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Astronomical Apparatus Sextant Galileo telescope Cross Staff Plane Astrolabe

Mechanical Experiments Galileo's Inclined Plane Experiment Jump on the model of 's Gravesande Demonstration apparatus for reflection after elastic shocks demonstration experiment on kinematics on the

Optical Experiments Camera Lucida Camera Obscura Reading Stone Leeuwenhoek Microscope Water Prism handheld Brewster type stereoscope table top stereoscopic viewer Pseudoscope on the Model of Ewald and

Electrostatic and Electrodynamic Experiments Barlow's Wheel Coulomb's Torsion Balance Electrostatic Generator Henley's Quadrant Electrometer Leyden Jars Tangent Galvanometer Voltaic Crown of Cups Elec

Sextant The sextant was and still is a navigational instrument. It evolved from the ancient octant (eigth part of the circumference of a circle) and is used to measure the angular difference between t

Galileo telescope The Galilean telescope is realized with a convergent objective lens and a divergent eyepiece lens. Consequently, the image of the object appears in an upright position. Thus, the ins

Litrameter Robert Hare was a lecturer in chemistry at Pennsylvania University. His litrameter was represented in science periodicals of both the old and new world. By his own account he used standard

Sikes's Hydrometer The hydrometer is a measurement device to determine the mass density of liquids. It was developed in the early 19th century and put to use by the British Customs Services to measure

Hydrostatic Balance on the model of 's Gravesande This device is used to determine the density of liquids. To do so the two cups below the scale pans are filled with different liquids. Attached to the

Galileo's Inclined Plane Experiment Galileo's inclined plane is a wooden beam of approximately 6,7m length the top of which has a hemicircular vellum-bound notch. The vellum is used in order to reduce