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Telescope by Galileo (replica)

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

Compound microscope

Compound microscope

1700

Telescope by John Marshall

Telescope by John Marshall

1685-1695

Telescope by John Yarwell.

Telescope by John Yarwell.

1685-1695

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

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 'six hour' dial by Francis Stamper

Watch with 'six hour' dial by Francis Stamper

1680-1685

Table clock with quarter chiming by William Speakman

Table clock with quarter chiming by William Speakman

1690-1700

Verge escapement watch movement by Ahasuerus Fromanteel

Verge escapement watch movement by Ahasuerus Fromanteel

1685

Silver watch with differential dial by John Bushman

Silver watch with differential dial by John Bushman

1700

Silver watch by Charles Gretton

Silver watch by Charles Gretton

1690

Watch movement by Thomas Tompion with a later case and dial

Watch movement by Thomas Tompion with a later case and dial

1680

Silver pair-cased watch by Benjamin Bell

Silver pair-cased watch by Benjamin Bell

1690

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

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

1680

Watch with a later case and dial by Edward East

Watch with a later case and dial by Edward East

1680

Watch with differential dial by John Ferrers

Watch with differential dial by John Ferrers

1690-1695

Watch with mock pendulum by David Lestourgeon

Watch with mock pendulum by David Lestourgeon

1700

Watch with '15 minute' hand by Richard Street

Watch with '15 minute' hand by Richard Street

1700

Grave marker, grave '221'

Grave marker, grave '221'

1860-1920

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Wandering hour watch by Sinclare, Dublin, c.1690

Wandering hour watch by Sinclare, Dublin, c.1690

1690

Model of early manual fire engine, ca. 1680.

Model of early manual fire engine, ca. 1680.

1680

Cupellation furnace

Cupellation furnace

1696-1700

Neolithic flint scraper

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Freud electronic laughing ball

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Pair cased watch by Anna Adamson

Pair cased watch by Anna Adamson

1685

Watch with mock pendulum, by M. Martinot

Watch with mock pendulum, by M. Martinot

1700

Wooden Acupuncture Model

Wooden Acupuncture Model

1681

Handheld reading lens and case

Handheld reading lens and case

1680-1700

Pair cased watch by Christopher Egelton

Pair cased watch by Christopher Egelton

1700

Square-shaped watch by Francis Raynsford

Square-shaped watch by Francis Raynsford

1700

Dividing engine for making sextants and octants

Dividing engine for making sextants and octants

Made late 1700s, modified 1800s

Napier's Bones

Napier's Bones

1690

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

Pendulum clock designed by Galileo in 1642 and made by his son in 1649, model.

Pendulum clock designed by Galileo in 1642 and made by his son in 1649, model.

1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

Copy of Roman artificial leg, London, England, 1905-1915

Copy of Roman artificial leg, London, England, 1905-1915

300 BCE; 1905-1915

Cylindrical form of Napier's bones

Cylindrical form of Napier's bones

circa 1700

Model of Gutenberg's Press, 1430

Model of Gutenberg's Press, 1430

1960-1979

Copy of clay liver used for divination, original from Babylon, 2050-1750 BCE

Copy of clay liver used for divination, original from Babylon, 2050-1750 BCE

2050-1750 BCE

Electrotype replica of a 16th-century mariner’s astrolabe

Electrotype replica of a 16th-century mariner’s astrolabe

1580-1588; 1930

Working model of Hero's Aeolipile

Working model of Hero's Aeolipile

100-1 BCE; 1501-1600; 1914

Rigged model of Flemish carvel construction Carrack

Rigged model of Flemish carvel construction Carrack

1910-1921

Mummy of a peregrine falcon, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE

Mummy of a peregrine falcon, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE

2000-1001 BCE

Model of an Assyrian kelek or raft of inflated ox-hides, one of three models of Babylonian vessels of skin

Model of an Assyrian kelek or raft of inflated ox-hides, one of three models of Babylonian vessels of skin

700 BCE; 1931