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Wheatstone bridge with the makers name E.Leybolds Germany

Wheatstone bridge with the makers name E.Leybolds Germany Also with the plaque of seller P.J.Kipp & sons Delft Holland ca 100 years old  Size of the ebonised wooden base plate 65 X 14 cm In completely intact and working condition, will be well packaged and sent by registered mail, no extra shipping costs Read More...

Early Tourmanile Tongs for the determination of crystal geometry in optical mineralogy, ca. 1860

Tourmaline is a crystalline boron silicate mineral compounded with elements such as aluminum, iron, magnesium, sodium, lithium, or potassium. Tourmaline is classified as a semi-precious stone, and the gemstone can be found in various colors. Tourmaline crystals are highly birefringent, a crystallographic feature resulting in the split of a ray of light crossing the crystal outside its optical axis into an ordinary and an extraordinary ray, being polarized at right angles to each other. However, the E-ray is rapidly Read More...

C1909 Silver Cigarette Case with Bleriot Monoplane

We are offering a silver cigarette case with an enamel insert showing a Bleriot XI monoplane. This was the airplane in which Henri Bleriot was the first person to fly across the English Channel–a feat he accomplished on July 25th 1909. The case is of the same vintage. It has German guarantee marks and a “935” quality number; sterling at “925” is of lesser quality. No condition issues but the elastic bands that held the cigarettes in place have Read More...

18th century medicinal travel pharmacy chest

18th century medicinal travel pharmacy chest these types of chests were used on expeditions in the 18th century by horse or by ship This rare box contains 6 completely intact bottles with a plant painting on 4 sides, and 2 tin cans Box 13 Inch X 10 Inch X 8 Inch ( 33 X 25 X 20 Cm ) bottles 5.5 Inch high honey laudanum and digitalis were well-known examples of medicines that were taken with them This rare box Read More...

11 MAGIC LANTERN SLIDES circa 1810

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

Hughes writing telegraph

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...

Pyrus Malus flower model, R. Brendel

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...

BING USINE A VAPEUR circa 1900

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...

STEAM FOUNTAIN E. PLANCK .

  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...

19th Century Microscope Nicol Prism Ocular With Goniometer

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

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

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...

Johann Michael BURUCKER (1763-1813)

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...