Image
Category
Collection
Maker
On Display
Object type
Place
Material
Date

Five-Guinea coin of William and Mary

1692

Guinea coin of William III

1695

Two-Guinea coin of William and Mary

1692

Guinea coin of William and Mary

1692

Guinea coin of William III

1697

Half-Guinea coin of William and Mary

1684

Five-Guinea coin piece of William III

1699

Five-Guinea coin of William and Mary

1692

Two-Guinea coin of Charles II

1682

Silver Coin of Johann Gottfried von Guttenberg, Prince Bishop of Wurzburg (Germany)

1689

Six-sous coin of Louis XIV (French)

1676

Five Guinea coin of Charles II

1678

Five Guinea coin of Charles II

1684

Gold Coin of Joan III (Poland)

1683

A Norwich Farthing Coin

1667

Penny coin of Charles II

1677

Penny coin of Charles II

1671

Compound microscope

1680

Copy of Divinis' compound microscope, 1667-8

1667-1668

European astrolabe by Arsenius, 1566

1566; 1876

Set of eleven strips based on Napier's bones

1673

Engraving of the Oxford Physic Garden, England, 1675

1675

Replica of Saxon 'Sinking Bowl' Water Clock, 1931

1931; 750-850 CE

Reading Glass (1680-1700)

1680-1700

Wooden column sundial

1677

Model of Gutenberg's Press, 1430

1960-1979

Transparency, 15"x12", Astronomers of about 1690 (from an engraving)

1690

Isaac Carver

1696

Trade card: John Yarwell

1692

Trade card: Heber Lands

1694

Trade card: Thomas Tuttell

1698

Working model of Hero's Aeolipile

100-1 BCE; 1501-1600; 1914

Night clock with painted landscape on dial and painted angels that turn with movement

1675-1685

Wooden Cross-staff.

1687

Haematite weight, Syrian

2200 BCE

Lancet(?), bronze, Egypto-Roman

20-500

Bronze retractor, Romano-Egyptian

30-400

Wooden herb box

1851-190

Aural scoop, bronze, Romano-Egyptian

30-500

Aural scoop, bronze, Roman, from Sforza collection

1995-500

Reconstruction of Denis Papin's apparatus of 1690

1690 (original)

Movement of bracket clock by Edward Burges

1690-1700

Model of alchemist's alembic

1942; 1501-1600

Simple narrow wooden comb

2000-1000

Earthenware, tin-glazed albarello

1697

Tin-glazed earthenware albarello

1701-1600

Wooden stand for mortar

1671-1700

Squat bronze mortar

1675-1700

Small squat bronze mortar with flared rim

1675-1700

French demi-livre weight from Rodez, 1670

1670