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Gregorian telescope by Springer, Bristol

A fine 3″ Gregorian telescope with good original lacquer, the stand has similar design features as ones we have had by Adams. Joshua Springer worked 1759-1809   Read More...

Library lens in shagreen case as seen on the Edward Scarlett trade card

A rare 18th century oval magnifying lens in the original black shagreen case, I have only ever seen a couple of these, and  one appears on the trade card for Edward Scarlett see image. The lens has a fault within the glass but is all there. One in the science museum calls it an Edward Scarlett type reading lense  First half of the 18th century  Ivory registration VAR3BCTA   Read More...

SILVER STANHOPE FOLDING MINIATURE MICROSCOPE MAGNIFYING GLASS, LENS GOOD, IMAGE SHARP,ALL GOOD.

SOLID SILVER POCKET MICROSCOPE, IN GOOD FUNCTIONING CONDITION Read More...

NEGRETTI & ZAMBRA BRASS DESK STANDING WEATHER FORECAST BAROMETER DATED 1915 WITH ITS CASE

IN EXCELLENT WORKING CONDITION, CASE HAS SOME STAINS ON IT . 5 IN. DIAMETER . FUNCTIONS WELL,DATED 1915 PATENT  6276 Read More...

“THE MOST IMPORTANT VICTORIAN BOOK ON CINEMATOGRAPHY” (1899), ASSOCIATION COPY

HOPWOOD, Henry V.; BULL, Lucien (his copy) Living Pictures: Their History, Photo-Production and Practical Working. With a Digest of British Patents and Annotated Bibliography Published by The Optician & Photographic Trades Review, London, 1899 8vo; pp. i xii (ads and prelims), 275, [1, errata], xiii xxvii (ads). A note opposite the title page signed by Stanley Bowler, dated 20 April 1967, indicates that this copy was once in the possession of Lucien Bull (1876-1972), the French-Irish inventor, ‘chronophotographer’ and assistant to Étienne-Jules Marey. Read More...

THROUGHTON & SIMMS PLAIN THEODOLITE EARLY 19TH CENTURY.

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

Spectroscope in case – John Browning.

Engraved to the body, John Browning, London’. Nice condition. Read More...

POCKET BRASS HAND HELD MICROSCOPE WOODEN HANDLE , LENSES GOOD, IMAGE GOOD

OTHER THAN SOME TARNISHING TO BRASS, EVERYTHING IS IN GOOD CONDITION . 4 IN. LONG , NOTHING BROKEN   Read More...

1860’s trepan elevator by Weiss

An 1860’s trepan elevator by Weiss with an ebony cross-hatched handle. Length: 14,5 cm.  Read More...

1860’s Metacarpal saw by Weiss

A French metacarpal saw or finger saw by Weiss of c. 1863. Made of steel with an ebony cross-hatched handle with some damage. Length: 18,5 cm. Read More...

Pocket Sundial

The dial has a screw off lid, under the glass is a hand coloured printed compass card  The compass is in good working order    Read More...

C1925 Heitz-Boyer’s bone clamp

Nice example of a Heitz-Boyer’s bone clamp in good working order. No maker indicated. Kirkup (THE EVOLUTION OF SURGICAL INSTRUMENT, 2005:308) dates this instument c1925, presumably based on an entry in Down Bros. catalog.–see last image. Length: Length: 14″ or 35cm as shown.   Read More...