North America Archives

Comments Off

Interesting American Chronometer signed W. N Bond In Boston N·543 Cased in mahogany box. Good condition . Mechanism perfect and function . Read More...

10 Jan

Schaer’s Self-Calculating Template

By M and R Gordon

Comments Off

Schaer’s Self-Calculating Template was patented on August 6, 1895 in the USA. I was used to “Find the average yarn from average threads per inch” and to: “Find yards per square pound.” It is 10.5″ or 17cm long and made of steel. Read More...

09 Jan

Rare 18th-Century Leather Amputation Retractor

By M and R Gordon

Comments Off

An 18th-century leather amputation retractor .Length: 17″ or” 42cm approx. We have listed the country of origin as “North America” because they were found in the USA but they could well be English imports. Kirkup notes that: “In the eighteenth-century , split -leather amputation retractors were held against the soft tissue to expose the femur or tibia and thus expedite high proximal bone section deep in the muscles.”(2005: 78-79). Bennion illustrates two split leather retractors from the collection of Read More...

08 Jan

McIntosh No.1 Electrode Case

By M and R Gordon

Comments Off

McIntosh No. 1 Electrode Case as shown in Truax 1890 Catalog, page 262. Set includes vaginal electrode, cup-shaped electrode for uterus, rectal electrode, nasal electrode, Duchenne’s metallic points for muscular Faradization, metallic brush, etc. All attachments in very good condition. Case is 14″ long. Read More...

07 Jan

Ohio Surveying Compass

By TESSERACT

Comments Off

LARGE OHIO SURVEYING COMPASS, American, c. 1880, signed “T.F. Randolph, Cin., O.” The thick main plate is 15-3/4″ (40 cm) long, mounted with twin spirit levels, outkeeper adjustable 1-16, and 7″ diameter glazed compass with simple face, silvered degree ring divided full circle every half-degree, and very finely crafted needle (blued, with horizontally flat center and vertically flat ends, set with steel pivot, brass hub, and balance adjustment for needle dip). Below is an outkeeper knob, a canted needle Read More...

07 Jan

The Franklin Terrestrial Globe

By TESSERACT

Comments Off

AMERICAN TABLE GLOBE, c. late 19th century, signed in the cartouche in the printed gores “The Franklin Terrestrial Globe, 12 inches in diameter containing all the Geographical Divisions & Political Boundaries to the present date. Carefully compiled from the best Authorities…Troy, N.Y.” Overlaid is the retailer’s paper “H.B. Nims & Co.” The printed globe gores are dense with detail, including many voyages of discovery which are traced, identified, and dated. The first transatlantic submarine cable (1858) is shown, plus Read More...

31 Dec

Cased and Signed E.H. Griffith “Club” Microscope.

By Orlando Microscopes

Comments Off

Cased and Signed E.H. Griffith “Club” Microscope. C. late 1800’s. The base of the microscope is signed “E.H. GRIFFITH FAIRPORT, N.Y.”. This microscope has several accessories including a Cased Objective marked “BAUSCH & LOMB OPTICAL CO. 1 IN”, an empty objective case marked “1/6”, and some other accessories I am not familiar with, but are shown in attached images. The double-sided mirrors are in poor condition. The coarse focusing is achieved using rack and pinion setup, but some of Read More...

31 Dec

Cased and Signed J. Zentmayer Microscope with Continental Stand V

By Orlando Microscopes

Comments Off

Cased and Signed J. Zentmayer Microscope with Continental Stand V. The microscope is C. 1895. The Accessories that are stored in the case include” black empty cases marked “4 mm B.&L.O.CO” and “16mm B.&L.O.CO” that are stored in one drawer and the other drawer contains two objective storage cases. One case has an objective inside. That case is marked “BAUSCH & LOMB OPTICAL CO 1/12 ROCHESTER, N.Y. NEW YORK CITY”. The other objective case is empty and is marked Read More...

31 Dec

Cased and Signed George Wale “Working Microscope”.

By Orlando Microscopes

Comments Off

Cased and Signed George Wale “Working Microscope”. The microscope is C. 1880 and has no accessories in the case other than the eyepiece that has to be removed from the body tube to get the microscope in the case. The top of the stage is signed “Geo. Wale” and the bottom of the substage insert is signed “Geo. Wale Pat June 6, 1876”. Coarse focusing is by rack and pinion and works smoothly. Fine focusing is accomplished by turning Read More...

27 Dec

Antique Microscope signed by Ernst Gundlach and signed Yawman & Erbe Rochester N.Y.

By Orlando Microscopes

Comments Off

Antique Microscope signed by Ernst Gundlach and signed Yawman & Erbe Rochester N.Y. This microscope is late 1880s or so and has no case or accessories other than what is mounted on the microscope. Coarse focusing functions but I think some teeth are stripped as it does not operate smoothly. Fine focusing does work smoothly. The plane/concave mirrors are in very good condition. The mirrors are mounted on an arm that swings left and right and does operate smoothly. Read More...

27 Dec

Antique J&W Grunow Microscope

By Orlando Microscopes

Comments Off

Antique J&W Grunow Microscope. No Case or accessories. Microscope is signed on the body tube: “J&W Grunow 582” and is estimated to be C. 1868 or so. The stage is supposed to move in X and Y direction but due to some rust/corrosion on the bottom of the stage, neither of the knobs turns in either direction. The double-sided mirrors are in fair to good condition, however, the mirror mount to the sliding arm is loose. The microscope stands Read More...

27 Dec

Folding Binocular Microscope by J&W Grunow

By Orlando Microscopes

Comments Off

Folding Binocular Microscope by J&W Grunow. Microscope is marked on binocular tube “J&W Grunow New-York 482” and is C. 1867. There is no case with this microscope. Extension and retraction of binocular tubes is accomplished with thumb wheel and works smoothly. The coarse focusing works smoothly as does the X-Y movement of the stage. The double-sided mirrors are in very good condition. Microscope stands 15” (38.1 cm) tall. Read More...