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The Scientific Instrument Collection
The Museum's collecion of navigatin instruments rates among the largest and best of the world's maritime museums.
Highlights of the collection include a mid 17th century silver coated mariner's astrolabe
 
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Equinoctial Ring Dial Equinoctial Ring Dial
J. Field, London, England, ca 1787
Gift of Roger Williams
N3
     
Nocturnal and horary quadrant   Nocturnal and horary quadrant
Johannes Baptista Justi, Italy, 1565
1990.43.01
     
Grand Orrery and Planetarium   Grand Orrery and Planetarium
Watkins & Hill, London, England, ca 1819
N 12
     
Butterfield type sundial   Butterfield type sundial
J. Menard, Paris, France, ca 1680
NA 25
     
Two-day Marine Timekeeper   Two-day Marine Timekeeper
John Arnold, London, England, ca 1772
Paul Mellon Chamberlain Collection
NA 91
     
Back-staff   Back-staff
Thomas Greenough, Boston, Massachusetts, 1760
NQ 1
     
Gunter’s Quadrant   Gunter’s Quadrant
Henry Sutton, London, England, 1657
NQ 31
     
Octant   Octant
Joseph Roux, Marseilles, France, ca 1780
Gift of Captain Richard H. Tenney, USN Ret.
1986.46.01
     
Mahogany Internal V-Shaped Marine Barometer   Mahogany Internal V-Shaped Marine Barometer
Nairne & Blunt, London, England, ca 1780
Gift of Joel Barlow
1976.24.09
     
Beveled Scale Sextant, No. 1403   Beveled Scale Sextant, No. 1403
Jesse Ramsden, London, England, ca 1795
Peter Ifland Collection
1998.39.34
     
Cross-Staff   Cross-Staff
Hendrik Noordyk, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ca 1804
1999.11.01
     
Mariner’s Astrolabe   Mariner’s Astrolabe
Nicholao Ruffo, Portugal, 1645
2000.52.01
     

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