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Hugh Powell “Transitional” Microscope C. 1835. No case or accessories other than what is on the scope. This microscope is unsigned but typically, Hugh Powell only supplied a trade card glued to the inner door of case and has the features of a Hugh Powell (such as two-piece vertical pillar as illustrated in the included picture of Hugh Powell with one of his microscopes. The coarse and fine focusing mechanisms work well. The Turrell type stage does rotate and Read More...

08 Jan

Unusual Spirit lamp burner for cupping set

By Fletcher

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An unusual shaped spirit lamp for a cupping set, made of nickel, with lengthy wick coiled to interior. Read More...

08 Jan

SOLD – Antique J. Swift & Son Monocular Brass Polarising Microscope – circa 1890 – 1900

By Arcboutant Scientific

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Offered for sale is a collectable example of an antique monocular polarising brass microscope by quality makers J Swift & Son of London. The instrument is numbered Geolab 112 and bears the details of its maker J Swift & Son and their then address at 81 Tottenham Court Road, London. The instrument will most likely date to around sometime in the early 1890s – certainly post 1884 when the firm’s name changed to J Swift & Son – and Read More...

08 Jan

Brass Microscope in Original Case.

By BarryHodson

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Brass Microscope in Original Case,the microscope measures 11″tall.There are 2 Objectives and 1 eyepiece. Read More...

07 Jan

THE POLYGONAL SKY

By TESSERACT

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PROCTOR’S “NEW STAR ATLAS,” English, 1870, the large 10″ x 14-3/4″ (25 x 37 cm) volume with cloth-bound covers, stamped with foliate designs in the spandrels and gilt-stamped with the title. With 27 text pages, 12 double-page circular charts, and two double-page “index” plates, the atlas presents “All the stars visible to the naked eye, and fifteen hundred objects of interest,… without appreciable distortion, on an adequate scale, and within a convenient volume.” Most interesting are the two index Read More...

07 Jan

Mahogany Stick Barometer signed T.Blunt .London

By BarryHodson

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Mahogany Stick Barometer signed T.Blunt London,the barometer has a Silvered Dial with locking Doo.The barometer is circa 1830.it has a replacement system cover. Read More...

03 Jan

1813 Hallmarked Silver Feeding Spoon?

By M and R Gordon

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This is an interesting and rare implement. It is fully hallmarked for London 1813 and the maker is Joseph Angell. It is also engraved with a crest and the owner’s initials. Length: 5.2″ or 13cm approx. Very good condition. Not being able to confidently establish the use of this implement, I consulted one of the UK’s most knowledgeable silver small-work dealers and he responded as follows: ” I have had two of these spoons over the years, all of the Read More...

03 Jan

Set of Eighteenth Century Drawing Instruments in Fishskin Case

By Fletcher

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A good set of drawing instruments without Makers Name in original fishskin case Read More...

03 Jan

George III scales with Silver Pans

By Fletcher

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A set of George III scales hallmarked for London 1810 with seven associated weights Read More...

03 Jan

13 Glass Domestic Medicine Chest Bottles

By Fletcher

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Two different sized domestic medicine bottles. 2x Large size and 11x smaller size all in good condition noting that two of the smaller stoppers are stuck (but will try and release) Large bottle 6 inches tall without stopper x 3″ x 2.25′ Small bottles 4.38 inches tall without stopper x 2 5/8″ x 1.5 “ Other bottles available Read More...

02 Jan

Cox’s Companion to the Family Medicine Chest

By Fletcher

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A copy of the thirty-eighth edition of Cox’s Companion to the family medicine chest. Paper covers. Spotting and small losses to cover, spine damaged, some pages loose. Read More...

01 Jan

A Book of eighty five pages of Dispensary Bottle Labels

By Fletcher

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A useful book of Dispensary bottle labels by Thomas Waide & Sons Limited, 85 pages sixteen to a page. Each label is 2.5 inches by 1 and five eighths. Cover of book grubby, a few corners bent over, otherwise in good usable condition. Read More...