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Lot 176
the 4in. silvered dial signed APPS / Sole Manfacturer, 433 Strand London and inscribed as per title, oxidised brass vernier with hinged magnifier, the eastern scale in red, the western in black, complete with fitted lid – 4½in. (11.5cm.) diameter overallA similar example is held on loan by the Science Museum, London, Object Number 1876-771
Lot 198
with oxidised brass bell frame, polished arc with silver inset scale signed as per title, numbered 'X97' and inscribed maker JJ Grant & Son, Leith, vernier with quick release clamp and magnifier, mirrors, seven shades and wooden handles, contained in fitted box with three lacquered brass sighting tubes, eyepiece filter and mirror adjuster and Japanese test certificate inside lid and dated for 1936, securing hooks and drop handle – box 11in. (28cm.) square
Lot 200
the three-circle oxidised brass frame with polished arc signed as per title and inset with contrasting black composition inset with a white scale divided to 150º and stamped PATENT COMPOSITE ARC, braced index arm with vernier and magnifier, seven shades, two mirrors, pin feet and wooden handle, contained in possibly associated lined box with three sighting tubes, drop handle and securing hooks and trade label for 'Frederick Smith, Southampton' – 11in. (28cm.) wideApparently an unrecorded maker, it's not certain whether C.J. Kettlewell was the maker or an owner - no location or address has been provided as is usual for a maker and this form of arc is possibly unique at the time of writing. It seems to be an attempt at a time of transition from wooden instruments with their easier to read scales to all metal ones with silver scales which in time can be polished away.
Lot 201
with blacked brass ladder frame, polished arc signed as per title and numbered '7330', silver scale divided to 150º, braced index arm with hinged platform magnifier to vernier with clamp, threaded sighting tube port, seven shades, two mirrors, wooden handle with stand arbor, contained in fitted wooden box with complete accessories including six optic tubes, magnifier, screwdriver and adjusting spanner, the lid inset with owners plate inscribed 'J.W. Beatty' – 13in. (33cm.) wide
Lot 202
the three-circle brass frame indistinctly signed as per title, inset silvered scale divided to 160º, vernier to magnifier, two mirrors, seven shades contained in fitted box with three sighting tubes and filter – 9½ (23.5cm.) wide; together with a military pattern aerial viewer by R. Prior, in box (2)
Lot 203
with three-circle craquelure-finish frame, the brass arc numbered '41171' and divided to 130º, micrometer scale with lamp, quick-release clamp, index arm with 'Huson' trade label, brass sighting tube, complete shades and mirrors, Bakelite handle with battery compartment and lamp buttons, contained within original fitted case with accessories and test certificate for 1944 – 10½in. (26.5cm.) wide,
Lot 240
constructed in brass-bound mahogany with painted scale signed on the first as per title, with two internal five foot sections fitting to principal six foot case, the backs with press button securing – 16ft (488cm.) long (extended); together with a gunner's sight by B. J. Hall & Co. Ltd, London, constructed in oxidised brass and signed on the drum as per title and numbered 132, with 2in. silvered compass on jewelled pivot and inclinometer to reverse, with optical sights, swivelling bubble level assembly, in fitted leather case – 7½in. (19cm.) high(2)
Lot 246
signed on the adjusting arm as per title , inset silvered scale contained within fitted box with retailed label for T.N.B. Winter Newcastle upon Tyne – 8in. (20cm.) wide; together with an unsigned circular protractor in box; and a papermaker's slide rule designed by L. Evans – 26½ (67.5cm.) long(3)
Lot 275
modelled by M. Fidgeon with laminated and carved hull, fitted as appropriate complete with barque rig and depicted steaming in a calm sea – 12½ x 28½ x 8in. (31.5 x 72.5 x 20cm.) casedBuilt by J.&G. Thomson in 1881 and registered at 7,392 tons, Servia introduced a number of 'firsts' to the Atlantic passenger trade making her the first truly 'modern' liner: The first ship built to specialise in passengers only; the first Cunarder to introduce Edison's electric lamps; the first major liner to be built entirely of steel and to re-introduce Brunel's double bottom; and to incorporate watertight compartments with electric doors enabling her to remain afloat with any two flooded. Her public rooms were of a scale and luxury unknown at the time, and her powerful 10,300 ihp engines achieved an impressive speed of just over 17 knots. However, with the appearance of the crack Cunard liners Campania and Lucania in 1893, Servia was relegated to intermediate service. She was later used to transport troops to South Africa during the Boer war and was broken up in 1902 by Thos W. Ward.
Lot 286
15FT:1IN. SCALE, DESIGNED BY SIR ROBERT SEPPINGS, 1819, with cherry frames pierced with gun ports and pinned boxwood stringing and internal stretchers, mounted at an angle on keel blocks in a finely-realised dockyard slipway with lined boxwood pavements interspersed with sandpaper 'shingle', twin access steps and bitts, within removable glazed wooden cover with turned pilasters and securing hooks. Cased measurements overall – 7¾ x 15¾ x 5¾in. (19.5 x 40 x 14.5cm.)This new class of ship was the first to introduce Seppings' revolutionary rounded bow - a far stronger and more versatile bow that did away with the delicate and vulnerable head rails traditionally deployed. It meant that more, and heavier, gun types could be carried in an arc around the bow and gave a drier and more rigid passage underway. Latterly the design was extended to include a rounded stern - as seen in lot 285 and, whilst these perhaps represent the apogee of sailing naval design, they were unpopular with their commanders for looking too ugly, despite their many advantages.Charles Miller Ltd is grateful to Prof. Andrew Lambert, Kings College London, for his assistance with this lot.
Lot 42
A 14½IN. RADIUS VERNIER SEXTANT BY JESSE RAMSDEN, LONDON, CIRCA 1772, AND PROBABLY USED DURING CAPTAIN COOK'S SECOND AND THIRD VOYAGES OF DISCOVERY constructed in brass, signed on the lower cross bar Ramsden London, scale divided to 130º direct to arc, vernier inscribed G. Vancouver, braced index arm, index mirror with Maskelyne flap, sighting tube, four shades, secondary mirror on rear-mounted adjusting lever, wooden handle and brass pin feet (missing secondary mirror and part of sighting tube) – 17 x 17in. (43 x 43cm.) overallProvenance: Acquired unidentified 2005 from the estate of a retired R.N. officer in DevonGeorge Vancouver (1757-1798) joined the Royal Navy as a 'young gentleman' in 1771 and served as a midshipman on Captain Cook's second and third Voyages of Discovery (1772-75; 1776-79) during which he is recorded as using a Ramsden sextant. Promoted Lieutenant upon his return in 1780, he served on several foreign tours thereafter and proved adept at hydrographic survey work. Latterly given his own command he was sent on his own 'voyage of discovery' in command of the Discovery (1791-95) where he produced some of the most significant and accurate surveys of the Pacific and North West coast of America. Like Cook, he was sent off with a selection of instruments to test including no less than twelve sextants by various makers including Ramsden, Adams, Dollond, Troughton and Gilbert and which he reported agreed exceedingly well together upon his return. In Canada, Vancouver Island and the city of Vancouver are named after him, as are Vancouver, Washington, in the United States; Mount Vancouver on the Yukon/Alaska border; and New Zealand's sixth highest mountain. His final promotion was to Captain in August 1794 however, despite his impressive achievements, his work was never fully recognised in his own time and he died unmarried at Petersham, Surrey, on the 18th May 1798, his grave marked by a plain stone.Ramsden's Sextant for Vancouver, It seems Vancouver was not entirely satisfied with this instrument's error and wrote a stiff enough letter of complaint that Ramsden - who brooked very little criticism - responded with a robust defence of it to the Board of Longitude, claiming the error was no more than a ¼ of a minute of arc having re-tested it on Vancouver's return. As a midshipman on Cook's Second and Third voyages, he would certainly have taken many of the measurements recorded and possibly used them in conjunction with the trial 'sea clocks' sent by John Harrison to determine their location - an error of just 1 minute of arc equates to two nautical miles which would have to be compensated for. It would have been produced on Ramsden's first circular dividing engine of 1768 which, whilst representing a great leap forward in scale division, he himself found wanting mainly for ease of usage, and he had completed new updated engine in 1774, selling the first engine to a French collector. The instruments he would have sent for testing with Vancouver would have had smaller radii and therefore frames as this second engine could divide accurately and to a finer degree. The instrument offered here conforms closely to the example held by the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, believed to have been taken by Cook on his Third Voyage, item number NAV1236. , Literature: McConnell, A: Jess Ramsden (1735-1800) London's Leading Scientific Instrument Maker, Ashgate, 2007.
Lot 85
signed on the underside as per title, adjustable eyepieces, and bubble level with micrometer scale, green-painted tubes with detachable shade cuffs, contained within original leather-covered wooden box of issue with adjustable and lockable micrometer mount for tripod securing with folding magnifier – 18 x 9 x 9in. (46 x 23 x 23cm.) cased overall; together with a telescopic gun sight dated '1944'(2)
Lot 81
An Edwardian silver travelling shaving brush in cylindrical case, London 1902, to/w a Samson Mordan & Co. bullet-shaped propelling pencil fob, a scale-pattern stemmed dish, Mappin & Webb, Jubilee marked Sheffield 1935, a miniature Armada dish, London 1979 and a 'Scotch' decanter label London 1989 (5)
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