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11 MAGIC LANTERN SLIDES circa 1810

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Exceptionaly magic lantern slides – Napoléon 1er 47.5 x 10.5 cm Read More...

Hughes writing telegraph

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Hughes writing telegraph.A printing telegraph built by Siemens & Halske.This teleprinter was invented by David Edward Hughes in 1856.Good overall condition.The base is made in wrought iron,the top in wood and keys in white celuloid.A similar telegraph can be found at Saint Petersburg Museum-Rusia,Getty Museum USA ,Science Museum -England, Warshaw Museum-Poland.Size:120x75x55cm Read More...

27 May

Pyrus Malus flower model, R. Brendel

By Van Leest Antiques

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An Original “brendel Model”of the Pyrus Malus by retailer Phywe. the label gives: Pyrus Malus L. XII. flos / Apple-flower – Apfel Blüte – Melo flore – Pommier-fleur / verg. 5 Fach / Pomaceae / Original “brendel Model” / Nr 77002. In restored condition and 46 cm high. Look for shop information on www.vanleestantiques.com Read More...

23 May

BING USINE A VAPEUR circa 1900

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BING USINE A VAPEUR vers 1900 Belle machine à vapeur de marque BING dans sa boite d’origine mais sans le couvercle . Hauteur totale : 34 cm , socle : 26 X 24 cm Read More...

18 May

STEAM FOUNTAIN E. PLANCK .

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STEAM FOUNTAIN E. PLANCK Very nice Ernst PLANCK brand steam toy circa 1890. Beautiful original condition, basin in sheet metal painted in imitation marble, upper part of the fountain in sheet metal painted in imitation stone, 2 brass dragons Complete and in its original condition (2 small welds added, the burner is missing). 40 cm in length, steam engine: 25 cm in height, fountain: 20 cm in height.-----------FONTAINE à VAPEUR E. PLANCK Très beau jouet à vapeur de marque Ernst PLANCK vers 1890. Bel état Read More...

17 May

19th Century Microscope Nicol Prism Ocular With Goniometer

By Gilgamesh

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

17 May

Table-Top Variable Power Telescope by Plossl of Wien , ca. 1835

By Gilgamesh

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The Austrian maker Simon Georg Plössl made these Galilean telescopes before 1738. In many cases, they were signed “Plössl in Wien,” but there are some known examples, such as this one, of unsigned instruments. Similar telescopes signed by Plössl in Wien van be seen on the following links: http://fp.optics.arizona.edu/antiques/telescope/Catalogue/T62/T62.htm https://www.dorotheum.com/en/l/1935319/ https://www.cloudynights.com/gallery/image/115254-pl%C3%B6ssl-table-top-refractor/ The front lens is an achromatic doublet, and the four eyepieces on the revolver are negative focus singlets. The telescope is generally in good condition with age scratches on the gilded Read More...

09 May

Johann Michael BURUCKER (1763-1813)

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From a series of 6 hand-engraved and watercolored anamorphoses for a conical mirror circa 1790. Unfortunately the number 5 representing a camel is missing, so there are only 5 anamorphoses in superb condition in their original wooden box. Series extremely difficult to find complete. 16.5 x 16.5cm. Read More...

19 Apr

Waldau’s C1890 Full- Face Ophthalmophantome

By M and R Gordon

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Ophthalmophantomes were used to train eye surgeons. In this iron and brass example, animal eyes ( typically those of a pig) were clamped against the orbital rim by a spring. The head can be tipped baclward and into various postion. Height extended: 13″ or 33 cm, approx. The glass eyes currently in the phantom are merely for display. Opthalmophantomes don’t turn up all that often and when they do the surface of the face is often a mess from Read More...

10 Apr

Celestial library globe signed Mattheus Seutter made in Augsbourg circa 1710.

By Galerie Delalande Paris

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A plaster library globe of watercoloured paper gores inside a brass meridian circle in its support formed by an equatorial table resting on four feet. The globe consists of twelve glued and watercoloured gores bearing Ptolemaic constellations with their names and the main stars. There are also the main circles: Equator and Ecliptic in red and divided into degrees, the two Tropics and the two polar circles in black. In the southern hemisphere there is a cartouche signed: “Globus Coeslestis in Read More...

01 Apr

~LATE 18TH CENTURY AUGSBURG PATTERN EQUINOCTIAL COMPASS/SUNDIAL-GRASSL~

By ScientificaOpticae

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A fine late 18th century equinoctial compass sundial by Lorenz Grasl in the Augsburg pattern with silvered compass and latitude plate. Constructed primarily of chiselled brass, the front plate has a foliate design, folding latitude arc graduated 0 – 90 degrees, folding and hinged sundial/hour ring (III a.m. – IX p.m.) with flip up gnomen, blued compass needle (nicely hand chiselled brass pivot point) with early latinized cardinal points on a silvered background. Original glass intact. The reverse of Read More...

17 Mar

A Cuff-type microscope, possibly German, late 18th

By Alpha et Omega

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A Cuff-type microscope, possibly German, late 18th An hitherto unrecorded compound microscope, unsigned, possibly of German origin. Last quarter of 18th century. Dimension: 14 5/8” (37cm) high overall, mounted in the top of the 6 ½” x 8 ¼” x 3 ¼” (15x21x8cm) fitted mahogany case. The body tube is 5 7/8” (14.5cm) long x 1 ¾” (4.5cm) diameter and screws into an arm at the top of the pillar; coarse and fine focussing is by a Cuff-type mechanism (sliding block with a Read More...