Image
Category
Collection
Maker
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Object type
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

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

Orrery by Thomas Wright

Orrery by Thomas Wright

1735-1745

Demainbray's Newcomen engine model

Demainbray's Newcomen engine model

1720

Month-going longcase clock by John May

Month-going longcase clock by John May

1700-1710

Dividing engine for making sextants and octants

Dividing engine for making sextants and octants

Made late 1700s, modified 1800s

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

Compound microscope

Compound microscope

1701-1723

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

Great spinning wheel

Great spinning wheel

c.1750

Compound microscope

Compound microscope

1700

Majolica pharmacy jar

Majolica pharmacy jar

1730-1750

Turret clock movement by William Smith

Turret clock movement by William Smith

1750

Year-going longcase clock by Daniel Quare

Year-going longcase clock by Daniel Quare

1700-1710

Barnard Tompion clock

Barnard Tompion clock

1708

Neolithic flint scraper

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Table clock with pull quarter repeat by George Tyler

Table clock with pull quarter repeat by George Tyler

1715-1725

Longcase clock with tidal dial by Christopher Pinchbeck

Longcase clock with tidal dial by Christopher Pinchbeck

1715-1725

Marine timekeeper by Henry Sully, Paris, 1724

Marine timekeeper by Henry Sully, Paris, 1724

1724

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

Verge escapement watch movement by Thomas Tompion and George Graham

Verge escapement watch movement by Thomas Tompion and George Graham

1711

Demainbray's compound microscope

Demainbray's compound microscope

1745

Bottle shaped glass female urinal, Europe, 1701-1730

Bottle shaped glass female urinal, Europe, 1701-1730

1701-1730

Hexagonal table clock by Johann Schmidtbaur

Hexagonal table clock by Johann Schmidtbaur

1700-1725

Month-going longcase clock in a marquetry case by George Stratford

Month-going longcase clock in a marquetry case by George Stratford

1700-1725

Gold pair-cased watch with gold champleve dial, by Daniel Quare

Gold pair-cased watch with gold champleve dial, by Daniel Quare

1710

Watch movement by Thomas Tompion

Watch movement by Thomas Tompion

1692

Eight-day longcase clock by George Graham

Eight-day longcase clock by George Graham

1750

Silver horizontal pocket sundial by N. Bion

Silver horizontal pocket sundial by N. Bion

1700-1725

Watch movement by Daniel Quare

Watch movement by Daniel Quare

1700

Drug jar for cinchona bark

Drug jar for cinchona bark

1701-1730

Cupellation furnace

Cupellation furnace

1696-1700

Watch with mock pendulum, by M. Martinot

Watch with mock pendulum, by M. Martinot

1700

Repeating watch by William Andreas Enderlin with enamel in the manner of Jean Mussard V

Repeating watch by William Andreas Enderlin with enamel in the manner of Jean Mussard V

1700-1725

Table clock with quarter chiming by William Speakman

Table clock with quarter chiming by William Speakman

1690-1700

Striking and repeating watch movement by Thomas Tompion and Edward Bangor.

Striking and repeating watch movement by Thomas Tompion and Edward Bangor.

1701-1708

Gold half-quarter repeating watch by Simon Decharmes

Gold half-quarter repeating watch by Simon Decharmes

1700-1725

Silver repeating watch by Daniel Quare

Silver repeating watch by Daniel Quare

1708-1710

Ogee moulding plane

Ogee moulding plane

1704-1728

Barber's shaving bowl, Netherlands, 1701-1750

Barber's shaving bowl, Netherlands, 1701-1750

1701-1750

Quarter-repeating watch by George Graham

Quarter-repeating watch by George Graham

1745

Sundial making tool

Sundial making tool

1690-1710

Silver watch with differential dial by John Bushman

Silver watch with differential dial by John Bushman

1700

Case for Culpeper microscope

Case for Culpeper microscope

1720-1730