Instruments

A Sutton-type quadrant, which is an instrument consisting of lines printed on paper which is paper pasted onto wood shaped in a quarter-circle.
Quadrant
Quadrant
View of sextant in box. Made by John Bird and said to have belonged to Captain Cook.
Sextant
Captain Cook's sextant made by Bird
Metal (black) telescope top-down view
Telescope
Metal (black) telescope
Brass sighting telescope top-down view
Telescope
Brass sighting telescope
Brass telescope top-down view
Telescope
Brass telescope
Telescope with leather surround top-down view
Telescope
Telescope with leather surround
Metal telescope zoomed in top-down view
Telescope
Metal telescope
Models of Jackswon Gwilt medal top-down view
Token
Models of Jackson Gwilt medal
Dies top-down view in a box
Die
Dies for Gold Medal
Reverse die top-down view close-up
Reverse Die
Reverse die
Orrery top-down view
Orrery
Philips' Patent Orrery
Balance scales front view
Scales
Balance scales
Telescope in leather surround top-down view
Telescope
Brass telescope
Bolide sample top-down view
Sample
Bolide sample
Silver token of the mathematical society on the side with the squares close-up
Token
Silver token issued by Spitalfields Mathematical Society
A portion of apple tree front-view close-up
Apple Tree
A portion of apple tree said to be from Sir Isaac Newton's apple tree
Stereoscopic viewer front view
Stereoscopic Viewer
Stereoscopic viewers
Double entry ballot box front view
Ballot Boxes
Ballot boxes
Traverse table instrument surveying instrument
Instrument
Traverse table instrument and book
Moon globe by Russell zoomed-in view
Globe
Moon globe by John Russell
Cassegrain reflecting telescope side-view
Telescope
Cassegrain reflecting telescope by James Watson
Celestial globe by Cary top-down view
Globe
Celestial globe by Cary
Object glass top-down view
Object Glass
W.F. Denning's object glass
Cardboard tube telescope green end
Telescope
Vellum-covered three-draw telescope tube
Portable transit instrument top-down view
Transit Instrument
Portable transit instrument by Robinson
Pocket sextant stood upright
Sextant
Pocket sextant by Cary
Portable achromatic telescope side-view
Telescope
Portable achromatic telescope by Tulley and Sons
Thermometer top-down view
Thermometer
Spitta’s maximum and minimum thermometer
Closed diptych dial
Diptych
Ivory diptych dial by Hans Tröschel
Globe top-down view
Globe
Malby Celestial globe
Terrestrial Globe front-view
Globe
Terrestrial globe
Selenoscope side-view
Selenoscope
Selenoscope by Henry Perigal
Rotameters side view
Rotameter
Rotameters by Henry Perigal
Brass Dipleidoscope with a detached lid
Dipleidoscope
Brass Dipleidoscope by E. J. Dent
Equatorial sundial zoomed-in side-view
Sundial
Equatorial sundial by George Adams
Portable transit instrument top-down view
Transit Instrument
Portable transit instrument by Fayrer and Son
Opened wooden nocturnal horizontal view
Nocturnal
Wooden nocturnal
Davis quadrant horizontal view
Backstaff or Davis Quadrant
Wooden backstaff/Davis quadrant
Portable zenith telescope front-view
Telescope
Portable zenith telescope by Troughton and Simms
Repeating brass theodolite close-up view
Theodolite
Repeating brass theodolite by Ertel & Sohn
Brass micrometer horizontal view
Telescope
Brass micrometer
Two vertically positioned brass filar micrometers
Telescope
Two brass filar micrometers from a telescope and a brass divided object glass
Speculum mirror top-down view
Mirror
Speculum mirror by William Herschel
Regulator clock by Henry Baker close-up
Clock
Regulator clock by Henry Baker
Regulator clock front-view
Clock
Regulator clock by Joshua Drabble
Greig's universal instrument top-down view
Instrument
Greig's universal instrument
sextant 2
Sextant
Sextant by Troughton and Simms.
Dial
Butterfield dial
Telescope
Non-achromatic telescope by Samuel Scatliff
Globe
Arabic celestial globe
Clock
William Pearson's 'Jupiter' bracket clock
Globe
Celestial globe by Johann Schöner
Telescope
Sheepshanks's achromatic telescope
Telescope
Brass telescope
Sextant
Sextant on stand by Troughton
Sextant
Box sextant by Troughton and Simms
Barometer
Mercurial barometer by R.H.C. Wilson
Telescope
Brass telescope
Clock
Box chronometer by John Roger Arnold
Object Glass
Quartz lens by A. Hilger
Globe
Moon globes by John Russell
Moon hoax snuff box
Prism & Telescope
Hollow prism by John Evershed
Telescope
Wilfred Hall telescope
Wilfred Hall's observatory dome
Telescope
Three-draw hand telescope
Speculum Mirror
Speculum mirror by William Herschel
Clock
Regulator Clock by Wilfred Hall
Speculum Mirror
Speculum mirror by William Herschel
Clock
Regulator Clock
Speculum Mirror
Speculum objective by William Herschel
Speculum Mirror
Speculum mirror by William Herschel
Telescope
Newtonian telescope made by William Herschel for Caroline Herschel
Equatorial refractor
Slit (spectroscope)
Spectroscope slits by J. Hammersley
Circle
Reflecting circle by Troughton & Simms
Observing chair
Lunarium
Lunarium by Henry Perigal
Prism & Telescope
Prism and small telescope
Transit Instrument
Transit instrument
Slit (spectroscope)
Spectroscope slits
Sextant
Captain Cook's sextant
Abney Level
Abney level
Theodolite
Transit theodolite
Clock
Seconds clock by W. McGregor
Circle
Repeating circle by Troughton