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Lot 1927
A 19th century mahogany marine stick barometer inscribed 'Whitehall Newport', with brass gimballed support, thermometer to the body and brass bob base, height 93cm. CONDITION REPORT: Staining to ivory scale, thermometer replaced, brass bob probably replaced, general surface wear, dents and scratches.
Lot 141
A Brass Sector by Samuel Saunders, early 18th century, English, with hinged strut, finely engraved with a full set of scales in the English pattern, with a long Gunter's scale 0-10-10-3, the addition of sundial-making scales, (latitudes, hours, inclination of meridians and the related scale of chords), outer edge with 12" scale; Note: Clifton gives Saunders working dates as 1708-1743.
Lot 144
A Surveying Compass Clinometer by William Elliott, c.1840, English, mahogany and brass, base with printed paper compass rose divided to one degree, steel bar needle with agate bearing, brass bound bubble level and twin sights, clinometer in lid with supporting strut, silvered brass quadrant divided to one degree and with additional links scale, with brass arm
Lot 148
A Fine Military Gunter's Rule, c.1830, English, brass, by Henry Barrow, signed 'Barrow London' and 'E I C' in heart-shaped cartouche for the East India Company, scales on both sides, in addition to usual navigation, trigonomic and calculating scales and scale rule, there are gunner's scales for diameter of bore, diameter of shot and shells for various mortars and guns etc., length 63cm Note: Henry Barrow was Instrument Maker to the Surveyor General of India 1830-183
Lot 152
Imperial Russian Surveying Protractor & Scale Rule by Oskar Richter, hand engraved on heavy gauge brass, divided to half a degree, degree scale numbered in three ways; 0-90-0, 0-180, and 180-360, scale rule engraved with the ratio 1:8400 Russian ‘fathoms’ (7 Imperial British feet), scale rule divided to 1/100th inch by transversals, width 22.1cm
Lot 39
A Rare Five-scale Silver Pocket Sundial by Michael Butterfield, c.1690, French, finely engraved octagonal dial plate with foliate decoration and five hour bands for different latitudes, 49, 46, 43, 40 and 37 degrees north, finely engraved bird gnomon with scale divided by degrees 30 to 50, compass with all 32 points marked, cardinal and quadrantal points marked by French initials, compass offset approximately 12 degrees west for magnetic variation, compass base marked 'Premier Cadran' and carrying a table of latitudes continued on the dial-plate back, Paris 48.51, Brest 48.23, Haure de Grace 49.30, St Malo 48.38, Boulogne 50.44, Dieppe 49.57, Cherbourg 49.38, DunKuerque 51.2, 2 (i.e. 2me Cadran) Lyon 45.46, Nantes 47.15, Belle Isle 47.15, La Rochelle 46.11, Bordeaux 44.50, Rochefort 45.56, 3 (i.e. 3me Cadran) Emisterre 43.41, Marseille 43.20, Braga 41.4, Rose 44.20, Bayonne 43.30 Toulon 43.6, 4 (i.e. 4me Cadran) Porto 41.18, Lisbonne 38.40, Barcelonne 41.26, Maiore 38.57, 5 (i.e. the highly unusual 5me Cadran) St Vincent 36.37, Gibalterre 35.40, Malaga 36.24, Alicant 38.10, Cadis 36.16, length 6.2cm. Note: This exceptionally finely engraved example must have been a special commission for someone who lived or travelled to the far south of the Iberian Penninsular. See Sundials at Greenwich, Hester Higson, Oxford University Press 2002, pp91ff. for a detailed description of the usual three and four scale dials.
Lot 40
A Rare Scottish Analemmatic Double Sundial, late 17th century, large dial plate engraved with two sundial projections, horizontal dial with folding gnomon and plumb bob, with chapter ring 4am to 8pm divided to two minutes, and a elliptical dial with vertical gnomon adjustable against a scale of date and solar declination, position of equinoxes indicating the Julian calendar, whole dial plate with four levelling screws and engraved to the reverse D 56.70, complete in original velvet lined sharkskin case, with an antique manuscript page of instructions copied from Stone's 1758 translation of Nicholas Bion's Construction and Principal Uses of Mathematical Instruments, dial plate 13x20cm Note The dial was designed for a latitude that runs from Dundee in the East to North Argyll in the West.
Lot 61
A Large & Complex Astronomical Perpetual Calendar, 18th century, Danish, brass with traces of gilding, signed 'Math. Jochimson', obverse engraved 'Tempora mutantur'. Mutant et tempora fate', Elev:poli 55. gr 40.m.s, outer volvelle giving days of the week against days of the month, inner volvelle giving phases of the moon against both the above, centre engraved with man-in-the-moon, reverse volvelle giving days in each month, zodiac sign, hours of day and night and sunrise and sunset, alidade with sight measures declination with rotating scale 0- 90 -0 on the edge of the instrument also giving hours of daylight against months of the year on the reverse side, engraved sun to centre 6.7cm diameter
Lot 7
A Large French Petrological Microscope, c.1885, French, signed to foot 'C. Verick elive specialde E Hartnack rue de la Parcheminerie 2 Paris', standing on heavy lead-filled base with a supporting column at rear with compass-type joint below the stage, plano-concave mirror held in gimbal in sliding dovetail, polariser in slide in/out substage assembly and fully rotating stage with engraved scale to edge, removable mechanical stage to top, with x & y adjustment, focusing via rackwork with screw fine adjustment, body tube with slide in/out analyser, centering, single drawer tube
Lot 8
An oak cased barograph, Ross, London, early 20th century, the mechanism with eight segment aneroid chamber connected via a gilt brass armature to an inked pointer for recording the change in barometric pressure on a clockwork-driven rotating paper scale lined drum, the brass baseplate engraved ROSS LTD, 111, NEW BOND ST. LONDON., and with a Fahrenheit thermometer, the case with five panel bevel-glazed cover above the base incorporating apron drawer containing some spare charts, 22cm high, 36cm wide, 22cm deep Provenance: Kingstone Lisle Park, Oxfordshire
Lot 105
Tekno, Conrad and Similar Boxes and Models, A collection of boxes for 1:50 scale mostly haulage models, 1970s and later, including Tekno, Conrad, Lion Car and others, and additional boxes such as Corgi, Lonestar and Solido, (40+), together with three Tekno models of a tanker, truck and trailer and articulated lorry all in need of restoration, and two 1:87 scale Wiking models of lorries branded Transport Spedition, P-G, Boxes P-F, (45+)
Lot 108
1:64 and smaller scale models, A packaged or window carded collection including Corgi Auto-City factory sealed packets (7), Matchbox Thunderbirds pull back vehicles, (8), and Thomas the Tank Engine, by ERTL miniature models (12), together with Oxford Diecast Walkers Snack Shack models, (18) seven on original card stands, F-E, Packets P-F,(45)
Lot 109
Boxed Modern Diecast Vehicles, A collection of vintage and modern private and commercial vehicles mostly 1:43 scale and larger, comprising examples by Corgi (9), EFE (3), Models of Yesteryear, including YS-16 special edition Scammell truck, trailer and GER Class locomotive (4) and others together with tractors by ERTL, Ros and a Britains 9605 Leyland Milk Transporter, G-E, Boxes P-G, (25)
Lot 11
Onyx Formula 1 Models, A collection of boxed 1:43 scale models, including lots of 24 in trade boxes comprising 279 Minardi Ford Tarso Marques (24), 193A Sauber Karl Wendlinger (24) and 284 Arrow Hart Riccardo Rosset, (24) together with a box containing various other onyx F1 models E, Boxes F-G, (115+)
Lot 118
Buses and Coaches, A collection of vintage and modern vehicles 1:76 scale and similar, including boxed examples by EFE (5), Original Omnibus (7), Creative Master (4), Corgi (7) and others including Lledo and Solido, together with a number of unboxed modern models, F-E, Boxes F-G, ( 30+ boxed 40+ in total) in two boxes
Lot 119
Corgi Original Omnibus, A limited edition group of 1:76 scale Double Decker Buses, comprising New Routemaster models (6) and New Bus for London models including two Corgi Collector Club Models (46608/46603) (8), together with OM46511 Harry Potter Shuttle bus, OM49904 London Transport Bus Set, OM46305C Collector Club RM Shillibeer and OM41707 OK Motorbus Services, E, Boxes all with outer card sleeves G-E (18)
Lot 121
Corgi London Olympics 2012, A boxed/packaged collection of 2012 commemorative vehicles and figures comprising, a set of thirty limited edition figurines, 1:64 scale model taxis (48), larger scale model vehicles (7) diecast Olympic mascots (15), diecast keyrings (17), mini Olympic torches (2) and a resin model of the Olympic stadium, 1:76 E, Boxes E, (120) in three boxes
Lot 133
Corgi and Bandai Batman, A boxed group comprising Corgi 1:18 scale 77601 Batmobile, 1:24 scale Batmobiles, 77501,77506, 77511, 1:16 scale Batcycle 77404 and Robin Cycle 77407, together with a 1:43 scale set of four vehicles 77312 and a Bandai similar scale set of four vehicles, E, Boxes F-G, (8)
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