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German wax anatomical model of severe burn of the skin of the foot

German wax anatomical model of severe burn of the skin of the foot German anatomical model of severe burn of the skin of the foot “Second and third degree burn”, “State of bursting of the blisters, severe inflammation in addition to some preserved blister”), by the German maker Hygiene Museum of Dresden, from the 1950’s. Hand painted wax on wooden board, in great conditions (I can notice a chip in the upper part of the model), measurements of the board 33,5 Read More...

German wax anatomical model of severe burn of the skin of the hand

German anatomical model of severe burn of the skin of the hand (“Third degree burn”), by the German maker Hygiene Museum of Dresden, from the 1950’s. Hand painted wax on wooden board, in great conditions, measurements of the board 30 x 21 cm Read More...

Müller Söhne artficial eyes

A box of 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 date. 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...

E. Merck, Darmstadt collection of elements – publicity, trade or educational reference collection

Mid 19th Century element collection by E. Merck, Darmstadt contained in glass vials. 64 in total identified by number cross referenced against a paper catalogue. Four vials have been refabricated (bromine, platinum, sodium and possibly potassium with replacement elements). Inside lid showing a mid 19th Century lithograph of Merck’s Darmstadt Factory. The collection contains a sample of indium, discovered 1863,  but no helium (1868), gallium (1875) , or certain rare earths which were discovered just after these dates suggesting a date of manufacture Read More...

Brendel Salvia flower model

The Salvia flower model consists of five handpainted papier mache removable parts which are 15 times enlarged. The pistil can be secured with a pin in the petal and between the stamens. The flower tissues are hold together by hooks. The reproductive organs together are placed in the flowerbase. A wooden stem leads to the ebonized decorated base, which has blue sticker. The sticker is marked: ‘No. 111 Salvia Officinalis. L. II 1. flos  Commn Sage Salbei. Blüthe Salvia Read More...

A ‘Nuremberg’ Wooden Compound Microscope,c.1800

A ‘Nuremberg’ Wooden Compound Microscope,c.1800 Dimension: 33cm (13”) closed;  39cm (15 ¼”) fully extended Condition: very good, optically sound, small chips to the wooden base. Maker: “IM” ———— A good wooden microscope made in Nuremberg, late 18th – early 19th. For a complete surveying on these microscopes see Yuval Goren’s coll.: https://www.microscopehistory.com/ Read More...

WWI Carl Zeiss Jena Fussartillerie compass

A WWI brass Carl Zeiss Jena “Fussartillerie” artillery compass. 3 3/4 inch dial marked with N W S points, the Carl Zeiss Jena logo, and B.R. 565 FUSSARTILLERIE.  Compass ring marked 0 – 6400. Needle marked N.  Back marked: D17. left-hand edge marked ZEIL with a 9 cm scale. Height: 10.5 cm. Width: 12 cm. Weight: 0.6 kilos. For a similar CZJ Fussartillerie compass see the collection of the Imperial War Museum, London, Catalogue number: OPT 292. Read More...

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...