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Lot 581
Five (5) European maps, including French Napoleonic and English. 1st item: Map of Theater of War and French and Allied Saxon Marches in Prussia and Poland during the Campaigns of 1806 and 1807 (Carte de Theatre de la Guerre et Marches des Armees Francaises et Allies en Saxe en Prusse et en Pologne pendant les Campagnes de 1806 et 1807) engraved by Jean Baptiste Pierre Tardieu, circa 1807. Copper plate engraving depicting the areas of Europe involved in the Napoleonic War of the Fourth Coalition, October 1806-July 1807, including with hand colored elements detailing the routes of the different armies with French text. Title and tables, top left and center, scale of miles, lower center. Map surrounded by scale notations and double line border. Previously mounted to mat with old archival paper tape. Image - 16 3/8" H x 20 5/8" W. Sheet - 17 7/8" H x 22 1/2" W. Mat - 23 3/8" H x 27 1/4" W. 2nd item: The County of Middlesex, from an Actual Survey made in the Years 1819 & 1820 by C. & I. Greenwood, engraved by J. & J. Neele, 1829. Published by the proprietors C. Greenwood & Co., London. Copper plate engraving with hand coloring depicting Middlesex, a historic county in southeast England almost entirely within the wider urbanized area of London, center, with vignettes of Westminster Abbey, lower left, and St. Paul's Cathedral, lower right. Title, top left, compass rose, top center, Explanation and scale of miles, top right, Reference to the Hundreds, lower center. Map surrounded by border with scale notations. Housed in a mat with plastic covering. Image - 21" H x 25 3/4" W. Sight - 21 1/4" H x 26" W. Mat - 26 7/8" H x 32 3/8" W. 3rd item: "Carte D'Angleterre 1754" by Jean Palairet. Colored map of England and Wales with French identifications. Counties, cities, towns, rivers, bodies of water, and points of interest marked. Ireland, Scotland, and France also present. Decorative title cartouche with scale of miles, top right. Image - 20-1/4" H x 20-5/8" W. Sheet - 28-3/4" H x 21-1/4" W. 4th item: "A Map of France with the Dominions" by Richard William Seale, for "Mr. Tindal's Continuation of Mr. Rapins History", 1750. Uncolored map of France and surrounding territories, including parts of England, Germany, and Spain, with regions, cities, towns, rivers, bodies of water, mountain ranges, and points of interest marked. Decorative title cartouche, middle left. Explanation and 2 scales of miles, lower right. Image - 15" H x 18-1/2" W. Sheet - 16" H x 19-1/4" W. 5th item: "Dept de la Seine" by Victor Levasseur, engraved by Laguillermie and Rainaud, for "Atlas National Illustre des 86 Departments et des Possessions De La France", 1833. Colored map of Paris, with surrounding regions, including Versailles, some colored elements. Surrounding map are sections of text describing statistics, curiosities and celebrities, and products and commerce. Images of local heroes, products, landscapes, dress, and coat of arms with colored elements above and below map. Image - 12" H x 17-3/8" W. Sheet - 14-1/8" H x 20-1/8" W. All items mid 18th/second quarter 19th century. CONDITION: 1st item: Overall good condition with foxing spots, tears. Residue from old archival paper tape to each corner. Sheet has been cut down. 2nd item: Overall good condition with toning/areas of acid burn, foxing spots. Not examined outside of mat. 3rd item: Impression of other map visible lower right. Areas of toning on surface, largest area 1/2", lower middle left. Slight toning around edges. Loss, rips, tears, to edges of sheet. 4th item: 1-5/8" line of toning, top left. Slight toning around edges, toning extends 1-5/8" on top edge. 5th item: 2 brown stains, 3/8" top middle right, and 1/8" middle left. Slight toning around edges.
Lot 636
Keuffel & Esser (K&E) 4012 Thacher Cylindrical Slide Rule, serial number 3596. Comprised of a brass core covered by paper marked with forty A scales, surrounded by an open rotating frame with twenty metal slats, each lined with cloth and covered with paper, marked with two B and two C scales. Wooden knobs on each end of the core rotate the instrument. The frame is attached to a mahogany base, all housed in the original wooden box with a hinged lid and brass hardware. Maker's marks to base and to two paper labels on interior of lid. Includes an instruction manual dated 1914. Core - 20" L x 4 1/2" dia. Overall with base - 5 1/2" H x 22 1/4" W x 5 3/4" D. Case - 6 3/8" H x 24" W x 6 3/4" D. Early/second quarter 20th century. (see: https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_690142). Provenance: Private West Tennessee Collection. CONDITION: Some toning to cylinder. Some wear, scratches, natural wood shrinkage to case.
Lot 638
Two (2) Dietzgen 1798 Dempster RotaRule Model AA 50-Inch Pocket Slide Rulers, designed and manufactured by Jack Dempster, Berkeley, California, sold by Eugene Dietzgen Company, Distributors, Chicago, New York. Comprised of two-sided round white plastic, front scales: K A D ( C CI CIF S CS ST T CT G B F/i ), back scales: 1-100 in 4 circles DLL V2 ( V1 1-100 in 4 circles LL3 LL2 LL1 LL% L ), with a clear plastic cursor and 27 handwritten scales labeled in red. Serial numbers 1281 and 2222 with maker's marks and model numbers, front, additional maker's marks, patent numbers and date "1933", back. Includes (2) two leather cases with snap closures and two back straps, and one (1) instruction manual. Slide Ruler - 5 1/4" dia., with cursor - 6" dia. Cases - 6" H x 5 5/8" W x 1/2" D. Manual - 7 7/8" H x 5 1/4" W x 1/8" D. Second quarter 20th century. Note: This model is depicted in the 1938 Dietzgen Catalog (see: https://www.sliderulemuseum.com/Circular/Rotarule_Dietzgen_Catalog.jpg). Provenance: Private West Tennessee Collection. CONDITION: All items in overall good condition with wear to be expected from age and manner of use. Handwritten scales in legible condition with some rubbing. Cases and manual with ink inscriptions from previous owner.
Lot 639
Five (5) early calculators or slide rulers, including one (1) G. Small Pocket Calculator, Roberts Everard type box rule, G. Charpentier Calculimetre, Sexton's Omnimetre Circular Slide Rule, and one (1) Webb Adder or figure-eight adder. 1st item: The "Small" Pocket Calculator, made by Gilbert Small, Boston, Massachusetts. Comprised of two rotating white laminated metal stacked discs, a metal and yellow glass cursor, and a central, pivoted hub. Includes original leather case. Calculator - 2" dia. Case - 2 1/2" H x 2 1/2" W x 1/2" D. 2nd item: Roberts Everard type 4-sided box rule, made by Edward D. Roberts, London, United Kingdom, each face for different tasks related to the production of alcohol and, more particularly, the imposition of duty on it. Comprised of four-sided boxwood, each side with one sliding scale. 12 1/8" L. 3rd item: G. Charpentier Calculimetre, No. 1796, manufactured by Tavernier - Gravet, Paris, France, sold by Eugene Dietzgen Company, Distributors, Chicago, New York. Comprised of a double-sided silver-colored disc surrounding a rotating brass ring, fork-shaped silver-colored indicator, all attached to a small suspension ring, the indicator extends around the all silver metal back. Maker's marks, front. Includes a black with case with gilt silver blindstamp lettering. Slide rule - 2 1/2" dia., with ring - 3 1/4" dia. Case - 4" H x 2 3/4" W x 1/8" D. 4th item: Sexton's Omnimetre Circular Slide Rule, Numeri Mudum Regunt, copyrighted by Thaddeau Norris in the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada. Comprised of two light brown cardstock discs with a transparent red celluloid arm and a black checkered finger nut at the center, held together by a brass colored fastener, visible en verso. Maker's marks and dated "1895" front and back. Includes one instruction sheet, printed by Craig, Finlet, and Company, Philadelphia, 1897. Slide rule - 7 1/4" dia. Instruction sheet - 7 3/8" square. 5th item: Webb Adder or figure-eight adder, unmarked but similar to those manufactured by Victor Adding Machine Company, Chicago, Illinois. Comprised of conjoined two nickeled brass wheels with a four digit read-out window in the center to the front. Checkered back. Includes a red leather case and stylus. Adder - 6 5/8" H x 4 1/2" W x 3/8" D. Case - 6 3/4" H x 4 3/4" W x 1/4" D. Stylus - 3 7/8" L. All items late 19th/early 20th century. Provenance: Private West Tennessee Collection. CONDITION: All items in overall good condition. 1st item: Oxidation to metal, some loss to paint on scales. 3rd item: Indicator to back is slightly bent. 4th item: Overall good condition with stains, toning. 5th item: Stylus is likely a replacement. Wear to case.
Lot 640
Four (4) Keuffel & Esser (K&E) slide rulers, including one (1) 4105 Webb's Stadia rule, one (1) Reymond Leather Calculator, and two (2) Merchant Desktop models. 1st item: 4105 Webb's Stadia rule, designed by Walter Loring Webb. Comprised of a wooden cylinder covered with paper scales, wooden handles at the ends of the cylinder, and a metal sleeve lined with felt. The sleeve, which is painted maroon, holds the cylinder. Maker's marks to paper scales. 15 3/4" L. 2nd item: Reymond Leather Calculator, copyrighted and patented by M.H. Reymond, designed for use in calculating the amount of leather in sq. feet needed for a run of shoes based on size, width, quantity, and type. Comprised of one-sided celluloid laminated mahogany with three sliding scales, two with brass thumb screws, four stationary scales, and three metal pointers, all mounted in a mahogany box with a hinged lid and brass hardware. Maker's marks, front. Calculator - 3 1/8" H x 22" W x 1/8" D. Box - 2 1/4" H x 22 1/2" W x 4" D. 3rd item: 68 1748 Merchant's Mannheim Desk Model, serial number 830026. Comprised of one-sided celluloid laminated mahogany with one slide scale and metal thumb screw, two stationary scales, two glass cursors with metal frames and white celluloid edges held together with metal screws, all mounted at an angle in a grey, Morocco case with a hinged lid and metal hardware. Maker's marks, front. Slide rule - 21 1/2" L. Case - 2 7/8" H x 22 1/2" W x 4 1/4" D. 4th item: N4096 M Merchants Rule, serial number 034880. Comprised of one-sided off white celluloid laminate mahogany, laminated paper label to back, plastic cursor with metal frame and white celluloid edges held together with metal screws. Maker's marks, front. Includes a black leather case and original green box. Slide rule - 21 1/2" L. Case - 23" H x 2 3/4" W x 1 1/4" D. Box - 23 1/2" H x 3 1/8" W x 1 3/4" D. All items early/mid 20th century. Provenance: Private West Tennessee Collection. CONDITION: All items in overall good condition. 1st item: Foxing spot/toning to paper scales. Craquelure, areas of loss to paint on sleeve. 2nd item: Calculator and box with wear. Box with inscriptions to interior of lid. 3rd item: Case with wear. Cracks, breaks to celluloid cursor edges. 4th item: Case and box with ink stamps from previous owner. Box with wear, areas of white archival tape repair.
Lot 642
Eight (8) circular slide rulers, including Dietzgen 1798 Dempster RotaRule Model A, various Gilson models, and more. 1st item: Dietzgen 1798 Dempster RotaRule Model A 50-Inch Pocket Slide Ruler, designed and manufactured by Jack Dempster, Berkeley, California, sold by Eugene Dietzgen Company, Distributors, Chicago, New York. Comprised of two-sided round white plastic, with a transparent yellow plastic arm and scales labeled in red. Serial number 218 with maker's marks and model numbers, front, additional maker's marks, patent numbers and dated "1928", back. Includes a brown suede case with two back straps. Slide rule - 5 1/8" dia., with arm - 6" dia. Case - 5 5/8" H x 5 5/8" W x 1/4" D. 2nd item: Dietzgen 1797B Gilson Binary Slide Rule, made by Gilson Slide Rule Company, Stuart, Florida, sold by Eugene Dietzgen Company, Distributors, Chicago, New York. Comprised of a two-sided enamel coated aluminum circular disc with alternating green and yellow stripes with three transparent yellow plastic arms, two to the front, one to the back, pivoted at the center with a metal nut and bolt with metal washers on both front and back. Maker's marks front and back, dated "1940", front. Includes a red cloth and vinyl case. Slide rule - 8 3/8" dia, with longest arm - 9 1/4" dia. Case - 8 7/8" H x 9 1/2" W x 1/4" D. 3rd item: Gilson Binary Slide Rule, manufactured by Gilson Slide Rule Company, Stuart, Florida. Comprised of a two-sided white plastic disc with three transparent yellow plastic arms, two to the front, one to the back, pivoted at the center with a metal nut and bolt with metal washers on both front and back. Maker's marks front and back, dated "1940" front, dated "1931" back. Includes a tan cloth and vinyl case. Slide rule - 8 1/4" dia., with longest arm - 9" dia. 4th item: Gilson Midget Circular Slide Rule, manufactured by Gilson Slide Rule Company, Niles, Michigan. Comprised of a two-sided white plastic disc with two transparent, pivoting green plastic arms to front, pivoted at the center with a metal nut and bolt with metal washers on both front and back. Maker's marks and dated "1919", front. Includes a brown leather case. Slide rule - 4" dia., with longest arm - 4 1/2" dia. 5th item: Gilson/Tavella Midget Slide Rule, manufactured by Gilson Slide Rule Company, Stuart, Florida, and Tavella Sales Company, New York. Comprised of a two-sided white plastic disc with three transparent yellow plastic arms, two to the front, one to the back, pivoted at the center with a metal nut and bolt with metal washers on both front and back. Maker's marks front and back, dated "1936" front, dated "1931" back. Includes a black cloth and vinyl case and instruction manual housed in a black faux leather folio case with blindstamp reading "Ford" to front cover. Slide rule - 4 1/4" dia., with longest arm - 4 1/2" dia. Cases range in size from 4 3/4" H x 5" W x 3/8" D to 7" H x 5" W x 1/2" D. 6th-7th items: Two (2) Gilson Atlas Slide Rules, designed by George W. Richardson, manufactured by the Gilson Slide Rule Company, Stuart, Florida. Both comprised of two-sided painted aluminum, with transparent yellow plastic arms, one with two to the front and two to the back and one with two to the front, one to the back, pivoted at the center with a metal nut and bolt with metal washers on both front and back. Both with maker's marks, front, one dated "1931" back. Includes one blue cloth and vinyl case. Slide rules - 8 1/4" dia., with longest arm - 9" dia. Case - 8 3/4" H x 9 1/2" W x 1/8" D. 8th item: Universal Trigonometric Combination Semi-Circular Slide Rule-Protractor Sine Table Angle Formula Finder, designed and patented by George R. Flynn, Lowell, Massachusetts, manufactured by the Whitehead & Hoag Company, Newark, New Jersey. Comprised of two off white celluloid semi-circular and circular discs with a transparent light yellow celluloid cursor, held together by a silver colored fastener. Maker's marks front and back. Includes a brown leather case with gold lettering reading "Universal Trigonometric Combination" and a snap closure. Slide rule - 6" H x 5 1/2" W. Case - 6 1/2" H x 6" W x 1/4" D. All items second quarter/mid 20th century. Provenance: Private West Tennessee Collection. CONDITION: 1st item: Wear to case. 2nd item: Wear to case. 3rd item: Wear, ink inscription from previous owner to case. 4th item: Areas of loss to edge of slide rule. Rust to nut and bolt. Back arm is missing. Wear to case. 5th item: Smallest case with wear and ink inscription from previous owner. 6th-7th items: Both with wear, loss of paint. 8th item: Wear, ink inscription from previous owner to case.
Lot 971
Keuffel & Esser (K&E) 4012 Thacher Cylindrical Slide Rule, serial number 4847. Comprised of a brass core covered by paper marked with forty A scales, surrounded by an open rotating frame with twenty metal slats, each lined with cloth and covered with paper, marked with two B and two C scales. Wooden knobs on each end of the core rotate the instrument. The frame is attached to a mahogany base, all housed in the original wooden box with a hinged lid and brass hardware. Maker's marks to base and to paper label on interior of lid. Includes two (2) instruction manuals, one dated 1917. Core - 20" L x 4 1/2" dia. Overall with base - 5 1/2" H x 22 1/4" W x 5 3/4" D. Case - 6 3/8" H x 24" W x 6 3/4" D. Early/second quarter 20th century. (see: https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_690142). Provenance: Private West Tennessee Collection. CONDITION: Some toning to cylinder. Some wear, scratches, natural wood shrinkage to case.
Lot 972
Three (3) Daemen, Schmidt & Co., Zurich, Switzerland, Loga Rechenwalzen Cylindrical Slide Rule Calculating Drums, including one (1) 15m, one (1) 10m, and one (1) 2,4m. Each comprised of varnished paper scales on a metal cylinders with sliding, slotted cylindrical cages secured by aluminium rings with knobs, 15m and 10m models with small clear celluloid indicators attached to the slats, all mounted on aluminium support stands. Maker's marks to rings or drums, 15m and 10m models with maker's marks or sticker to drums, stands with embossed lettering reading "LOGA" to both sides. Drums range in size from 12 5/8" W x 2/12" dia. to 23 7/8" W x 6 1/4" dia. Overall dimensions range in size from 4" H x 13 1/4" w X 3 1/4" W to 9 1/2" H x 25 1/4" W x 8 1/8" D. All items second quarter 20th century. Provenance: Private West Tennessee Collection. CONDITION: All items in overall good condition with surface wear to varnish paper and metal to be expected from age and manner of use. 2,4m model with missing knob, remaining knobs with areas of rust.
Lot 976
Two (2) Swiss Rechenwalzen Cylindrical Slide Rule Calculating Drums, including one (1) National System Billeter Modell No. 10 and one (1) Daemen, Schmidt & Co. Loga. Both comprised of varnished paper scales on a metal cylinders with sliding, slotted cylindrical cages secured by aluminium rings with knobs, Loga with small clear celluloid indicators attached to the slats, all mounted on aluminium support stands. National System Billeter with maker's marks to drum and ring, Loga with maker's marks to drum and stand. Includes one (1) three page photocopy of the United States record for the Logarithmic Calculator by Julius Billeter, Zurich, Switzerland, dated January 23, 1894, one (1) one page photocopy of a Swiss article about the Loga-Calculator, dated January 1997, and one (1) photocopy of a pamphlet titled Professor Fuller's Calculating Slide Rulers, by Geirge Fuller. Drums range in size from 18 1/2" W x 6 1/4" dia. to 23 3/4" W x 6" dia. Overall dimensions range in size from 9" H x 22" W x 7" D to 9 1/4" H x 25 1/4" W x 8 1/8" D. Both items second quarter 20th century. Note: The Loga calculating drum does not specify a model number, however its measurements mostly closely correspond to the 15m. Provenance: Private West Tennessee Collection. CONDITION: All items in overall good condition with surface wear to varnish paper and metal to be expected from age and manner of use.
Lot 356
A large collection of Victorian and later brass weights, 1/4oz to 2lbs, makers including J&J Siddons, W&T Avery, H. Pooley & Son Ltd, some with weights and measures stamps and VR cipher, together with a £5 silver weight, 100 £1 notes weight, other weights, a set of postal scales and another and a small collection of 20th century half pennies
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