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Offered for Sale is a good antique condition with clear optics, nice age and use-appropriate patina to its brass-work. 111 year old example of the compact Watson Praxis that’s an ideal example for a collector or as a display piece in a suitable setting. Here we have a lovely collectable Praxis microscope by W. Watson & Sons Limited of London and for comparison purposes I’ve put a copy of the entry from Watson’s 1912 product catalogue at the end Read More...

16 Apr

LATE 18TH CENTURY BRONZE SIGNAL OR STARTING CANNON

By MikeRead

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

15 Apr

Hicks’ Patent Gilt-Metal Glucometer for Diabetes

By M and R Gordon

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A fine example of James Joseph Hicks’ (1837-1916) gilt-metal glucometer for diabetes testing . Length of instrument 5″. It retains its original case. The case interior closing shows wear but the instrument is in very good + condition. The London Science Museum owns number of Hicks’ instruments but does not appear to have an example of his glucometer in their collection. The Barometer Realm site notes: James Joseph Hicks was born in 1837 in County Cork, Ireland, but spent his childhood Read More...

14 Apr

Four draw telescope by Andrew Ross, in case.

By Scientific Inspirations

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A nickel silver 4 draw telescope signed on the first draw in script, ‘A. Ross,London’. It measures 7.75 inches when closed and 28.5 inches fully open. No dents though tiny knock on the eye piece brim. Damage free lenses. Baleen covered barrel. It gives an excellent clear view. In original leather case. Strap broken / detached. Circa 1845. Read More...

13 Apr

SOLD – Large Smith & Beck monocular microscope, ‘Large Best’ or No1 stand. No case.

By Scientific Inspirations

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SOLD – Signed on the foot, ‘Smith & Beck 6, Coleman St, London‘, the microscope has a large stand allowing the instrument to turn 360 degrees, with two large tapering pillars with trunnions supporting the body and draw tube. The microscope has coarse and fine focus wheels and currently holds a Collins objective (included). It has a large circular stage measuring just under 5 inches diameter with thumb wheels for X and Y movement and one which turns the Read More...

12 Apr

SOLD – large monocular microscope in case.

By Scientific Inspirations

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SOLD – This microscope has a single column rising from the stand with a compass joint at the top which has a short limb and holds a brass column. The rack and pinion is fixed to the column under the short limb and an inner sleeve moves upwards from within the column (via the rack and pinion) and adjust body tube. The stage has X Y movement via the thumb wheels and the stage can be manually moved up Read More...

12 Apr

SOLD – Drum microscope in case.

By Scientific Inspirations

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SOLD – A lacquered brass drum microscope with a height of 10 inches when fully racked down, the body with a diameter of 2 inches. It has a single sided mirror measuring just over 1.5 inch diameter. There is no damage to the microscope and retains all the original lacquer. The rack and pinion works very well without any issues. The mahogany case holds 6 objectives numbered 1 – 6, lieberkuhn, cover slip container and a selection of bone Read More...

12 Apr

HEATH LADDER FRAME SEXTANT

By MikeRead

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

11 Apr

Massive Pair of Eighteenth century Brass and Steel Dividers in Fishskin Case

By Fletcher

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A very large pair of unsigned dividers from the eighteenth century, in original fishskin case. The dividers are in very good condition but the case is distressed. Both ends are missing and the lid needs repair. Read More...

11 Apr

SOLD – Smith and Beck binocular microscope in case.

By Scientific Inspirations

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SOLD – A ‘Small Best’ binocular microscope by ‘Smith & Beck, 6 Coleman St, London. 1317’. The microscope sits on a single taper column with a compass joint to the top which holds the body. It stands 18.5 inches high when brought to focus and has coarse and fine focus wheels, sub stage wheel of stops and a large articulated plano / concave mirror measuring just over 2 inches in diameter. Accessories include a large bulls eye on stand, Read More...

11 Apr

Antique Aitchison & Co. (by J Swift) – Wenham Binocular Brass Microscope – c1890

By Arcboutant Scientific

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Wenham Binocular Brass Microscope circa 1890 – 1900 serial no. 5649 marked Aitchison & Co. This listing is for a nice antique example of what appears to be a Jackson-pattern stand that dates to around 1890 based on its serial number 5649 and tell-tale features such as the diagonal-cut rack. It’s marked Aitchison & Co with their address at 47 Fleet Street, London. This being a Victorian example and around 130 years old, as you’d expect it’s got some signs Read More...

11 Apr

SOLD – Large Jones improved brass microscope by Dollond. No case.

By Scientific Inspirations

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SOLD – Signed on the folding foot, ‘Dollond, London’, with a tapering pillar which attaches to the inclining straight limb by a compass joint. Focus is to the stage by rack and pinion acting on the front side of the limb which has the rack machined into it. The substage condenser and mirror slide on box-shaped fittings along the limb. They can be locked in place by small knurled knobs. The stage is fitted with a U-shaped stage clip Read More...