis Raynsford

1700