Jim Butcher (American, B. 1944) "Probes of the Sun/Space Achievement" Signed and dated (1981) lower right. Original Oil painting on Canvas. Provenance: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation. This painting was originally published on the Fleetwood First Day Cover for the U.S. Space Achievements 18c Probes of the Sun stamp issued May 21, 1981. Two hundred and seventy miles above the earth provided an excellent vantage point for Skylab's solar instruments in 1973. Here the sun's ultraviolet and X-ray emissions are not absorbed by the earth's atmosphere but can be recorded directly, exposing a wealth of information unavailable to astronomers on the surface. Also, the extremely faint outer atmosphere of the sun, the corona, can be seen in detail from earth only during rare total solar eclipses, a few minutes at a time. Above the atmosphere, Skylab could observe the corona nearly continuously. These advantages governed the selection of Skylab's data-gathering telescopes: two X-ray instruments, one from American Science and Engineering, the other from Marshall Space Flight Center; two ultraviolet instruments from the Naval Research Lab and a third from Harvard College Observatory; and a coronagraph from the High Altitude Observatory in Colorado. The astronauts operating these instruments had great "scientific leverage." Watching televised displays in Skylab, they made decisions on when, where and how to use each instrument. The flight crews were only the visible part of an enormous behind-the-scenes effort. More than two hundred scientists and engineers monitored and helped plan daily operations of the instruments. Image Size: 18.25 x 18.25 in. Overall Size: 22 x 22 in. Unframed. (B06947)
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A collection of clock reference books including: The English Watch, Camerer Cuss, ACC 2009Clockmakers of Britain 1286-1700, Brian Loomes, Mayfield Books 2014Old Clocks and Watches & Their Makers, F J Britten, ACC reprint 1899The Tavern Clock, Martin Gatto, Gatto 2010How the Watch was Worn, Genevieve Cummins, ACC 2010The Marine Chronometer, Rupert T Gould, ACC 2013Brass Dial Clocks, Brian Loomes, ACC 1998Early Scientific Instruments, Hawks, Abbeville 1981Yorkshire Longcase Clocks, Dr David Firth, Firth 2009Watchmakers and Clockmakers of the World, G H Baillie, NAG Press 1966 (11)
Advertising, Trade Catalogue - Griffin and Tatlock Ltd:~ A Catalogue of Scientific Apparatus for Lecture and Laboratory Use in the Study of Physics, Chemistry, Biology and General Science for University and other Examinations, Catalogue Number 52 AB, 1947, 616pp, illustrated throughout with in-text illustrations of scientific instruments, contemporary green cloth, gilt pictorial, small folio, [1]
A large late 19th century French oval four-glass mantel clock with twin-jar mercury pendulum triple calendar and moonphaseThe movement stamped S. Marti, and numbered 6635 and 194.The brass case on a raised base containing the 5 inch white enamel Roman dial with moon hands, the centre recess with moon phase, over three subsidiary dials for days of the week, date and month of the year, the two train movement with Brocot escapement and adjustable mercury pendulum, striking the hours on a bell. Sold with a winding key and a small hand setting key. 39cms (15ins) high (4)Footnotes:Provenance: Sotheby's London, Important Clocks, Watches, Wristwatches, Barometers and Scientific Instruments, 3 October 1991, Lot 143.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
BECK (RICHARD): A Treatise on the Construction, Proper Use, and Capabilities of Smith, Beck, and Beck's Achromatic Microscopes, frontispiece and 27 plates, including 2 chromolithographs, Smith, Beck and Beck, 1865Footnotes:Provenance: Christie's South Kensington, Engineering and Scientific Works of Art, Instruments and Models, 6 May 1993, Lot 182This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Newton & Co 3-Inch Brass Refracting Telescope on Stand, English, Mid 19th Century,signed Newton and Co, Opticians to the Queen, 3 Fleet Street, London, the tube with rack and pinion focusing, star finder mounted in parallel, supported on a bracket above tapering column and folding cast iron tripod, in mahogany case with accessories, length of tube 14in (102cm) Footnotes:Provenance: Sotheby's, London, Important Clocks, Watches, Wristwatches, Barometers and Scientific Instruments, 3 October 1991, Lot 61This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Dollond Brass universal equinoctial dial, English, Late 18th Century,signed Dollond London, silvered compass rose inset with two brass levels, hinged latitude arc, hour scale and gnomon raised on three leveling screws, in fitted shark skin case, 5in (13cm) wide Footnotes:Provenance: Christie's South Kensington, Engineering and Scientific Works of Art, Instruments and Models, 6 May 1993, Lot 126This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A James SHORT 3 1/4 Inch Reflecting Telescope on stand, circa 1760, English/Scottish, circa 1760,signed James Short no.220/1250-12, the tube with primary and secondary reflectors, focusing by long rod and screw, supported by a racked semi-circle with altitude adjustment, pillar and folding tripod stand, in mahogany case with accessories, length of tube 17 1/2in (44.5cm) Footnotes:Provenance: Christie's South Kensington, Fine Scientific Instruments, 29 September 1994, Lot 230This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Jesse Ramsden 2 1/2-Inch Brass Refracting Telescope on stand, English, Late 18th Century,Ramsden London, the tube with rack and pinion focusing supported by a bracket above tapering column, telescopic strut and folding tripod base, in fitted mahogany case with accessories, length of tube 25in (64cm) Footnotes:Provenance: Christie's South Kensington, Engineering and Scientific Works of Art, Instruments and Models, 6 May 1993, Lot 96Jesse Ramsden (1731-1800) worked for many of the leading 18th century London instrument makers and is famous for inventing the scale dividing engine. He was one of the most important makers of his generation.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Jean-Francois Richer Brass Theodolite, French, Early 19th Century,signed Richer A. Paris, telescope raised on a bracket of 55 degree vertical scale above horizontal circle of degrees with verniers and tangential adjustment and secondary telescope, on later turned oak stand, 17in (43cm) high Footnotes:Provenance: Christie's South Kensington, Engineering and Scientific Works of Art, Instruments and Models, 6 May 1993, Lot 148This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A W & S Jones Brass Portable Equatorial Telescope, English, Late 18th Century,the telescope with draw-tube focusing, raised in a bracket over 190 degree arc mounted on an equatorial circle, with engraved hour scale and tangential screw adjustment above latitude arc, circle of degree mounted with two bubble levels, 14in (36cm) high Footnotes:Provenance: Christie's South Kensington, Engineering and Scientific Works of Art, Instruments and Models, 6 May 1993, Lot 152This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Robert Banks Brass Portable Transit Telescope, English, Early 19th Century,signed Banks, London, the telescope with rack and pinion focusing mounted on a trunnion and flanked by illuminate and vertical degree circle with bubble level on strut stand with circular base raised on three levelling screws, 20in (51cm) high Footnotes:Provenance: Christie's South Kensington, Engineering and Scientific Works of Art, Instruments and Models, 6 May 1993, Lot 153Robert Banks (1796-1831) had premises in Piccadilly before moving to The Strand and then was finally located in Brompton Row, Knightsbridge.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A rare W & S Jones Brass Portable Equatorial Transit telescope, English, Early 19th Century,signed W S Jones, Holborn, London, the telescope with rack and pinion focusing, supported in a trunnion with vertical circle of degrees, silvered scale, magnifiers and verniers, the whole mounted on a trunnion supported by A-frames, racked quadrant and counter weight and base engraved with circle of hours and degrees, above tripod stand with leveling screws in original mahogany case of triangular section, 23in (55.5cm) high Footnotes:Provenance: Christie's, South Kensington, Engineering and Scientific Works of Art, Instruments and Models, 6 May 1993, Lot 154Literature: J.A. Bennett 'The Divided Circle', 1987Nicholas Goodison, 'English Barometers 1680-1860', 1985This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Secretan 3 3/4 Inch Brass Refracting Telescope on stand, French, Mid 19th Century,signed on the eyepiece, the tube with star finder mounted in parallel and with rack and pinion focusing on folding stained oak stand with altitude adjustment by chain drive and azimuth adjustment by rack and pinion, length of tube 54in (137cm) long Footnotes:Provenance: Christie's South Kensington, Engineering and Scientific Works of Art, Instruments and Models, 6 May 1993, Lot 100This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * TP* VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.TP Lots denoted with a 'TP' will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A rare Smith & Beck Brass Compound Binocular Microscope, English, Mid 19th Century,signed on the foot, Smith & Beck 6 Coleman St. London no.759, with eyepiece adjustment and rack and pinion focusing, later micrometer fine focusing, mechanical stage and substage, plano/concave reflector, supported in a trunnion above twin columns and tripod base, together with large mahogany case of microscope accessories including objectives, parabolic reflector, condenser and a smaller case fitted with two stage reflectors, four lieberkuhns and another case of eyepieces, 19in (49cm) high, (Qty)Footnotes:Provenance: Christie's South Kensington, Engineering and Scientific Works of Art, Instruments and Models, 6 May 1993, Lot 183Literature: TURNER G.L.E., The Great Age of The Microscope, 1989, (p.171-176)This microscope is an example of a large Smith & Beck monocular microscope that has been converted to binocular use by F.H.Wenham.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A rare Ducrétet Tin Foil Phonograph, French, 1881-1885,the bronze painted cast iron base mounted with a 3 1/2in diameter mandrel supported by two brackets and operating handle at the side, reproducer/speaking trumpet at the front, 9 1/2in x 7in (24cm x 18cm) Footnotes:Provenance: Christie's New York, Fine Clocks, Watches, Scientific Instruments and Mechanical Music, 17 December 1986, Lot 189Ducretet is understood to have taken over the tooling and parts of the Fondain company which made a very similar style of phonograph from about 1879 but it filed for bankruptcy in 1881. He continued making this model until the 1890's, but after 1885 they were stamped Ducretet-Lejeune on the underside of the base when he formed a partnership with Léon Lejeune.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
An Edward Nairne 1-inch spy glass, English, circa 1800,signed Nairne London, with single silver draw, tortoiseshell bound tube with bone mounts, together with a double sided pocket barometer, thermometer and compass, in fitted leather case, 3in (7.5cm) diameter (2)Footnotes:Provenance: Christie's, South Kensington, Engineering and Scientific Works of Art, Instruments and Models, 24 September 1992, Lot 74This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * Y* VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.Y Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the EU, see clause 13.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Homan's Solar Chronometer, English, circa 1915,the black painted metal hemisphere with one fixed and one sliding brass scale graduated with hours, minutes, months, and dates, on a circular base, hemisphere 13in (33cm) diameter Footnotes:Provenance: Christie's South Kensington, Fine Scientific Instruments, 29 September 1994, Lot 131Literature: The Journal of the British Astronomical Association, Vol. XXII, No. 4 (pp.185-6), January 1912. 'Clocks' Vol. 14 No. 10, (p.37), March 1992This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Thatcher's Calculator by Keuffel & Esser, Model 4012,with inner rotating cylinder and outer scales, on mahogany base, in mahogany case with copy of the instructions, 21in (53cm) wide Footnotes:Provenance: Christie's, New York, Fine Clocks, Watches, Scientific Instruments and Mechanical Music, 17 December 1986, Lot 81This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Box of cased scientific equipment to include; a cased Carl Zeiss Jena enamelled and polished brass microscope, various boxes of glass sildes, boxed scales, box of weights, instruments; tweezers, specimen knife etc and a Fotogram 10/6 photo-exposure calculator etc. (B.P. 24% incl. VAT) Nothing in canisters. X 12 lens stuck in wooden block. One lens marked: S. Lens in microscope marked: 2. Compartment containing slide holder and glass squares.
Various Scientific Instruments, Hall Bros dumpy level, black crackle finish, in mahogany case, H Hughes & Son bulkhead clock, dial restored or repainted, brass sextant, cleaned, a.f., Fowler Long Scale Calculator, in case, black enamelled Zeiss microscope, Watson microscope, lamp and other parts and accessories (a lot)
Various Instruments, Cooke Troughton and Simms black-enamelled and chrome polarizing microscope, with four objectives, in wooden case, with scientific glassware, stand, opera glasses, a.f., three student's microscopes, two cased, chemical balance weights, hydrometer, scissor and file roundlet set, brass rolling chart rule, polished, engineering levels, moulding plane and other items (a lot)
Schoener (Johann) Opera mathematica, 3 parts in 1, first edition, collation: α6, β4, A-Z6, Aa-Cc6, Dd-Ee8, Ff-Mm6, Nn8; a-h6, i8, including errata, colophon and final blank leaf, but lacking 2 other blanks, Roman and Greek type, title printed in red and black with two large woodcut ornaments, woodcut printer's device at end, woodcut portrait of the author on β4v, numerous woodcuts and diagrams, 4 full-page woodcuts, including terrestrial globe, celestial globe and planisphere, complete with eleven diagrams with working volvelles (some with original threads, others sometime replaced), woodcut initials, generally very fine, wide-margined copy, title gutter reinforced, quire R lightly browned, few other leaves toned, small wear to lower blank margin of b3v, tiny wormhole in blank outer margin of last several leaves, contemporary blind-tooled pigskin over wooden boards, covers within two blind-stamped rolls, outer roll dated 1541 and depicting the Crucifixion, David, the Resurrection, and St. John, inner roll dated 1556 and showing Lucretia, Caritas, and Justicia, later stamp of Schola Altenburgensis printed in gold in centre of upper cover and in black on lower cover, some minor abrasion to binding, spine slightly chipped at head, corners lightly rubbed, folio (306 x 201mm.), Nuremberg, J. Montanus & U. Neuber, 1551.⁂ Rare and important work with a most distinguished provenance, in excellent condition and in its strictly contemporary binding. The Honeyman copy of the first edition of the collected works by Johann Schöner, mathematician, astronomer, cartographer, and scientific instrument maker from Karlstadt, in Bavaria. Schöner was a contemporary of Nicolaus Copernicus and in 1526 he became the first professor of mathematics at the University of Nuremberg. His most illustrious pupil was Georg Joachim Rheticus, who in the Narratio prima (1540) announced Copernicus' discoveries. Schöner was also active as a printer and even set up a press in his house, printing numerous previously unpublished works by Johannes Regiomontanus, as well as the first printed terrestrial globe to name the recently discovered continent of America. The Opera mathematica was published posthumously by his son Andreas and is introduced by a preface by the outstanding humanist and reformer Philipp Melanchthon (1497-1560). The volume contains a representative sample of Schöner's wide and diverse interests, and a digest of some of his separately published works, most of which are extremely rare. Part 3 contains the most important section, which describes and illustrates eleven instruments, under the title Aequatorium Astronomicum, ex quo errantium stellarum motus, luminarium configurationes, & defectus colliguntur, a revised and enlarged version of the work which first appeared in 1521. The Aequatorium Astronomicum contains the earliest collection of printed equatoria-diagrams, as well as a catalogue of stars adapted by Schöner from that published by Copernicus in his De revolutionibus of 1543. The text is illustrated by an elaborate series of volvelles (movable wheel charts) used to determine planetary positions. Each part of these volvelles was printed on a separate page, such that the reader could cut them out or trace them on separate pieces of paper, and then assemble the various parts with string. These fragile 'paper instruments', which Schöner was among the first to employ, are frequently lacking or only partially present in most other copies of this work, and they are very often constructed incorrectly. This copy is exceptionally complete and includes all the volvelles, some still with their original thread. Provenance: from the library of the Latin school in Altenburg, Germany (stamp on the binding 'Biblioth. Schol. Altenburgensis'); the English politician and book collector Sir Robert Leicester Harmsworth (1870-1937; his sale at Sotheby's London, 9 February 1953, lot 9605); Robert Honeyman IV (1897- 1987; see The Honeyman Collection of Scientific Books and Manuscripts. Volume vii. Printed Books S-Z and Addenda, Sotheby's New York, 19-20 May 1981, lot 2802A); Astronomy & Science Books from The Library of Martin C. Gutzwiller, lot 175. Literature: Adams S-678, 685; VD16 S-3465; Alden 551/35; BEA, pp. 1027-1028; Houzeau - Lancaster 2388; Sabin 77806.
Five (5) boxed linear slide rulers, including Keuffel & Esser (K & E), Scientific Instruments Company, Post, and Sun Hemmi, one (1) Gerber GraphAnalogue, and one (1) Keuffel & Esser instruction manual, 7 items total. 1st item: Keuffel & Esser Analon 68 1400, serial number 006399. Comprised of one-sided white Ivorite (plastic), frameless plastic indicator with white plastic edges, and brass-colored end pieces. Maker's marks, front and back. Includes orange leather case, instruction manual, and original box. Slide rule - 12 1/2" L. Case - 13" H x 3 1/8" W x 1" D. Box - 14 3/8" H x 7" W x 1 1/2" D. 2nd item: Keuffel & Esser 68-1251 Jet-Log, serial number 136895. Comprised of two-sided white celluloid, frameless plastic indicator with plastic edges held together with metal screws, and L-shaped metal end pieces. Maker's marks, front and back. Includes orange leather case and original box. Slide rule - 12 1/2" L. Case - 13 1/4" H x 2 3/4" W x 1 1/4" D. Box - 13 3/4" H x 3 1/4" W x 1 1/4" D. 3rd item: Scientific Instruments Company 1510 Astrolog, serial number 30570, made by Relay/Ricoh, Japan. Comprised of two-sided white celluloid, frameless plastic indicator with plastic edges held together with metal screws, and L-shaped metal end pieces. Maker's marks, front and bottom edge. Includes box leather case with original box. Slide rule - 14" L. Case - 14 5/8" H x 3" W x 1 1/8" D. Box - 3 3/8" H x 15" W x 1 1/4" D. 4th item: Post 1451 Pocket Versatrig, made by Hemmi, Japan. Comprised of two-sided white celluloid on bamboo, frameless plastic indicator with plastic edges held together with metal screws, and metal end pieces. Maker's marks, front and back. Includes brown leather case with pocket clip, instruction manual, and original box. Slide rule - 6 7/8" L. Case 7 1/2" H x 2 1/4" W x 7/8" D. Box - 8 1/2" H x 6" W x 2" D. 5th item: Gerber GraphAnalogue, Model GA-103, No. 500, made by the Gerber Scientific Instrument Company, Hartford. Comprised of one-sided black anodized aluminum, frameless plastic and aluminum indicator held together with metal screws, and aluminum end pieces. Maker's makers, front and interior lid of case. Includes an instruction manual, adjusting wrench, and brown leatherette case with brown velvet lined interior. GraphAnalogue - 5" H x 14 1/4" W x 5/8" D. Case - 1 1/4" H x 15 1/2" W x 6 1/4" D. 6th item: Sun Hemmi No. 70, made in Occupied Japan, supplied by Argonauts, South Africa. Comprised of two-sided white celluloid on bamboo, metal and transparent plastic end pieces to each end on back. Maker's marks, back, retailer stick on box. Includes original box. Slide rule - 22 1/4" L. Box - 19 1/4" H x 2 1/2" W x 1 1/8" D. 7th item: K+E Slide Rules: A Self Instruction Manual by Lyman M. Kells, Ph.D., et al., published by Keuffel & Esser Company, New York, Hoboken, circa 1955. 8 3/8" H x 5 1/2" W x 1/2" D. All items mid 20th century. Provenance: Private West Tennessee Collection. CONDITION: All items in overall good condition. 1st item: Wear, area of archival tape repair to box. 2nd item: Box with wear. 3rd item: Slide rule and case with original plastic wrap. Box with wear. Case with surface scratches, ink inscription from previous owner. 4th item: Box with wear. 5th item: Wear to lettering on GraphAnalogue. 6th item: Wear to ruler. Cursor is missing. Wear, area of white tape repair to box. Top third of the box is missing.
Chris Calle (American, B. 1961) "Space Exploration" Signed lower right. Mixed Media on Illustration Board. Provenance: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation. This artwork was originally published on the Fleetwood Mint Stamps of the World Collectors Panel for Space Exploration produced in 1991. "The Eagle has landed." On July 20, 1969, those electrifying words traveled neary a quarter of a million miles via airwaves from the Moon's surface back to Earth. About six and a half hours later the hatch on the lunar module opened, and Neil Armstrong slowly backed out of the vehicle onto the craft's ladder. As he made his descent, the words "Live from the moon" flashed across television screens around the world, documenting man's first step on the lunar surface. The TV camera recorded the astronaut's movements against the Moon's dark shadows and blinding sunlight, and his ghostly image was broadcast some 240,000 miles back to Earth. Although the picture was fuzzy and scored with lines, this telecast undoubtedly was one of the most memorable events ever broadcast. Just 19 minutes later, Edwin Aldrin became the second man to set foot on the Moon. While treading on that unfamiliar terrain, he made the following observation: "You do have to be rather careful to keep track of where your center of mass is. Sometimes it takes about two or three paces to make sure that you've got your feet underneath you." Both Armstrong and Aldrin devoted most of their time outside the lunar module to setting up scientific instruments and taking samples of lunar material. By the end of their exploration, they had gathered about 50 pounds of rock and soil which were loaded into the space vehicle by using a rope and pully hoist. Soon after they were back in the Eagle , resting up for the long journey home. Image Size: 22.75 x 17.75 in. Overall Size: 30 x 21.75 in. Unframed. (B13350)
David K. Stone (American, 1922 - 2001) "Skylab" Signed lower right. Original Oil painting on Masonite. Provenance: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation. America's first orbiting space laboratory was launched from Kennedy Space Center on May 14, 1973. Equipped with a wide range of scientific instruments, this outpost in space was developed to test human adaptability to weightlessness, conduct experiments at zero gravity, study a broad view of the earth's surface, and take full spectrum photographs of our universe without the optical distortion of earth's atmosphere. The first manned Skylab mission left Kennedy Space Center May 25, 1973. Astronauts Charles Conrad, Joseph Kerwin, and Paul Weitz spent 28 days aboard Skylab. Most of the mission was spent under adverse conditions repairing the mother ship. Alan Bean, Owen Garriott, and Jack Lousma were the second crew, launched from earth on July 28, 1973. Their mission kept them on board Skylab for 59 days. The final crew of Skylab, Gerald Carr, Edward Gibson, and William Pogue, was launched November 16, 1973, from Kennedy Space Center and returned to earth February 8, 1974. The mission lasted a record 84 days. Image Size: 16.5 x 25.5 in. Overall Size: 18 x 26.75 in. Unframed. (B06898)
A group of vintage printed material related to NASA's Ranger programme, consisting: A group of 18 vintage gelatin silver prints, press photographs Associate Press, United Press International, Jet Propulsion Laboratory and General Dynamics, featuring images of the moon as taken by Ranger VII, VIII and IX. All 10 by 8 inches with captions. Seventh Ranger Ready for Launch on Moon Photo Flight. NASA News. Release no. 64-176. For release Thursday AM's July 23, 1964. 55 pages, staple bound in corner. Provides technical information about the spacecraft and launch vehicle, photography instruments and personnel involved. Project Ranger, NASA Facts, Vol. II No 6 Ranger C (RA-8) Status Bulletin. Nos: 1,2,3, 4, 5 and final. 17-14th February. All bulletins staple bound in top corner Ranger 3 Spacecraft. NASA New Release. Release No. 62-7, for release PM's Thursday, January 18, 1962. Staple bound in corner. Describes the spacecraft, the objectives of the mission including scientific experiments and personnel involved (Ranger III failed to launch) Ranger B, Atlas Space Launch Vehicle Information. News Release. General Dynamics, July 1964. 16 pages, staple bound in top corner The View From Ranger. NASA EP-38. NASA/JPL. 58 pages, soft covers, staple bound Ranger VII. A Special Report. NASA / JPL, August 5 1964. 36 pages, soft covers, staple bound A number of other brochures including: Ranger Spacecraft, NASA Educational Brief, No. 10020.1, 8 pages, staple bound; Ranger. A Lunar Exploration Spacecraft. Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 8 pages; The Ranger Programme for Exploration of the Moon. Provides information about the camera system for the Ranger spacecraft; Ranger: Its Mission and Its results, Raymond L Heacock, JPL/TRW Systems, reprinted from Space Log Summer 1965, 42 pages. Other items also included. Condition Report: Additional images showing the detail of the condition are available on request. Three of the wirephotos included in the lot on the reverse bear the stamp The Associated Press on as well as annotations in red pencil 'Space. U.S. Project Ranger 7'. Four other wirephotos bear on the reverse stamps of United Press International Inc. (circled in black biro) and numbers written in hand in red biro. All of the wirephotos are age toned, with photo surface in good condition (minor creases present) and some have stains along the edges (on the reverse). Remaining eleven photographs show signs of age toning and bear captions attached to the reverse by tape. Two of the prints have long creases along the edge or corner (10 and 20 cm long). NASA press releases 62-7 and 64-176: expected age toning, paper clips rusty, pin holes in top left corners (from paperclips), one hand annotation in pencil, slight creasing to the front pages; overall fine. Due to the volume of material viewing is recommended. Remote viewing available by appointment. Condition Report Disclaimer
Two rare pilot's wrist mounted 'aero hypsometers' J.H. Steward Limited, London, circa 1915 Each with circular silvered dial inscribed J.H. STEWARD LTD, 406 STRAND, & 547 WEST STRAND, LONDON, AERO HYPSOMETER, COMPENSATED to centre and with blued steel pointer within adjustable outer concentric scale calibrated for altitude 0 to 10,000 feet divided into one-hundred foot intervals and sub annotated 2 to 8 for each thousand feet, in watch-type case with knurled scale adjustment crown at three o'clock and fitted with wire lugs for wrist straps, the first numbered 4842 and with red arrow marker to the inside of the glass, the second numbered 4789 and with domed plexiglass cover, each 5cm (2ins) diameter and with brown leather wrist straps, (2). The firm of J.H. Steward Limited is recorded on the Science Museum website as established in London by James Henry Steward in 1852 as opticians and scientific Instrument makers. J.H Steward became incorporated as J.H. Steward Limited on 1st February, 1913. The company produced a large range of items for military use and advertised in their catalogues that they produced instruments for 'Reconnoitring, Sketching, Night Marching, Signally, Gun Laying'. They were well thought of with their work to such a standard that they were opticians to 'The British & Foreign Governments, the National Rifle Associations of England, India, Canada & the Colonies and the National Artillery Association'. Technically a hypsometer is an instrument that allows altitude to be measured by ascertaining the exact temperature at which water boils. This utilises the principle that the boiling point lowers with lower air pressure. The present instruments however are essentially aneroid altimeters specifically designed for aeronautical use which have been described as 'Aero Hypsometers' by the maker, probably to differentiate them from other altimeters available at the time. The present lot were during the formative years of air flight and were often issued/used to pilots during WWI as well as airship crewmen. Both appear to retain old/original straps which are noticeable long suggesting that the instruments were strapped either around the wrist of a heavily padded flying jacket or even the thigh of a pilot. Condition Report: Instrument 1 (top left in image) responds to change in pressure (has been bag tested) hence appears to be in working condition. The dial has some light discolouration/mellowing to the silvering but appears undamaged. The glass has s small shallow internal chip at 4 o'clock. The case has some losses and flaking to the plated finish otherwise is in good original condition and the crown-operated adjustable bezel is operational. Instrument 2's hand is detached hence we cannot test for response to change in pressure. The dial has overall tarnished appearance and the glass is a replacement (now plexiglass). The crown-operated adjustable bezel is operational, the case is discoloured/worn but appears undamaged. Condition Report Disclaimer
Y Two Victorian medical electromagnetic shock generators of magnetosOne by W. Matthews, London, late 19th centuryThe first with silvered brass frame with hand-crank wheel incorporating decorative dolphin cast crossings for driving the vertically pivoted rotating twin coil assembly lined in green velvet with mother-of-pearl top caps and cam-shaped alternating contacts to lower pivot, over a horseshoe magnet fitted with strength adjustment cancellation lever to underside and raised on four foliate cast ball feet incorporating integral cast electrical contact posts over a white marble platform base, 25cm (10ins) wide; the second of chest type with spring-driven mechanism concealed under a shaped brass top plate applied with pressed oval trade plate relief decorated with the Royal coat of arms and inscribed W. MATTHEWS, LONDON, C. ZANNI. PATENT, No. 160, with visible cocked six-spoke wheel driving similar visible arrangement of coils over the tips of a horseshoe magnet set within the right hand side of the mahogany case applied with instruction sheet and further trade label to inside of lid, the exterior with slightly domed lid fitted with a brass carrying handle, (with faults), 25cm (10ins) wide, (2). The development of electromagnetic generators for the production of alternating current to treat various medical conditions is generally ascribed to the Irish maker of Scientific Instruments Edward Marmaduke Clarke during the 1830's-40's. Such machines were supplied with brass 'wands' (for connection to the output terminals) to be applied to the area requiring treatment. It was believed that such treatment was beneficial to all sorts of ailments including Arthritis, Neuralgia and even tooth ache(!).
Y George III shagreen etui of drawing instrumentsJ. Bleuler, London, circa 1800 The tapered case with hinged lid enclosing fitted interior containing an ivory sector rule engraved BLEULER, LONDON, a protractor also signed and a selection of brass compasses and other instruments, the inside of the lid applied with trade label J. BLEULER, No. 27 Ludgate Street, LONDON, the exterior with brass button clasp to front, 17cm (6.75ins) high. A John Bleuler is recorded in Clifton, Gloria Directory of British Scientific Instrument Makers 1550-1851 as apprenticed to Henry Shuttleworth in 1771, he took on the business of the late Thomas Whitford at 27 Ludgate Hill, London in 1791 and worked from that address until 1822. He died in 1829. Condition Report: Instruments appear complete and free from significant faults but have general wear and light corrosion. The sector is a little stained but appears undamaged. The case is intact but a little tired with cracking, slight movement and wear to the skin veneers. The base has a hole due to an instrument being pushed through from the inside and the rear has unusual layout to the veneers incorporation a triangular patch which is almost certainly a detail from its construction than a repair. Internally the compartment divisions have noticeable wear but are serviceable. Condition Report Disclaimer
Photographic and Scientific Instrument Makers' Pamphlet Catalogues, W Watson & Sons - 'Photographic Cameras…..', 1920s, P, 'Watson Astronomical Telescopes', 1930s, 'Binocular Glasses and Portable Telescopes', 1932, 'Microscopes', 1933, (Barr & Stroud) 'Choosing a Binocular', 1930s, F-G, and 'Descriptive Catalogue of Scientific Instruments Manufactured and Sold by Horne & Thornthwaite', 1868, P-F (6)
CARL GUNTHER (1827-1912) Nine Stereoviews of Scientific Instruments, albumen prints mounted on yellow card, stereoviews of exhibits in the Berlin Trade Exhibition 1879, spectrometers, polarimeters, spectro-photometers etc, each with inscription and price hand-written in ink verso, each card 17.6cm 8.7cm
NO RESERVE Trade Catalogue.- Townson & Mercer, London. Catalogue of Chemical & Scientific Apparatus, Balances, Graduated Instruments, Pure Chemicals, &c., ninth edition (3rd reprint), numerous illustrations, border rule in red, first few leaves with thumb index, original cloth-backed boards, old paper label to head of spine, upper corners bumped and worn, [1907] § Thomson, Skinner & Hamilton, Glasgow. Illustrated Price List of Physical Apparatus, illustrations, original cloth, Glasgow, 1906, both rubbed, 8vo (2)⁂ Two interesting catalogues of laboratory equipment. Townson & Mercer have been manufacturing such apparatus for over 200 hundred years while Thomson, Skinner & Hamilton were founded in 1903 but went into liquidation in 1955.
JENNER EDWARD: (1749-1823) English Physician & Scientist, the pioneer of smallpox vaccine, the world's first vaccine. An extremely rare and significant manuscript notebook, unsigned, the tall 8vo bound volume compiled by Jenner, comprising over 100 pages of holograph text (and some original illustrations and diagrams), n.p., n.d. (c.1822/23), being Jenner's transcripts of contemporary scientific texts relating to meteorology. Jenner's notes explore the various aspects of contemporary meteorology, including the observations and discoveries of leading academics including William Falconer, Luke Howard and Thomas Forster and cover a wide variety of meteorological subjects from instrumentation ('a complete apparatus of meteorological instruments should include the Barometer, Thermometer, Hydrometer, Photometer, Athrioscope, Cynometer') through to the influence of flora and fauna ('Animal effluvia as well as vegetable are capable of being mixed with the air, and suspended in it. These are now generally esteemed to be the cause or source of fevers of the malignant or contagious kind'). The comprehensive notebook includes texts from various publications, essays and papers, a few extracts of which include - 'The analysis of the atmosphere is one of the finest discoveries of modern Chemistry. It appears to consist of two distinct expansible fluids contained in different proportions, a single portion of oxygen gas being united to three parts by weight, or four parts by bulk, of azote. There is also a very slight admixture of carbonic acid gas, accounting perhaps to a thousandth part of the whole', from the Supplement to the Encyclopaedia Britannica written by Sir John Leslie between 1815-24, 'The degree of pressure of the atmosphere upon the human body has not been exactly estimated, it having been computed from 31,000 to 42,000 pounds' weight. In the different states of the atmosphere his varies, the effects of these variations are not ascertained', from the 'Remarks on the Influence of Climate, Situation, Nature of Country, Population, Nature of Food, and Way of Life' by William Falconer (London, 1781), 'It is the frequent observation of the countenance of the sky, and of its connection with the present and ensuing phaenomena, that constitutes the antient and popular meteorology. The want of this branch of knowledge renders the predictions of the philosopher, who is attending only to his instruments less generally successful than those of the weather-wise mariner or husbandman', from the Philosophical Magazine, (Vol. XVI, London, 1803. Article XVIII), 'On the Modifications of Clouds, and on the Principles of their Production, Suspension and Destruction'; being the substance of an Essay read before the Askesian Society in the Session 1802-3, by Luke Howard, 'One of the principle uses of meteorology is, that it enables us to predict, in some measure, the ensuing changes of the weather. To do this accurately, a familiar acquaintance with the modification of the clouds, and indeed with all the operations which are going on above, appears necessary. When two or more contrary indications appear, the result must be deduced from those which ultimately prevail; & that when several agreeable signs appear, the event may be predicted with additional certainty…some animals express signs of uneasiness previous to an alteration of the weather long before there are any visible signs of a change. Dogs for instance become very drowsy & stupid before rain & their ears are sometimes found considerably inflamed….cats though in a less degree are affected in the same manner - and a leech, confined in a glass of water, has been found, by its rapid motions…to indicate fair or wet weather. Peculiarities in the electric state of the atmosphere may…affect the constitution of animals in the same manner as they appear to do ours, & thereby excite pleasurable or uneasy sensations', from the 'Researches about Atmospheric Phaenomena etc.' by Thomas Forster (London, 1813), 'In the formation of thunder storms I have noticed that when the rain actually begins to form and descend, the intensity of the blackness is not so great as where the cumulostratus is only going into a state of nimbus. If therefore the density is increased in the formation of drops of water, the blackness must depend on some other peculiarity of structure', from an article in 'The Philosophical Magazine' (Vol. XLI, London, 1813) written by Thomas Forster, 'To establish meteorology on a solid basis we should inquire into the extent and constitution of the medium we breathe and assist external observation by the different philosophical instruments which implicate at all times the exact condition and qualities of that mutable fluid', from the 'Treatise on Meteorology' by John Leslie in the Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature, and the Arts (Vol. XIV, Article X, London, 1823) 'White clouds on a grey ground, is one of the most certain indications of a mixture of two currents possessed of different constitutions. Storms are more sudden from the West points, in their commencement and are preceded by greater indications of commotion in the atmosphere, are attended with greater variations of the Barometer, are more squally in their progress, more partial in their extent and generally of less duration than those from an East point', from 'Remarks upon Meteorology; with a Specimen of a New Meteorological Table' by Dr.Bostock, as it appeared in 'A Journal of Natural Philosophy, Chemistry and The Arts' by William Nicholson (Vol. XXV, London, 1810), 'The limit, or boundary of the atmosphere terminates where the expansive force or power of the air, upwards, or from the Earth's surface is completely overcome by the force or power of gravitation downwards, or towards the Earth's surface, which is estimated at about 44 or 45 miles. It is computed that it would extend only to about 5 ½ miles in height if it were so compressed, that its density throughout should equal its degree of density near the surface of the Earth', from an essay 'On the Barometer' by Richard Walker of Oxford, published in 'The Philosophical Magazine' by Alexander Tilloch (Vol. XL, July - December 1812). On two pages at the centre of the journal there can be found Jenner's grey & black water colour depictions of cloud types, faithfully rendered in the style of the originals as they appear in Luke Howard's On the Modification of Clouds (1803).A third original illustration has been neatly excised from its page. Bound in the original, plain dark cloth boards (some light staining and age wear) and with a pencil ownership signature and address to the front free endpaper of a Miss Perkins & Dr Perry of 3 Priory Street, Everton. Some light staining and age wear throughout, the text however completely legible and not significantly affected in any way. Generally G £12000-20000 A fascinating and remarkable meteorological record compiled by Jenner for his personal reference. Jenner's interest in meteorology is not well documented, however, it would undoubtedly have been a subject of great importance to him in association with his experimentation with ballooning and his studies of bird migration. The present notebook offers a unique insight into the aspects of meteorology he most desired to understand.
NO RESERVE Clocks.- Masterpieces from The Time Museum including Watches, Clocks and Scientific Instruments, 4 vol. in 6, vol.1 original boards with dust-jacket, the rest original wrappers, the last three together in slip-case, Sotheby's, 1999-2004 § Vitale Collection of Highly Important European Clocks, 2 vol., price lists, original wrappers, together in cloth slip-case, New York, Christie's, 1996 § Art of Breguet (The) An Important Collection of 204 watches, Clocks and Wristwatches, original cloth, dust-jacket, Geneva, Hapsburg, 1991, sale catalogues, illustrations, many colour; and a quantity of other sale catalogues on clocks, watches & scientific instruments, most original wrappers, 4to, mostly Sotheby's & Christie's, 1960s onwards (c.200)Provenance: The Partridge Fine Arts Research Library
NO RESERVE Scientific Instruments.- Chapuis (Alfred) & Emond Droz. Automata: A Historical and Technological Study, Neuchatel & New York, 1958 § Michel (Henri) Traité de l'Astrolabe, original printed wrappers, uncut, Paris, 1947 § Kugel (Alexis) Spheres: The Art of the Celestial Mechanic, 2002 § Dekker (E.) & Peter van der Krogt. Globes from the Western World, 1993 § Haspels (J.J.L.) Automatic Musical Instruments: Their Mechanics and their Music 1580-1820, signed and inscribed by the author to John Partridge, Utrecht, 1987, illustrations, all but the second original cloth or boards with dust-jackets, the first two a little rubbed and frayed; and 15 others on scientific instruments, some duplicates, 4to & 8vo (20)Provenance: The Partridge Fine Arts Research Library
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