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A fine and unique Cuff-type monocular compound microscope with double drawer construction (leaf or cobra decoration to base) in pyramidal case with unusual handle. Standing 16 inches tall, the lacquering and machining is exquisite. Signed on the stage in a combination of block and script “G. Sterrop, Maker”, this microscope may have been a special order item. Single sided mirror (beautiful lathe work to reverse), sliding double pillar construction with worm and screw fine focus, the optics are spectacular for Read More...

04 Sep

SOLD – Six draw pocket telescope – George Stebbing, Portsmouth.

By Scientific Inspirations

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SOLD – Measuring 3.5″ when closed and 15.5″ fully drawn with an objective lens of 23 mm. With baleen covered barrel, lens cap and eye-piece dust slider. Signed, ‘G. Stebbing, Portsmouth’. No dents, all lenses damage free. It gives a good clear image. George Stebbing worked from 1805 – 1845. Read More...

04 Sep

~SUPERB JONES MOST IMPROVED by DOLLOND~(SOLD)

By Scientifica Opticae Inc.

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A superb and complete example of a Jones most improved style microscope signed on the foot “Dollond, London”. Complete in every detail with 99% original golden lacquer. Every conceivable option of the day including a separately cased 2 inch Lieberkuhn. Cased with both eared side hooks intact. Rarely used. Lacquer loss is on the foot where the mirror pin struck the foot. Best on the market. Additional photos upon request. Read More...

29 Aug

SILVER DENTIST FOLDING MIRROR FOR SIR FRDERICK SEYMOUR C1884, FRUITWOOD CONCAVE DENTAL MIRROR & BONE HANDLE CONCAVE MIRROR

By Opticalworld

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ALL MIRRORS IN GOOD CONDITION WITH NO CRACKS. SILVER FOLDING MIRROR THAT CAN ALSO BE ANGLED , C1884 , THE BACK ENGRAVED WITH SEYMOUR CREST WITH A CORONET ABOVE, FOR ADMIRAL SIR FREDERICK SEYMOUR. WOODEN CONCAVE MIRROR C1820 BONE HANDLE ( BLOOD VESSEL SPOTS CLEARLY VISIBLE IN BONE, SEE PHOTO ) CONCAVE MIRROR WITH WHITE METAL MOUNT, C1880, BALL AND SOCKET HINGE. IF YOU JUST WANT TO BUY ONE MIRROR , THATS FINE Read More...

27 Aug

C1820 BRASS ACORN FLEAGLASS MICROSCOPE, 4 SCREWABLE SECTIONS , 5 PARTS

By Opticalworld

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THE REMOVABLE DOMED LID REVEALS SPECIMEN PIN AND LENS, LOWER SECTION CONTAINS, MONOCULAR AND LENS WITHIN THE BASE, SOME TARNISHING TO BRASS. Read More...

27 Aug

SILVER FOLDING AND LOCKING MEDICINE SPOON, HALLMARKED by WRIGHT & DAVIS DATED 1866, GOOD COND.

By Opticalworld

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NOTHING BROKEN , NO REPAIRS, EXCELLENT CONDITION , MADE BY WRIGHT & DAVIS IN LONDON IN 1866, WORKS WELL. Read More...

25 Aug

Seven draw telescope – Pizzala, Hatton Garden.

By Scientific Inspirations

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A brass 7 draw telescope with a baleen covered barrel, signed on the first draw, ‘Pizzala, Optician, 19 Hatton Garden, Holborn, London’. Francis A. Pizzala worked at this address from 1851 – 60. It measures 13 cms when closed and 58 cms fully open. The main lens is 34 mm diameter. It gives an excellent clear view. Read More...

24 Aug

~GOOD ROSS No. 1 MONOCULAR POLARISING MICROSCOPE~

By Scientifica Opticae Inc.

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Bearing number 1750, this pre-RMS monocular stands a huge 24 inches tall. Bar limb construction on splayed claw foot, it retains about 80% of it’s original lacquer (most wear is on the foot-see photo). Geared and racked fully rotatable square stage and a substage condenser/polariser, this microscope has limited accessories. 2 C (short and long) and D eyepieces (looking for A and B although the diameter is odd on these pre-RMS models) and two magnificent objectives (1/4 and 1/12 Read More...

23 Aug

~GOOD MOGINIE SIMPLE/COMPOUND MICROSCOPE~

By Scientifica Opticae Inc.

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Standing 12 inches tall, this simple/ compound microscope has unusual form and function. Created by William Moginie c.1860, it incorporates elegant form and function. Having a pair of turned brass legs in front to add stability (tripod design), a single sided 1 1/2 inch mirror, 4 inch bevelled glass stage insert, this field instrument has the option of compound use with two (2) “female” 1 1/2 inch/1 inch unsigned objectives in signed canister, a simple lens to be inserted Read More...

22 Aug

C1870 cased Lowne spirometer by Weiss

By M and R Gordon

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Lowne portable spirometer by Weiss & Son. The instrument and mahogany case are original. The tubing, mouthpiece and glass are replacements. Given that the case has no room for the glass, it was apparently sold separately or clinicians supplied their own. “Spirometers were developed in England in the 1840s. They measured the ‘vital capacity’ of the lungs. This means the largest amount of air they can hold, which can indicate the health of the respiratory system. They also indicated improvement Read More...

21 Aug

Copper printing plates for a pharmacist, c.1890

By Boris Jardine Rare Books

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An attractive group of printing artefacts: five small copper printing plates, one for a pharmaceutical label, one showing a pestle and mortar, one with a Royal coat of arms, and two indicating membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society. These appear to be ‘unnoficial’ productions, as they have not been identified with any official Pharmaceutical Society ephemera. Moreover, the Coat of Arms does not match the RPS’s Arms, as granted in 1844: here the central panel is replaced with ‘Member of Read More...

21 Aug

C.S. Myers on Shell Shock: Exceptionally scarce offprint group, 1915–1919

By Boris Jardine Rare Books

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Charles S. Myers’ foundational account of ‘shell shock’, as published in The Lancet, 1915–1919, comprising three offprints: 1. ‘A Contribution to the Study of Shell Shock: Being an Account of Three Cases of Loss of Memory, Vision, Smell, and Taste, Admitted into the Duchess of Westminster’s War Hospital, Le Touquet’, The Lancet, 13 February 1915 2. ‘Contributions to the Study of Shell Shock: Being an Account of Certain Cases Treated by Hypnosis’, The Lancet, 8 January 1916 [two copies] 3. ‘A Final Read More...