Instruments Collection (page 29)

C17 Sand Glass
The SAND GLASS, also known as CLEPSAMMIA, measures time by how long sand takes to filter from the upper bulb into the lower; different apertures measure different periods

Egyptian Clepsydra
The CLEPSYDRA, used throughout the Near/Middle East in ancient times, measures time by how long it takes the upper bowl to fill the lower one

Greek Hemicycle Dial
The GREEK HEMICYCLE DIAL is an early form of sundial, using the movement of a shadow to measure the passage of time

Roman Polos
The ancient Roman POLOS, or HELIOTROPION, is a staff standing in a basin, time being measured by the movement of the shadow from one point to another

Shadow Timekeeper
The ancient Greeks are said to have used shadows to measure time, the length of a persons shadow, varying at different times of day, giving a rough indication as to the time

Candle Timer
King Alfred is credited with the invention use of CANDLES as timekeepers, time being measured by how long it takes for the candle to burn from one mark to the next

Wick Timekeeper
WICK TIMEKEEPER of the ancient Chinese and Japanese : time is measured by how long it takes for the smouldering wick to burn from one knot to the next

Indian Clepsydra
An ancient clepsydra from Southern India : the bowl has a small hole in it, and gradually fills, at which point the watching boy strikes a gong

Herschel / Telescope / 1863
William Herschels 40 foot telescope as it was in 1863, Herschel House, Slough

Adding Machines / Fortune
An array of adding machines

Metric Series - Length
Length - a metre

Metric Series - Contents
Contents - a litre

Metric Series - Surface
Surface - a square metre

Metric Series - Weight
Weight - a gram

Metric Series - Money
Money - a franc

Metric Series - Volume
Volume - a cubic metre

Old Bell Maker
Albert Barber, bell maker, swings on a large bell, which is dated 1616

Japanese Man with Flute
Sourimono Japanese man playing a flute

Watch & 2nd Pendulum
The mechanisms of the watch and second pendulum

Phone Box in Shop
Before the introduction of telephone kiosks, instruments were frequently made access- -ible to the public in shops such as this pharmacy where an assistant assist a customer

Academie Francaise
Allegorical depiction of the academy showing toga clad men of learning surrounded by scientific instruments participating in all branches of the arts & sciences

A Concert / Jordans C17Th
A family concert: Soo D oude Songen Soo Pepen De Jongen". Three generations & a dog at the dinner table sing or play instruments. The old man & woman wear spectacles

Boy Conductor
An enthusiastic boy conducts an early boy band. Instruments include violins, recorders and harmonicas or perhaps mouth organs

Instruments / Cithara
Four different types of CITHARA used by the ancient Greeks

Ancient Instruments
Syrinx, flutes, lyre, tambourines, khelya and cithara, used by the ancient Greeks and no doubt by other ancient cultures

Armillary Sphere (Horiz)
ARMILLARY SPHERE horizontal

Planetarium by Jones
A planetarium by Jones

Megnie / Telescope / Diderot
Megnies Equatorial telescope

Nairn / Telescope / Diderot
Nairns equatorial telescope

Chinese Clepsydra / 14Thc
A Chinese clepsydra or water clock

Various Clock Faces
Lots of clock faces

Music Class 1900
A music lesson at a German school. One teacher plays the piano while another conducts the schoolchildren, who play an assortment of instruments, including tambourines, etc

German Watchmakers
A man and a woman, watchmakers or clockmakers, Black Forest, Germany

Learning the Balalaika
A group of Russian children being taught how to play the balalaika and mandolin, with piano accompaniment

Microscopic Objects
A variety of living and non- living objects magnified through a microscope

Street Telescope Exhibitor A young boy steps up for a telescopic view of the moon

Table Alarm Clock C17
A table alarum clock from central Europe, designed to strike a light at the appointed time

Act of Parliament Clock
When Pitt taxed clocks, Act of Parliament clocks were made with large faces for the convenience of persons who couldn t afford one of their own

Globe Clock C17
Globe or falling-ball clock by Jacob Beham of Vienna, now in the British Museum, London

German Alarm Clock
German alarm clock, now in the Victoria & Albert museum

Newsam Clock 1590
Clock made by Bartholomew Newsam, clockmaker to queen Elizabeth I

German Ship Clock
Ship clock made at Augsburg for the emperor Rudolph

Clock at Venice
Clock in the piazza San Marco, Venice

Wimborne Clock
The astronomical clock at Wimborne Minster, Dorset

Hour Glasses
17th century Hour-Glasses in Greenwich parish church

Water Clock Egypt
Egyptian water clock : the passage of time was measured by water gradually emptying from the bowl through a hole

Galileo / His Instruments
A selection of Galileos instruments

Robert Boyle (La Cave)
ROBERT BOYLE Irish physicist and chemist

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