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Müller Söhne artficial eyes

Box containing hundred artificial eyes by F. AD. Müller Söhne, made after 1909. The company Müller Söhne has been active on the market for artificial eyes since 1860 to present day. The company states that it combines art and craft in their glass eyes ever since. The eyes cannot be exactly dated, but on the inside of the box is indicated that Müller Sohne won the ‘Staatseherenpreis’ of 1909, the ‘Grand Prix Brussel of 1910’ and the ‘St Louis Read More...

Müller Söhne artficial children’s eyes

Sixty artificial children’s eyes in two boxes by F. AD. Müller Söhne, made after 1909. The company Müller Söhne has been active on the market for artificial ayes since 1860 to the present day. The company  states that it combines art and craft in their glass eyes ever since. The eyes cannot be exactly dated, but on one of the boxes is indicated that Müller Sohne won the ‘Staatseherenpreis’ of 1909, the ‘Grand Prix Brussel of 1910’ and the ‘St Read More...

Waltenhofen’s pendulum for magnetical induction by Kipp

A v. Waltenhofen’s pendulum by Kipp and sons Amsterdam, to demonstrate the dampening effect of induction, with a solid and a toothed piece of copper. Waltenhofen showed how to demonstrate the effect of eddy currents induced in a piece of copper moving in a magnetic field. His apparatus consists of a pendulum having a curved strip of copper at its lower end and arranged so that it hangs between the poles of an electromagnet. So long as no magnetic flux passes through the copper, the Read More...

2 microscope accessories from Carl Zeiss Jena

2 microscope accessories from Carl Zeiss Jena Both completely intact 1 Drawing prism (Zeichenprisma) in wooden box 85 mm wide, 2 and a microscope slide 1/400 qmm by Thoma Carl Zeiss Jena in black box 92 mm wide together for € 95.- Read More...

Zeiss / Bausch & Lomb Microscope Scale Slide, 1892 – 1904

In 1892 Bausch & Lomb of Rochester, New York, became the sole American company licensed to make the Zeiss products in the U.S.A. This agreement between the Carl Zeiss Optische Werkstätte and Bausch & Lomb continued through the Zeiss company’s name change to Carl Zeiss Jena in 1904. Instruments made during the licensing agreements are marked with the Carl Zeiss Jena logo and Bausch & Lomb Optical Company signature. Read More...

Geissler motor with fluorescent liquid

Geissler motor in working condition with Geissler tube with fluorescent liquid. 23 cm high with 11 cm Geissler tube.  Look for shop information on www.vanleestantiques.com  Sold to museum Société Française de Radiologie in Paris. https://www.radiologie.fr/musee-radiologie  Read More...

Large marine German telescope – Voightlander & Sohn, Wien, Braunschweig.

A large leather covered taper barrelled, nickel silver telescope signed, ‘Voightlander & Sohn, Wien, Braunschweig’. The company was established in 1756 and was the oldest name regarding cameras, making many developments in this field and the name ‘Voightlander & Sohn’ was established in 1898. The firm was eventually taken over by Zeiss in 1956. It has a sliding ray shade and a slider to the eye-piece.   The leather to the barrel has been replaced in the past.   The telescope measures 24″ closed Read More...

Octagonal brass equatorial sundial, made by Johann Schrettegger (1764-1843),

 Octagonal brass equatorial sundial, made by Johann Schrettegger (1764-1843), Augsburg, Germany, late 18 centuryNeedle gnomon from the center of the circle calibrated in numbers to represent hours for the northern hemisphere. Circle hinged to octagonal base. Quadrant scale calibrated in degrees from vertical to horizontal with Arabic numerals. Top engraved Compass with original needle and glass.size 5 cm wideWith the original box and the original description in the French and German language, Read More...

A c1920 German IUD with insertor.

A c1920 German IUD with insertor. It retains its original box and receipt. Length of box: 8.25″. This device was sold as a pessary because of laws in force at the time that governed the sale of contraceptives.  Read More...

NUREMBERG SPECTACLES WITH ORIG. CASE PRINTED AROUND RIM , JONAS SCHWARTZ WONHAFFT FURTH 1740

ALL IN VERY GOOD  CONDITION  ORIGINAL LENSES CONVEX WITH NO CHIPS , CLOSES WELL       Read More...

Leitz Polarising Microscopes Catalogue 1925

Leitz Polarising Microscopes Catalogue 1925, pp.68, soft cover, complete in good condition, with The Microscope and some hints how to use it, E Leitz 1910, pp.62, soft cover. Included are two Leitz leaflets ‘Testing the oil immersion Objectives’ the earliest 19th century (this one in poor condition, see image). Please see the other books I have listed on Fleaglass. I have recently retired and am selling most of my scientific and medical instrument reference library, including many works now difficult Read More...

Hartnack 19th Century Microscope Nicol Prism Ocular With Goniometer

The goniometer eye-piece by Hartnack should fit any RMS tube diameter; that is, most continental European and American microscopes made after ca. 1850. Read More...