Napier's Bones
1690
Orrery made by John Rowley for the Earl of Orrery
1712-1713
Wooden Acupuncture Model
1681
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)
Astronomical quadrant with stand, 1685-1724
1685-1724
Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)
1668; 1924
Model of early manual fire engine, ca. 1680.
1680
Compound microscope
1701-1723
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Compound microscope
1700
Dividing engine for making sextants and octants
Made late 1700s, modified 1800s
Telescope by Galileo (replica)
1610; 1923
Pocket watch by Thomas Tompion
1675-1700
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Thomas Tuttell
1695-1702
Print of Henry Beighton's Engraving of a Newcomen Engine
1717-1725
Demainbray's Newcomen engine model
1720
Barnard Tompion clock
1708
Brass-bound lodestone
1675-1700
Edmund Culpeper
1720
Telescope by John Marshall
1685-1695
Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB
1990-95
Telescope by John Yarwell.
1685-1695
Le Cabinet de M. Le Clerc
circa 1711
Trade card for John Yarwell, optician, London, England, 1697
1697
Electrotype replica of a 16th-century mariner’s astrolabe
1580-1588; 1930
Sector by Bion
1700-1720
Amulet and charm to protect against plague
1690-1710
Cupellation furnace
1696-1700
Handheld reading lens and case
1680-1700
Graphometer with magnetic compass
1710-1720
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
Copy of Roman artificial leg, London, England, 1905-1915
300 BCE; 1905-1915
Model of Gutenberg's Press, 1430
1960-1979
Copy of clay liver used for divination, original from Babylon, 2050-1750 BCE
2050-1750 BCE
Cylindrical form of Napier's bones
circa 1700
Sundial making tool
1690-1710
Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936
1936
John Yarwell
1683
Mummy of a peregrine falcon, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE
2000-1001 BCE
Compass plane
1717
Albarello vase decorated with scene of country villa
1725
Model of Mud House
6000-5000BCE
Working model of Hero's Aeolipile
100-1 BCE; 1501-1600; 1914
Burial mask of Agamemnon, Greek, c. 1550 BCE
1600-1500 BCE (original); 1900-1914 (copy)
Replica Bavarian reckoning cloth, German, 16th century.
1501-1600; 1972
Table clock with pull quarter repeat by George Tyler
1715-1725
Model of an Egyptian boat in XII Dynasty Tomb
1991-1783 BCE
Albarello vase decorated with country villa scene
1725