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A excellent example of S. Nye’s Patent Masticator for persons unable to chew food. In high quality silver plate, detachable handle and clamp in original case. In excellent condition Read More...

23 Aug

~WATSON MODEL H WITH UNUSUAL OPTIONS~

By Scientifica Opticae Inc.

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A fine (wear to stage and bronze legs) Edinburgh H model monocular microscope with unusual eyepiece and stage options. Standing 13 inches tall (16 inches fully racked), this microscope has 5 objectives ranging from 2 inch to 1/12, 3 eyepieces (two standard-6 and 10X together with a variable telescoping one-marked 10, 20, 30 to INF), coarse and fine adjustment, fully racked mechanical stage with bright steel stage clips, substage iris and Abbe condenser on rack and pinion and a 2 Read More...

22 Aug

Antique Pair of Top-hat Microscope Eyepieces ~6x Magnification 33.6 mm Dia Fitment

By Arcboutant Scientific

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Offered for sale is a good clean pair of antique microscope top-hat eyepieces in brass – 6x magnification. The eyepieces are of good period quality and are unbranded but will be by a good English maker. Details: – approx 6x magnification– 33.6mm diameter fit– 45mm depth of fit into optical tubes – suitable for Wenham binocular instruments Thanks for looking. Read More...

22 Aug

Vintage W. Watson & Sons Ltd – Service Monocular Brass Microscope – c1938, Cased

By Arcboutant Scientific

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Offered for sale we have a vintage original Service model microscope by W. Watson & Sons Limited of London. This example dates to 1938 based on the sequential Watson production number of 65454 which is engraved onto the main tube. There’s also the Watson guarantee/magnification card in the case which is increasingly hard to find with vintage Watsons and this confirms the exact date as 22nd March 1938. This pre-war example is in all-original condition as far as I Read More...

22 Aug

Vintage W. Watson & Sons Ltd – Service Petrological Brass Microscope – c1933, Cased

By Arcboutant Scientific

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Watson Service Petrological Microscope – No. 53875 – circa 1933 Offered for sale is a lovely collectable inter-war Service petrological microscope in lacquered brass finish by W. Watson & Sons Limited of London. This example dates to 1933 based on the sequential Watson production number of 53875 which is engraved onto the main tube. This inter-war example is in all-original condition as far as I can tell and has been well looked after by its former custodians, presenting a great Read More...

22 Aug

C1810 SMPLE HAND HELD MICROSCOPE IN ORIG. CASE , ALL IN EXCELLENT COND.

By Opticalworld

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IMAGE IS SHARP AND CLEAR , LENS IS GOOD , IN VERY GOOD CONDITION, CASE CLOSES WELL WITH HEALTHY CLICK , A FINE QUALITY ITEM, BRASS MOUNTED Read More...

22 Aug

18th C, CUT STEEL QUIZZING MAGNIYING GLASS C1750, FACETED AND POLISHED IN EXCELLENT COND.

By Opticalworld

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LENS EXCELLENT WITH GOOD MAGNIFICATION, IMAGE CLEAR AND SHARP , NOTHING BROKEN , NO REPAIRS, ALL IN COMPLETE EXCELLENT CONDITION Read More...

22 Aug

Small size sextant – Cary, London. R.G.S. No 1.

By Scientific Inspirations

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A small size brass sextant of 6″ radius, the silver scale reading from 0 – 150, the arc engraved, ‘Cary, London. No 909 A, Royal Geographical Society. R.G.S. No 1’. In very nice condition throughout, the mahogany handle with brass lug for tripod attachment. The case measures 21 x 21 cms and has two fastening hooks and brass handle. Cracks to the lid and one to the base. Lock missing. The case holds a short telescope, a sighting scope, a long Read More...

20 Aug

~EXCELLENT ADVANCED STUDENT PETROGRAPHIC MICROSCOPE-SWIFT~

By Scientifica Opticae Inc.

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Well equipped with 99% golden lacquer, this advanced student petrographic microscope was seldomly used. Slight scuffs to the anodized bronze horseshoe base numbered 12237, with an unusual centering nosepiece by Thos. Armstrong No.346, Manchester and Liverpool. Mechanically and cosmetically wonderful with micrometer fine focussing to the double objective nosepiece, tight rack and pinion coarse adjustment, fully rotating 360 degree tound stage with micrometer, blued steel stage clips, swing out substage for polariser, perfect double sided mirror and a good Read More...

15 Aug

SOLD – Antique Ross-Zentmayer No. 1 Binocular Microscope in Brass by Ross London c1885

By Arcboutant Scientific

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Offered for sale and a rare find – an Andrew Ross-Zentmayer No.1, serial number 5380 of immense size, with: – Jackson-Lister type limb design– Wenham binocular with mechanical draw-tubes– RMS objective fitment– diagonal-cut coarse focus rack– vernier screw/long lever fine focus – note: this action needs attention/repair– rotating mechanical stage with x/y controls to RHS– swinging sub-stage for oblique illumination– sub-stage dovetail recess for technical sub-stage fittings– large 3 inch plano-concave reflector with tarnishing mainly to plane side And overall, just Read More...

14 Aug

ADIE BOX SEXTANT

By MikeRead

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

14 Aug

Exquisite Double-Frame Quintant by Troughton & Simms

By Antiques Le Saint Georges

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Exquisite Double-Frame Quintant by Troughton & Simms c.1850 Presented here is a superb double-frame quintant by Troughton & Simms, the foremost English instrument makers of their era. This exceptional piece, engraved “Troughton & Simms, London” , exemplifies the pinnacle of 19th-century nautical craftsmanship. Designed by Edward Troughton, this instrument features a 140-degree arc, technically classifying it as a quintant. Crafted from solid brass—a material prized for its strength and precision—it represents the evolution of maritime navigation instruments. Double-frame sextants (or quintants) were far rarer than their single-frame counterparts due to their Read More...