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Marine chronometer of Parkinson & Frodsham with rare display in original mahogany box with key and brass mountings. Bone plate 355 numbered. Gimbal suspension, brass case, spring detent chronometer with helical hairspring. Signed and numbered 355. Original dial with rare rotating power reserve indicator for 8 days of power. Blued steel hands, large seconds indicator. Chronometers by the important London manufacturer Parkinson & Frodsham are very rare and sought-after collectors’items. Date: ca. 1820HWL box: 17x17x17 cmD chronometer: 10 cmSigned: Parkinson Read More...

28 Jun

~RARE AND FINE COMBINATION BAROMETER AND COMPASS-SIDDALL~

By Scientifica Opticae Inc.

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A rare combination pocket barometer and compass by J.D. Siddall, the Cross (Bridge Street), Chester c.1880. Measuring 2 inches (5cm.) in diameter, this gilt brass compendium has seen little use. The fully compensating barometer with silvered dial measures barometric pressure from 23-31 inches and altitude from 0-8000 feet (ballooning?). The needle has been set for 300 feet and responds well when bag tested. Suspension loop and bevelled glass. On the reverse is a 2 inch compass with locking tab/bar and jewelled Read More...

23 Jun

Four C1880 Monaural Stethoscopes

By M and R Gordon

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We are offering four C1880 monaural stethoscopes, all of which are likely British or Irish in origin. They are identified in the first listing image.Happy to provide additional images or documentation 1) The Walsh is made of fir with a Vulcanite or Celluloid earpiece Height=7″. No condition issues: $295.00. 2 The Burrows is made of cedar with a bone earpiece. Height=7″. No condition issues: $695.00, 3) The Stokes is ebonized wood throughout. Height=6″ No condition issues: $295.00. 4) The Bliss is ebonized wood Read More...

22 Jun

Victorian apothecary or medicine chest

By Early Science

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Victorian apothecary or medicine chest with lots of bottles and acesoires,see the detail pictures including the original fitting key.Only if the front doors are opened can you open the secret compartment at the back of the locker to access the important and dangerous medicines.Dimensions 30 X 20 X 26 cm will be very well packaged and sent by registered post. Read More...

21 Jun

POCKET or BOX SEXTANT

By Victor Burness

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Leather case in good condition. dark filter on the telescope Read More...

21 Jun

BOOKS ON OLD CAMERAS.

By MikeRead

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

20 Jun

Eye Quackery: Neu-Vita Oculizer in Original Box w. Lid

By M and R Gordon

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The Neu Vita Oculizer was introduced early in the last century for ocular massage in the home . While ocular massage has a long therapeutic history, and many advocates, the oculizer , does not appear to have been held in high regard by the medical community as a device that offered much, if any, benfit in improving vision. This said the company, Neu Vita Eye Institute in London, produced the device from the late 1920s through at least part Read More...

20 Jun

MR NELSONS MICROSCOPE APLANATIC BULLSEYE CONDENSER

By MikeRead

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

18 Jun

Three Volumes, A-C, D-H, I-O The Library of the Earl of Macclesfield, Science Books 2004/5-All Book Sales go to Medecins sans Frontiere Charity

By Fletcher

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Three Volumes Hard back, fully Illustrated, Sothebys Read More...

16 Jun

Sotheby’s Auction, 20 March 2003, The James Watt Sale, Art and Science (All Sales go to Medecins sans Frontiere Charity)

By Fletcher

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295 pages, 562 lots, fully illustrated Read More...

15 Jun

Rare 3,5 Inches Newton Pocket Globe Dated January 1817 in his fish-skin Case

By Antiques Le Saint Georges

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Rare 3,5 Inches Newton Pocket Globe in its original fish-skin case. Dated January 1817 Newton uses the method to show a view of the planetary system as it was know in the January 1817. Circle meridien in brass with degrees. Same model in Science Museum London Museum Greenwich, and some other international Museum A pocket globe is a small, portable globe that can fit in a pocket or purse. It typically measures between 1 and 5 inches in diameter and is designed to be Read More...

15 Jun

Fine W & S Jones miniature surveying compass, c.1815, offered with the Jones catalogue

By Fleaglass-Commission-Sale

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A fine miniature surveying compass by W & S Jones of London, c.1815 Offered with: A Catalogue of Optical, Mathematical, and Philosophical Instruments, dated August 1827 This beautiful instrument is very similar to the example illustrated in George Adams’ Geometrical and Graphical Essays, first published by Jones in 1797, Plate XV, Fig. 4. However, it differs in two respects from the illustration: the present compass is not set on a graduated base and is therefore not a true circumferentor, and the Read More...