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Large Pewter Bleeding Bowl English, C1800 porringer type with graduated rings for fluid ounces 4 – 32, maker’s touchmark to base of a unicorn and crown with a motto (not fully legible). Diameter 16.5cm Read More...

15 Nov

Davon combination telescope microscope

By Victor Burness

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The instrument is complete and in good working order. With its leather covered case Read More...

14 Nov

Small portable thermometer in case – Bate, London.

By Scientific Inspirations

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A small portable thermometer by Bate, London, circa 1830, measuring 5 inches long. No cracks or nibbles. In plush lined moroccan case. Read More...

11 Nov

BRONZE SUNDIAL PLATE BY THOMAS PATTRICK

By MikeRead

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

10 Nov

Fame and Legacy: Ramsden “Mementos” from the past 100 Years

By TESSERACT

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Ramsden’s name continues in current usage, whether as the “Ramsden disk” (the exit pupil of a telescope), the “Ramsden eyepiece” (his design, with twin plano-convex lenses, the curves facing each other), or “Point Ramsden” (in present day British Columbia, named by Captain Vancouver on his 1793 explorations). Even a lunar crater bears his name, located at lunar latitude -32.9°, longitude -31.8° And much of his instrumentation has had a long productive life: his (or Troughton’s version of his) dividing Read More...

07 Nov

Maynard’s Patent Chloroform Dripping Bottle

By M and R Gordon

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A good cased example of Maynard’s patent chloroform dripping bottle.Introduced in the last quarter of the 19th century, Maynard’s patent was still in use during the early decades of the last century, as evidenced by it presence in manufacturers’ catalogs of that period. Maynard’s patent relates to the stopper, which could be turned into an open (dripping) position or a closed one What appears to be a chip on the bottle rim is actually a notch used for alignment. Read More...

07 Nov

W. Collins Thermometer

By Van Leest Antiques

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English, c.1840, engraved ‘William Collins’ thermometer glass mounted on silvered brass plate engraved in Ferenheight, scale further engraved ‘Reaumr, Just Freex, Temperate, Sum’r Heat, Blood Heat and NIGHT’, glass containing alcohol, case lined with cream silk and velvet covered in red Moroccan leather with brass suspension loop, catches and hinges, case measurements 11 x 5,5 x 2 cm. Look for shop information on www.vanleestantiques.com Read More...

07 Nov

Fleaglass microscope & Telescope Compendium, 18th C

By Van Leest Antiques

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Fleaglass microscope & Telescope Compendium, 18th C. An European, 18th Century Compendium, constructed from bone, comprising 3 sections with each piece has a Lens to make a small low powered telescope, a loop type magnifier and a fleaglass magnifier, with 2 screw on end caps. The first section of the body has a convex lens with a mounted fleaglass, which also acts as a diaphragm fleaglass. The small, high-power lens in the bone ring has a specimen pin at the Read More...

07 Nov

Set of 12 Antique Microscope Slides by W.H.Darker c1840

By Antique Microscopes

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A rare set of twelve microscope slides by the intriguing and rather mysterious nineteenth-century scientific instrument maker William Hill Darker. Darker was much in demand as an instrument maker to many of the most high-profile scientists of his time, but the meticulously high standards he set himself often led to his customers becoming impatient when promises for delivery were not kept. Darker’s attention for detail and the finest workmanship certainly extends to his elegantly presented microscopes slides. Each is made from Read More...

07 Nov

Antique J. Swift Histological & Physiological Microscope with Roller-stage c1900

By Arcboutant Scientific

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Offered for sale is an example of an antique monocular brass microscope by quality makers J Swift & Son of London termed the Histological & Physiological model. See copy of a 1906 advert for this exact model in the listing photos. This instrument isn’t numbered and it appears that the serial number has been ground off by a former custodian – see underside of tripod. This model by Swift was specifically designed to meet the needs of medical students Read More...

05 Nov

James Powell Swift “Best Compound Microscope Nº 1A (c.1865)

By Viafora

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The microscope is a binocular “Ross bar-limb” type, This type has a square section which pivots about the uprights, to which is attached the stage and racked substage. It was designed by Andrew Ross in 1842. Lacquer is original, all moving function well.Tilt very firmly set. The microscope has detachable “Wenham” binocular tubes, which can be used for stereo-microscopy by using an achromatic prism above the objective lens to split the light beam. The nosepiece on the instrument also Read More...

03 Nov

EARLY NON-ACHROMATIC ENGLISH TELESCOPE

By MikeRead

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