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The scrolling broken arch pediment above a hydrometer thermometer and with level beneath the main dial signed 'Woodruff of Margate'.31cm wide x 108cm highQty: 1In generally good condition. Oxidisation to the silvering of the level. A small section of moulding missing to the right hand side of the crest.
The barometer with an onion shaped top, silvered dials to the hydrometer, thermometer, barometer, and level. The case with decorative scrolls and inlaid with mother of pearl ornament. The dial signed ‘J Amadio 6 Shorter’s Court Through Morton St, City’.31cm wide x 105cm highQty: 1In reasonable condition overall. Some oxidisation to the silvered dials. Minor marks due to age. Not guaranteed working.
A RARE GEORGE III CASED SET OF GLASS HYDROMETER BULBSA. LOVI, EDINBURGH, CIRCA 1790The circular solid satinwood box enclosing sixteen (out of an original compliment of nineteen) small counterweighted glass bulbs each annotated with scripted numbers to upper surface and supported within a pierced red felt lined bed, the interior of the lid with printed paper providing a numbered key for gauging the alcohol content of various sprits indistinctly inscribed Hydrorostatic Balls for Proving Spirits, (The Beads will sink to the bottom of the Glass, according to the direction.) to the upper margin and Made and Sold by A. LOVI, Niddery's Street, EDINBURGH to the lower. The box 8.5cm (3.375ins) diameter, 3.3cm (1.25ins) approx. cm high. Angelo Lovi is recorded in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETER MAKERS & RETAILERS 1660-1900 as a 'specific gravity bead maker' working from Niddery Street, Edinburgh from 1772 before moving to 83 South Bridge by 1804 and then 16 South Bridge. This type of alcohol spirit hydrometer, which are sometimes called philosophical bubbles or gravity beads, appear to have mostly been made by Scottish makers with other examples by the likes of J. Heron of Greenock and Telfer and Affleck of Glasgow known. The present lot is notable in that it originally contained a high number of beads (nineteen) whilst most other sets appeared to comprise of around a dozen or less. Condition Report: There are three bulbs missing, the sixteen present are in fine condition with legible numbering, The baize lining to the bed has some moth damage otherwise is in fair condition retaining strong colour. The box has a slight warp to the lid which also has a slight area of flattening-off to the edge at one point and a couple of light bumps and knocks; there are no problematic splits evident and the lid which slides-on securely but not tightly. The exterior surface polish is degraded/worn hence would benefit from the attention. Condition Report Disclaimer
A Mahogany 12-Inch Dial Wheel Barometer with Combined Timepiece, signed Somalvico, Brook St, Holborn, circa 1810, swan neck pediment, 12-inch silvered dial, thermometer box, hydrometer dial signed, timepiece enamel dial with Roman numerals, single chain fusee rectangular shaped movement with an anchor escapement, ivory adjustment knob and ivory insert to case 124cm highWith Non-Transferable Standard Ivory Exemption Declaration Number Z75NH4EL Top right hand side with cracks, case with some small cracks to veneers in parts, veneer is slightly lifting to the right hand side, top central finial is missing, enamel dial is clean with no damage, mercury tube is complete and mercury is visible in the tube.
Measuring Stick. At first this cane appears just that—a 43”long dark wood cane with a small circular cap. Possibly a measuring stick of some sort. However close inspection show scales marked down either length of the stick .Fairly difficult to read due to age (no nicks or knocks) but still decipherable. These are two scales read 0—42 at 1”intervals 0—160 at ever decreasing intervals. It also carries the following markings-- “ J LONG MAKER 43 EASTCHEAP LONDON. (Joseph Long was a very well known active mathematical, optical, slide rules & hydrometer instrument maker who traded at 20 Little Tower St. (1821-84) & 43 East Cheap (1885-1936) London, England,). The relationship between the stick’s two scales is not obvious. However plotting a graph of one scale against the other ( 0-42 vertical and 1-160 horizontally) results in a what appears to be a quarter ellipse. Thus the stick can be used to plot out ellipses of any size required. Possibly use would range from assisting architectural/engineering drawings to setting out arches in buildings to ornamental elliptical shaped flower beds! Thus a very clever item whose use could easily be overlooked. (However any other possible relationship between the two scales is unknown).
A Large Collection of Wooden Medical & Apothecary Items, including 3 pill rounders, an early hydrometer, a powder sieve, a powder flask, an ointment dispenser, a 4 compartment pill holder, a brown glass bottle holder, 6 small containers, a red glass douch in a boxwood container, a glass syringe in a boxwood container and other items, (a lot)
An extensive tool kit for a 1942 Ford Jeep and a similar parts kit, some 34 parts or tools to include a hub puller, various spanners, some marked for Bonney, screwdriver, valve caps and other parts. The collection mounted in a modern case for display with descriptions. 12cm high, 85cm wide and 30cm deep. With a volume 'Flea Market guide to Jeep tools'. A Battery Hydrometer, jerry can mounting, and other items. *CR Tools not tested,as illustrated.
A collection of various cased Instruments, comprising drawing instruments, a glass Sikess Light Hydro by L. Oerfling, London, a Vintage Negretti & Zambra Hygrometer in fitted case, a Pocket Drawing Set, a cased brass Sikes Hydrometer by W.G. Edmonds & Co., Dublin, an oblong Box by W.H. Harling, London Mathematical Instruments London containing 14 rulers, and other boxes, mostly mahogany, some containing items. (a lot)
A Mahogany Stick Barometer, signed Dollond, London, circa 1790, swan neck pediment with a central urn finial, concealed mercury tube with a single silvered vernier dial signed, thermometer box, hydrometer, turned cistern cover 109cm high Case with small staining marks in places, thermometer glass cover with two small chips to the bottom corners, main glass door panel with two small chips to the outer edge, silvered dials are slightly discoloured, mercury is visible in the tube.
A Mahogany 14-Inch Dial Wheel Barometer, signed L.Balerna, Halifax, circa 1840, swan neck pediment, 14-inch silvered dial, thermometer box, hydrometer, spirit level dial, ivory surround to the adjustment aperture,133cm highWith non-transferable Standard Ivory Exemption Declaration Number BX1KW3K9 Case with small scratches in parts, silvered dials are slightly discoloured, mercury tube with air bubbles.

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