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A nice example of a thumb lancet with a very sharp single steel blade housed in a tortoiseshell two-piece handle, signed Spar Ling, in its original leather-coated pasteboard etui. Read More...

08 May

Antique Brass Microscope. R&J Beck’s Opaque Disc Revolver with Provenance

By Antique Microscopes

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A complete opaque disc outfit from R&J Beck, circa 1870. It was previously owned by Charles Schultz, a founder and former president of the New York Microscopical Society. The item is in very fine condition, with an intact fusee chain to drive the revolution of the disc. Read More...

20 Apr

~FINE FOLDING ARM CIRCULAR PROTRACTOR-SIMMS, LONDON~

By Scientifica Opticae Inc.

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A fine and rare six inch folding arm, circular protractor by William Simms PRIOR to the formation of the famous duo of Troughton & Simms c.1826. Signed SIMMS, LONDON in bold block letters and serialised * 11. Not geared as in later examples, the outer ring 360 degree, finely divided (not engine) according to Simms special method which intrigued Troughton and the scientific instrument community. Geared and locking slow motion worm and screw opposite a vernier reading from 0-25 Read More...

11 Apr

~UNUSUAL COMPLETE SET OF APOTHECARY WEIGHTS AND SCALES~

By Scientifica Opticae Inc.

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An unusual and complete set of apothecary weights with equal arm balance marked D crown J lion passant (Dover Justices) c.1880. I could find NO other extant examples of these rare weight markings. The cylindrical weights (in grams-1 x 20, 2 x 10, 1 x 5, 2 x 2 and 1 x 1) all stamped D crown J with lion passant (see photo), together with wafer weights in 5 ,2 and 1 decigrams. The steel beam measures 14 cm. Read More...

07 Apr

Brass equatorial ring signed J. (Joseph) Jackson Fecit made circa 1760

By Galerie Delalande Paris

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Brass equatorial ring signed « J. (Joseph) Jackson Fecit ». The meridian circle, on the signature side, bears a latitude scale 90-0-90. On the other side a scale graduated from 0 to 90 centred on the pin hole on the opposite side. The hour ring graduated on one side from I to XII twice and subdivided by 30 minutes, 15 minutes, 7,5 minutes. Inside the same divisions. The central bridge bears on one side the scale of the months and on the other the Zodiac Read More...

07 Apr

Large brass equatorial ring signed J. BENNETT LONDON made circa 1730/1740

By Galerie Delalande Paris

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Large brass equatorial ring signed “J. BENNETT LONDON“. The meridian circle, on the signature side, bears a latitude scale 90-0-90. On the other side a scale graduated from 0 to 90 centred on the pin hole on the opposite side. The hour ring graduated on one side from I to XII twice and subdivided by 30 minutes, 15 minutes, 5 minutes. Inside the same divisions. The central bridge bears on one side the scale of the months and on the other the Zodiac Read More...

04 Apr

~LARGE BULLSEYE CONDENSER by BROADHURST and CLARKSON~

By Scientifica Opticae Inc.

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A good and large (full size for a No. 1 stand) bright brass, bullseye condenser by Broadhurst, Clarkson & Co., 63 Farringdon Rd. London, E.C. c.1900. Standing 30 cm. tall (fully extended) with a 25 cm. arm terminating in an anodized brass bound ring to the 5 cm. plano convex lens, this microscope accessory could be used in conjunction with a B&C microscope or a stand alone desk adornment. Not without it’s minor faults (due to improper shipping), it has not Read More...

02 Apr

~CASED STANHOPE/MINIATURE CODDINGTON LENS- F. L. WEST~

By Scientifica Opticae Inc.

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A fine cased, minature Coddington lens/Stanhope by Francis L. West c.1855. Constructed from a solid biconvex lens (perfect) with 10 x magnification and a body of German silver, this optical toy/aid was popularized by West in the Victorian era and marketed profusely. Overall, the instrument is near flawless as is the maroon card case with the later 31 Cockspur Street, Charing Cross address. 5.5 x 2 x 1.5 cm. deep. Read More...

30 Mar

~FINE 6 INCH FOLDING ARM, GEARED PROTRACTOR-GILKERSON & McCALL, LONDON~

By Scientifica Opticae Inc.

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A fine 6 inch (15 cm.) geared, circular, folding arm protractor by Gilkerson and McCall, Tower Hill, London c.1770. Everything intact and never touched (was stuck in the kidney shaped case for 250 years). The brass roping (knurling) is magnificent. Unusual signature (McCall/MacAll is misspelled as McAll). Everything is as it should be (all screws present). Geared and silvered (oxidised) 360 degree circle delineated to one half degree, folding arms with pins intact, glass window with etched “cross hairs” and flawless Read More...

28 Mar

~FULL SET OF MATCHING 18th CENTURY BONE SLIDERS~

By Scientifica Opticae Inc.

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A complete and matching set of 18th century bone sliders, marked with a cross and numbered 1-6-18th century. Small format, all cells full, no case however. 77 x 13 mm. Read More...

26 Mar

~FINE FREE STANDING DESKTOP CAMERA LUCIDA-PATENTED~

By Scientifica Opticae Inc.

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A fine, brass desktop camera lucida with light reducing aperture and twin light filters/slightly concave lenses (swing in and out of the optical plane by screw and/or bar to bridge). Standing on a solid 5 x 5 cm. brass block, this camera lucida exhibits all of the features of the most advanced model and was patented (unknown maker). Victorian in age, it has a maximum height of 30 cm. and has the usual markings on the extension limb for Read More...

21 Mar

Late Victorian Porcelain Minimum Thermometer by Dollond London

By Jason Clarke Antiques

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For sale, a large Victorian porcelain minimum thermometer by Dollond of London. This unusual example measures 12” across and 4” in height on the wall with a graduated edge, porcelain scale plate incorporating two porcelain hanging loops at the top edge. The main painted scale measures -30 to 120 Fahrenheit but has an additional Centigrade scale at the top left above the thermometer to show freezing point and below. It is marked, “scale shewing degrees below freezing”. To the right Read More...