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1. Two Scales for Weighing Gold Coins
1. Two Scales for Weighing Gold Coins
2. P. & J. Dollond Price List, c. 1775
2. P. & J. Dollond Price List, c. 1775
3. Three Theodolites
3. Three Theodolites
4. Sisson's Beam Compass by Adams
4. Sisson's Beam Compass by Adams
5. Aluminium for Scientific Instruments
5. Aluminium for Scientific Instruments
6. Military Instrument Catalogue
6. Military Instrument Catalogue
7. Stanley Surveying Catalogue
7. Stanley Surveying Catalogue
8. Slide Rule on the Rim of a Snuff Box
8. Slide Rule on the Rim of a Snuff Box
9. Boxwood Compass
9. Boxwood Compass
10. Hanging Miner's Compass
10. Hanging Miner's Compass
11. Reversible Slide Rule
11. Reversible Slide Rule
12. Catalogue by Heath & Co.
12. Catalogue by Heath & Co.
13. Waywiser
13. Waywiser
14. Triangular Compass
14. Triangular Compass
15. The Sumeter
15. The Sumeter
16. Marquois Scales
16. Marquois Scales
17. Tent Camera Obscura c. 1825
17. Tent Camera Obscura c. 1825
18. Angle Divisor
18. Angle Divisor
19. Instrument Makers' Receipt of 1777
19. Instrument Makers' Receipt of 1777
20. A Weber Electrodynamometer, c. 1865
20. A Weber Electrodynamometer, c. 1865
21. Skopeo Spark Plug Tester
21. Skopeo Spark Plug Tester
22. Model of a Jet Cart
22. Model of a Jet Cart
23. Electrostatic Generator in a Vacuum
23. Electrostatic Generator in a Vacuum
24. Kelvin Multi-Cellular Electrostatic Voltmeter
24. Kelvin Multi-Cellular Electrostatic Voltmeter
25. Slide Rules - the original pocket calculators
25. Slide Rules - the original pocket calculators
26. Ophthalmic Slide Rule
26. Ophthalmic Slide Rule
27. Triangular Slide Rule
27. Triangular Slide Rule
28. American Slide Rule for the Oil Industry
28. American Slide Rule for the Oil Industry
29. Master for Graduating a Slide Rule
29. Master for Graduating a Slide Rule
30. 'Gridiron' Slide Rule
30. 'Gridiron' Slide Rule
31. Slide Rule in a Drawing Scale
31. Slide Rule in a Drawing Scale
32. Circular Slide Rule
32. Circular Slide Rule
33. Surveyor's Circular Slide Rule
33. Surveyor's Circular Slide Rule
34. Annular Slide Rule
34. Annular Slide Rule
35. Engine-Turned Silver Box Sextant
35. Engine-Turned Silver Box Sextant
36. Slide Rule on a Box Sextant
36. Slide Rule on a Box Sextant
37. Early Brass Sextant by Jesse Ramsden
37. Early Brass Sextant by Jesse Ramsden
38. Elliott Company History Illustrated by Artefacts
38. Elliott Company History Illustrated by Artefacts
39. Collecting Surveying Instruments
39. Collecting Surveying Instruments
40. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society
40. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society
41. Early Gunter's Scale
41. Early Gunter's Scale
42. Hydrostatic Balance
42. Hydrostatic Balance
43. Wilson Screw-Barrel Microscope
43. Wilson Screw-Barrel Microscope
44. 'Gun-Barrel' Theodolite
44. 'Gun-Barrel' Theodolite
45. Boxwood Diptych Dial
45. Boxwood Diptych Dial
46. Zeiss Level I
46. Zeiss Level I
47. Two Astronomical Magic Lantern Slides
47. Two Astronomical Magic Lantern Slides
48. The Perméomètre  Reconstructed
48. The Perméomètre Reconstructed
49. Electrostatic Cannon
49. Electrostatic Cannon
50. Electrical Demonstration Apparatus
50. Electrical Demonstration Apparatus
51. Trade Flyers
51. Trade Flyers

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