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A large marine presentation telescope constructed in nickel silver with the sun visor and eye-piece of silver plate. The taper barrel is finished in black leather. It measures 28 inches long when closed and 42 inches fully drawn. It gives an excellent clear view. There is an additional short pancratic draw tube (2.5″ long) and this allows the user to ‘zoom in’ when viewing. The sun visor is engraved: Presented to Mr Keightley, Boatswain R.N. By the Fourth Form who passed out December 1876. H.M.S. Britannia. H.M.S. Read More...

04 Oct

FINE ROBERT BANCKS MICROSCOPE

By MikeRead

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ACCESSORIES: SPRUNG STAGE, 6 NUMBERED OBJECTIVES ALL WITH LENS., STAGE FORCEPS, STAGE BULLS-EYE, FISH PLATE, LIEBERKUHN IN CAN & LIEBERKUHN CARRIER, LIVE BOX, WET SLIDE, TALC BOX FULL OF BRASS RINGS & MICA DISCS, TWEEZERS, GLASS TUBES, GLASS DISC & SLIDERS. ORIGINAL GOLD LACQUER VERY GOOD, THE ACCESSORIES ARE MINT. Contact Email: [email protected] IVORY EXEMPTION NUMBER DWDE5DYX Read More...

03 Oct

IRISH SEXTANT BELFAST

By MikeRead

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SHIPPING BY UPS, FEDEX, ETC. FULLY TRACKED. Contact Email: [email protected] Read More...

02 Oct

A large and early Weiss Liston-amputation knife

By M and R Gordon

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A large and early (15″ or 37.50 cm) Weiss Liston-amputation knife with back sharpened last two inches. It is signed both on checkered ebony handle and blade with name and 62 The Strand address. One side of handle has stable hairline. Blade is bright with no evidence of rust or corrosion. Read More...

02 Oct

STANLEY SEMI-ELLIPTICAL TRAMMEL

By MikeRead

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SHIPPING BY FEDEX, UPS, DHL, ETC. FULLY TRACKED. Contact Email: [email protected] Read More...

01 Oct

FINE EARLY 19TH CENTURY OCTANT BY BYWATER OF LIVERPOOL

By MikeRead

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SHIPPING BY FEDEX, UPS, DHL, ETC. FULLY TRACKED. Contact Email: [email protected] THE SCALE HAS BEEN DIVIDED ON: SPENCER, BROWNING & RUST’S DIVIDING ENGINE. SBR IVORY EXEMPTION NUMBER CVXF8CB6 Read More...

29 Sep

~FINE GEORGIAN CIRCUMFERENTOR-TROUGHTON~

By ScientificaOpticae

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20 cm. diameter with 12 cm. silvered compass and 10 cm. sighting vanes, this surveying instrument is signed “Troughton, London” in flowing script. Compass dial divided into 360 degrees on the outer ring and further divided into four 90 degree quadrants. Unusual features include a RED compass needle (still points North), round knurled compass lock knob and a wonderful butterfly nut below for the pole staff. Outer ring fully divided in 1/2 degree increments for the full 360 degrees Read More...

28 Sep

Stevenson on Illuminating Lighthouses, First Edition, 1835.

By Hatchwell Antiques

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First edition of Alan Stevenson’s 1835 book, Report to the Committee of the Commissioners of Northern Lights, Appointed to take into consideration the subject of Illuminating the Lighthouses by Means of Lenses. Edinburgh: printed by Neill and Company, MDCCCXXXV. The book contains six plates drawn by Allan Stevenson when he was in Paris at the office of M. Fresnel, drawn by Steveson, he copied them from Fresnel’s original in 1834, as denoted to the foot of five of the plates. In Read More...

27 Sep

SOLD – Three draw Irish telescope – Mason, Dublin.

By Scientific Inspirations

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SOLD – A three draw brass telescope with a walnut barrel, signed near the eye-piece, ‘Mason, Dublin’. Several of the Mason family worked from 1780 – 1878. The telescope measures 23 inches fully extended and 8 inches when closed with a main lens of 35 mm. It gives a good, clear sharp image when viewing with a magnification of 28x. In excellent condition throughout and has the original leather case. Read More...

27 Sep

A silver equinoctial sundial by Edward Nairne, circa 1760

By Le Zograscope

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A very rare massive solid silver equinoctial sundial signed “E. Naine London” so made by Edward Nairne between 1748 and 1774 before his partnership with Blunt. The instrument is made with heavy pieces of silver and splendidely engraved, especially the compass rose and the large signature. The hour cirlce is doublely engraved on both sides. On the backside of the compass, 9 cities and their latitude are engraved : Valence, Toleda, Lyons, Compostella, Lisbon, Stockholm, Paris, Madrid and Prague. The English silver sundials Read More...

27 Sep

~PRISTINE MINING ANEMOMETER IN ORIGINAL BOX~

By ScientificaOpticae

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Signed “Negretti and Zambra, No.997”, this air flow miner’s meter (anemometer) has seen zero use. Signed and serialised with trade and inspection label to the lid of the mahogany box, it retains ALL of it’s original orange lacquer, 5 subsiduary dials (from hundreds to hundreds of thousands of feet per minute), works flawlessly, needle lock, aluminum vanes (expensive at the time), with post mount which screws into the base. Dial measures 2 1/2 inches, vane surround is 3 1/2 Read More...

26 Sep

Engraved presentation telescope, Australian connection.

By Scientific Inspirations

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A taper barrelled single draw leather covered marine telescope, the barrel with a ‘merchant services flag panel. The single draw is signed, ‘Dollond, London’ with additional inscription, ‘Presented to Captain Robert Pollock by the Passengers of the Ship, Plantagenet, 1854’. The Plantagenet was a wooden sailing ship of 806 tons, built in Newcastle in 1838. It arrived in Australia in July 1854 with the Captain and crew of 23 and with a passenger list of 310 including a surgeon. Captain Pollock Read More...