Barometers - twenty one titles: Goodison, Nicholas ENGLISH BAROMETERS 1680-1860 Antique Collectors' Club, Woodbridge 1977, dj; Goodison, Nicholas ENGLISH BAROMETERS 1680-1860 first edition, Cassell and Company Limited, London 1969, dj; Banfield, Edwin, a set of three works BAROMETERS, Wheel or Banjo; BAROMETERS, Stick or Cistern Tube and BAROMETERS, Aneroid and Barographs each published by Baros Books, Trowbridge, Wiltshire 1985, each with dj; Banfield, Edwin BAROMETER MAKERS AND RETAILERS 1660-1900 Baros Books, Trowbridge, Wiltshire 1991, softbound; Collins, Philip R. CARE AND RESTORATION OF BAROMETERS Baros Books, Trowbridge, Wiltshire 1990, softbound; Middleton, W. E. Knowles THE HISTORY OF THE BAROMETER John Hopkins Press, Baltimore MD 1964, dj; Collins, Philip R. BAROGRAPHS Baros Books, Trowbridge, Wiltshire 2002, softbound; Banfield, Edwin BAROMETER MAKERS AND RETAILERS 1660-1900 Baros Books, Trowbridge, Wiltshire 1991, softbound; Banfield, Edwin THE ITALIAN INFLUENCE ON ENGLISH BAROMETERS from 1780 Baros Books, inscribed by the author, Trowbridge, Wiltshire 1993, softbound; Banfield, Edwin The Banfield Family Collection of Barometers Baros Books, Trowbridge, Wiltshire 199, softbound; Collins, Philip R. ANEROID BAROMETERS AND THEIR RESTORATION Baros Books, Trowbridge, Wiltshire 1998, dj; Bolle, Bert BAROMETERS Argus Books Limited, Watford 1978, dj; Bell, G.H. and E.F. OLD ENGLISH BAROMETERS The Wykeham Press, Winchester 1952, dj; Negretti and Zambra A TREATISE ON METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS facsimile reprint of the 1864 edition originally published by the authors, Baros Books, Trowbridge, Wiltshire 1995, softbound; Belville, John Henry A MANUAL OF THE BAROMETER facsimile reprint of the 1858 third edition originally published by Taylor and Francis, Turner and Devereux, London 1975, softbound; Banfield, Edwin Antique Barometers - an illustrated survey Wayland Publications, signed by the author, Hereford 1977, staple softbound; Thoday, A.G. Barometers The Science Museum, London 1978, staple softbound; Rose, R.E. Looking After Your Barometer published by the author, London undated, staple softbound; Locke, John YOUR BAROMETER, BAROGRAPH OR ALTIMETER Brabourne Books, Brabourne 2003, softbound; McConnell, Anita BAROMETERS Shire Publication Limited, Haverfordwest, 1987, staple softbound; Archinard, BAROMETRES Musee d art et d histoire, Geneva 1978, softbound; and two volumes on Scientific Instruments, Wynter, Harriet and Turner, Anthony SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS Studio Vista, London 1975, dj, and Turner, Gerard L E ANTIQUE SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS Blandford Press, Poole 1980, dj, (23). Provenance: Private collection, Hampshire.
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Bion Nicolas. L'Usage des globes celeste et terrestre, et des spheres suivant les differens systemes du monde. Precede d'un traite de cosmographie... Sixiéme edition, revue, & corrigee. A Paris: Chez Jacques Guerin, imprimeur de Mesdames, rue du Fois et Nyon fils a l'occasion, Quai des Augustins, 1751.In-4° (mm 213x140). Pagine [8], 382 [i.e. 384]. 48 (di 49, manca n. 12) tavole calcografiche numerate fuori segnatura, a piena pagina o ripiegate. Fregio xilografico al frontespizio. Capilettera, testatine e finalini xilografici. Vignetta calcografica alla c. π2r. Buon esemplare, macchia di inchiostro al margine superiore del volume, alcune carte uniformemente brunite. Legatura coeva in vitello agli acidi, dorso a cinque nervi, al secondo scomparto titolo impresso in oro, i rimanenti scomparti decorati da ferri floreali dorati. Tagli marmorizzati. Contropiatti e sguardie in carta caillouté. Abrasioni ai piatti, mancanze in corrispondenza delle estremità del dorso e dei piatti. Sesta edizione del fortunato trattato redatto dall'artigiano francese Nicolas Bion (1652-1733), stampato per la prima volta a Parigi nel 1699. L'opera è divisa in tre parti: La Sphere du Monde, che illustra le più importanti concezioni dell'Universo, descrive il sistema solare ed elenca le costellazioni confrontando il numero di stelle ivi contenute secondo Tolomeo e Keplero. Segue il trattato dedicato al globo terrestre, e alla posizione della Terra nel sistema solare, intitolato De la Geographie, mentre conclude l'opera il terzo libro, Usage des Spheres et Globes, che spiega il modo costruire e di usare le carte e gli strumenti astronomici. L'opera è riccamente illustrata da tavole calcografiche, la maggior parte di esse ripiegate, che illustrano i fenomeni astrologici, le sfere di Tolomeo e Copernico, il planisfero celeste, i globi terrestre e celeste, una rosa dei venti. Particolarmente pregevoli le belle carte geografiche di tutti i continenti. 4° (213x140 mm). [8], 382 [i.e. 384] pages. 48 (of 49, wanting n. 12) copper engraved plates, full page or folded. Woodcut tool on the titlepage, woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces. Copper engraved vignette on fol. π2r. Good copy, marginal ink spot, some brownings. Contemporary calf, gilt title and tools on the spine, spine with five raised bands. Marbled edges, caillouté paper on the pastedowns. Abrased the covers with small losses. Sixth edition of this popular treatise by Nicolas Bion (1652-1733), printed for the first time in Paris in 1699. The work is divided into three parts: La Sphere du Monde explaining the most important theories on Universe, De la Geographie, concerning the Earth and its position inside the solar system and the Usage des Spheres et Globes, describing the scientific instruments and their use. The volume is widely illustrated.
Fine early 19th century French ebony and marquetry inlaid and ormolu mounted bureau plat, shaped serpentine top with leather inset writing surface and decorated with marquetry borders depicting heraldic devices, musical and scientific instruments, with three frieze drawers, raised on cabriole legs, 142cm wide x 71cm deep x 76cm high CONDITION REPORT Rear of table appears quite faded wood very dry and cracks / small losses to veneers. Top also has some veneer losses and cracks front face is better with fine colour but some further veneer losses. Metal mounts loss to front left draw otherwise general wear.
LARGE ARNOLD & DENT GILT BRONZE MANTEL CLOCK CIRCA 1835 the signed circular engine-turned dial with a Roman number chapter and subsidiary 'FAST/SLOW' dial, set in a waisted rococo style case with acanthus scrolls, floral garlands, and a classical mask, surmounted by the figures of Chronos and Ananke; the movement inscribed 'Arnold & Dent London/ 524' 61.5cm high Note: The partnership of Edward J. Dent and John Roger Arnold began in 1830 and lasted ten years. The firm specialised in chronometers and precise clocks and other instruments, and counted amongst their clientele prestigious civic, maritime and scientific organisations. Both Dent and Arnold were prominent clockmakers in London in their own rights prior to the partnership, with a history of important commissions and innovations between them. Dent started trading in 1814, fulfilling important commissions for the Standard Clock at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich and the Great Clock for the Houses of Parliament, known as 'Big Ben'. In 1830 he supplied a marine chronometer to the Beagle, used during Darwin's voyage while researching 'Origin of the Species'. Arnold served as apprentice to his father, a noted 18th century horologist, and to Abraham Louis Breguet, eventually taking over his father's business in 1799. In 1817 he became Master of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers. Clocks produced during the decade long union of Arnold and Dent are of extremely high quality.
A mixed lot of scientific instruments and related items to include a Claude Lyons Ltd. 'Variac' variable transformer, a military issue Victoria Instrument Co Ltd ohm and volt meter, the face with broad arrow mark, and dated 1941, no. 78715, also an Air Ministry issue WWII period camera type G.45 serial no. 40813 by Williamson Co Ltd.
A group of scientific instruments including a Cossor oscillograph model 1039M, serial no.7417, two megacycle and kilocycle reading devices, both with applied plaques 'M.C.R.I.', with serial numbers 56410 and 74580, a War Department issue ohmmeter by A.E.M. Ltd and a number of further War Department and Air Ministry issue microamperes volt, ammeter D.C.2, thermo-ammeter and accepted dashes measuring instruments.
A group of scientific instruments including a portable scanner unit L2A1 serial no.172, a cased multimimor mk5 set by Avo Ltd of Dover, with original instructions to interior, a cased holophane-edgcumbe auto-photometer set, a cased pocket light meter, model no.A700 by Ferranti of London, a W. Watson & Sons Ltd of London optical instrument with attached light bulb, a boxed sphero-meter by Phillip Harris Ltd of Birmingham, a device/component with screw top stamped 'Pluton' and patented for Delarue 1916, a spare mirror box stamped 'Heligraphs 5-in mkV' for J.H. & S., etc.
A group of scientific and other instruments including a War Department issue receiver radio 328R with broad arrow mark, an early 20th century wooden cased transmission device with internal stamp for the BBC and reading 'Type Approved by Postmaster General', a set of Mizuho 'MX' series HF tranceivers, housed in a vintage leather suitcase, a vacant Air Ministry issue battery container, ref no.5A/196S, two contemporary microphones, a radiometer and a number of boxed Mazda radio valves, also a quantity of mixed components including wire, small glass dome, pair of headphones, Viking fireproof glass funnel, etc.
A mixed lot of scientific instruments to include two Russian anemometers, a 'Vibro-Keyer', a cased voltmeter, an oak cased desk top barometer, a black painted iron telescope tripod, also a Bonnie Bafflette speaker by Richard Allen Radio Co Ltd, a small bugle stamped T. Bull of London, a gramophone horn and a flute, a cased ferrograph reel to reel tape recorder (case af), etc.
A group of scientific instruments and technical devices including a Pye & Co galvanometer, a wooden cased stroboscope, a Reynolds & Branson Ltd of Leeds measuring instrument with steel needle, a gyroscope on column modelled as a classical dolphin and similar later plastic cased device, an Air Ministry rotary transformer, serial no.LJ8940, and general electric dynamotor model 5DY82AB1, and a number of further instruments.
A large collection of various scientific instruments to include a TEL field telephone, a Gamewell telephonic instrument, Cambridge instruments, volt and ameter, a Medical Supply Association electric device, a surveyor's tripod, an Everay violet ray generator, a Cambridge Instrument Co. Model R electronic device, a brass cased compass marked "Air Compass Type 5/17 No.3144", an ampmeter and a height meter, together with various further scientific instruments
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[GEORGE III]: (1738-1820) King of the United Kingdom 1760-1820. A selection of approximately fifteen short clipped strands of silver hair cut from the head of King George III, the hair approximately 0.3” each in length and neatly mounted to a piece of circular maroon felt and contained within a small fastening silver coloured locket with glass fronts. Accompanied by a very small contemporary oblong 12mo piece annotated in ink in an unidentified hand, in full, ‘K. George III’s Hair 1814, given to Mother by Earl Bathurst KG 1814’. G to VG, 2 Henry Bathurst (1762-1834) 3rd Earl Bathurst. British Politician who served as President of the Board of Trade 1807-12, Foreign Secretary 1809, Secretary of State for War and the Colonies 1812-27 (all during the reign of King George III) and as Lord President of the Council 1828-30. Provenance: Acquired by the present vendor at an auction of Relics, Photographs, Cameras, Mechanical Music, Barometers and Scientific Instruments held by Bonhams at their Chelsea salerooms on 6th November 1995 (Lot 9).
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[CHARLES I]: (1600-1649) King of England, Scotland & Ireland 1625-49. A rare, substantial lock of dark hair cut from the beard of King Charles I, the strands approximately 1.5” each in length, neatly tied together and mounted to a maroon cloth background alongside a small card bearing the red wax seal of Sir Henry Halford and below the original folded square 12mo wrapper in which the hair was originally preserved, annotated in ink and stating, in full, ‘Hair cut from the upper lip of Chas: I by Sir Hy. Halford, April 1813’. Framed and glazed in a dark wooden frame to an overall size of 7 x 8.5. Some light overall dust staining to the wrapper, otherwise VG Sir Henry Halford (1766-1844) English Physician who served as Physician Extraordinary to King George III from 1793-1820 and then as Physician in Ordinary to his three successors, King George IV, King William IV and the young Queen Victoria. In 1813 Halford was involved in the exhumation of the hitherto missing body of King Charles I and he published An Account of what happened on Opening the Coffin of King Charles the First in the vault of King Henry VIII in St. George’s Chapel, Windsor, on the First of April MDCCCXIII in Essays and Orations read and delivered at the Royal College of Physicians (Second Edition, published by John Murray, London, 1833). Halford’s interesting account stated, in part, ‘…Lord Clarendon in his History of the Rebellion, [stated] that the body of King Charles I, though known to be interred in St. George’s Chapel, at Windsor, could not be found, when searched for there some years afterwards….the most careful search was made for the body by several people….On completing the mausoleum which his present Majesty [King George III] has built in the tomb-house….it was necessary to form a passage to it….In constructing this passage, an aperture was made accidentally in one of the walls of the vault of King Henry VIII, through which the workmen were enabled to see, not only the two coffins which were supposed to contain the bodies of King Henry VIII and Queen Jane Seymour, but a third also, covered with a black velvet pall, which….might fairly be presumed to hold the remains of King Charles I. On representing the circumstance to the Prince Regent, his Royal Highness perceived at once, that a doubtful point in history might be cleared up by opening this vault; and accordingly….ordered an examination to be made….in the presence of his Royal Highness himself….and Sir Henry Halford….On removing the pall, a plain lead coffin….bearing an inscription “King Charles, 1648” in large, legible characters….immediately presented itself to the view. A square opening was then made in the upper part of the lid, of such dimensions as to admit a clear insight into its contents. These were an internal wooden coffin….and the body carefully wrapped up…..The coffin was completely full….and great difficulty was experienced in detaching it successfully….At length, the whole face was disengaged from its covering. The complexion of the skin of it was dark and discoloured. The forehead and temples had lost little or nothing of their muscular substance….and the pointed beard, so characteristic of the period of the reign of King Charles, was perfect. The shape of the face was a long oval; many of the teeth remained….When the head had been entirely disengaged from the attachments which confined it, it was found to be loose, and, without any difficulty, was taken up and held to view….The back part of the scalp was entirely perfect, and had a remarkably fresh appearance….The hair was thick at the back part of the head, and, in appearance, nearly black. A portion of it, which has since been cleaned and dried, is of a beautiful dark brown colour. That of the beard was a redder brown. On the back part of the head it was more than an inch in length, and had probably been cut so short for the convenience of the executioner, or perhaps by the piety of friends soon after death, in order to furnish memorials of the unhappy king.’ An 8vo hardback copy of the second edition of Halford’s Essays and Orations, bound in contemporary half calf, with a gilt spine and label, and bearing the armorial bookplate of Lord Farnham, is included in the present lot. It is not known how much of the hair Halford removed from the beheaded King Charles I was then distributed amongst friends and colleagues, or indeed how much survives today. We have only been able to locate one other, very similar lock of hair that was presented to Hans Busk the younger (1815-1882) by Halford (and also authenticated by his seal) which was offered by Bonhams in their sale of Relics, Scientific Instruments and Barometers, Cameras, Photographs and Mechanical Music at their Chelsea salerooms on 6th April 1995 (Lot 1, Estimate £1000-1500, Sold for a hammer price of £3400).
A 19th Century large French gilt bronze statue marble Clock, by Bechot, the platform top with central engraved face with Roman numerals, above shelves with body surmounted by a globe and scientific instruments, flanked either side by a female figure and a telescope, on a rectangular base with similar decoration in relief, on circular pad feet, approx. 48cms (19") h. (1)
the celestial signed and inscribed in cartouche GLOBUS COELESTIS ex tabulis celebri Aftro, nomi Bode Deliniatus a Johan Bern Bauer / Chrif Hein: Kuraet fc. the printed and coloured paper gores engraved with constellations represented by animals, birds, mythical beasts, scientific and musical instruments, the stars by size and magnitude, pasted to fruitwood former hollowed and divided to receive the terrestrial globe – 4in. (10cm.) diameter; the terrestrial signed and inscribed in carchouche Die ERDE fo wie fie Jeztbekant Entworfen von I.B. Bauer Mech. in Nürnbg.1791, the printed and coloured gores pasted to wooden former with Cook's tracks and other details – 2¾in. (7cm.) diameterRef: Van der Krogt, P: Old Globes in the Netherlands, HES Uitgevers, Utrecht, 1984, p.50-51.Provenance: Christie's South Kensington, 27th September 1990, lot 17.
constructed in brass and comprising a circular protractor with extended indicator signed Geo Adams London; and a protracting parallel rule signed G. Adams London, mounted on a common perspex display stand – 8¾ x 15¾in. (22 x 40cm.) overall; together with a quantity of scientific spare parts and fragments for a variety of instruments contained in a bag(A lot)
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.
A gilt brass aneroid barometer and a brass weather forecasting calculator, Negretti and Zambra, London, early 20th century The barometer with 3.5 inch circular silvered register calibrated 28-31 divided into twentieths and inscribed FORECASTING ANEROID, COMPENSATED, NEGRETTI & ZAMBRA, LONDON, 10208 to centre, with blued steel pointer set behind bevel glass, the circumference of the case calibrated with altitude scale 0-3,000 feet with the rear cover rotating to calibrate the pointer for altitude error by referencing an arrow mark engraved to the rim against the scale, with post incorporating knurled nut for locking the rear cover positioned at twelve o clock, 10cm (4ins) diameter. The weather forecasting calculator formed as three discs, the outer calibrated in inches for the barometer reading to the top edge and for the wind direction to the lower edge, the middle ring annotated for STEADY, RISING and FALLING and for summer or winter for lining up with the wind direction scale, the centre with instructions for use, sector revealing appropriate weather forecast and inscribed NEGRETTI & ZAMBRA, LONDON, PATENT 6276, 1915, with hinged strut to rear and suspension ring, diameter 12cm (4.75ins); both contained in two-part hinged velvet lined case 14.5cm (16ins) wide. Together with a Smiths stopwatch Please see our website for footnote regarding the firm of Negretti & Zambra. The firm of Negretti & Zambra are recorded in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETER MAKERS AND RETAILERS 1660-1900 as being established in 1850 when a partnership between Enrico Negretti and Joseph Warren Zambra was formed. The firm became one of the most prolific makers of scientific instruments and continued trading well into the 20th century. The forecasting calculator was patented by Negretti and Zambra in 1915 using observations of actual weather conditions over a ten year period and was said to be 80% accurate by the manufacturers.
A Brewster-Pattern Pedestal Dioramic Stereoscope, by G. Lowden, Dundee, signed to oval ivory plaque on top 'PATENT DIORAMIC STEREOSCOPE, MADE BY G. LOWDEN, OPTICIAN, DUNDEE' and impressed with the number '20', walnut & satin wood veneered case with hinged top, solid wood rear for opaque views only, hinged top, push pull focus to front lens panel, viewing lenses in turned horn collars to front panel, raised on a fluted mahogany pedestal, height adjustment via a wooden screw above turned base, height 34cmA rare opportunity to acquire one of the earliest known (serial No.20) lenticular stereoscopes by George Lowden, the instrument maker responsible for producing Dr. David Brewster’s first ever stereoscope. The lenticular (use of lenses to get a 3D effect) stereoscope was invented by Dr. David Brewster and proved over time to be his best selling invention. Brewster first took his original design of a lenticular stereoscope to a local instrument maker in Dundee, George Lowden. Lowden started making Scientific instruments at the age of 24(1). In 1849 Lowden made several of Brewster’s lenticular stereoscopes which in turn were given away by Brewster to the nobility of England to promote the new discovery of stereo photography (2). Unfortunately, they were given a rather lukewarm reception and as a result were not a successful commercial venture. In Lowden’s autobiography(3) Lowden recounts the development of the stereoscope and how he came to fall out with Brewster:‘Fortunately for me at the end of 1849 I got acquainted with that nobelman so well and favourably known to all Dundonians, George Lord Kinnard, and through him was introduced to many of the servants who were entertained by his lordship at Rossie Priory. Among these was sir David Brewster, who at this period (1849) invented his stereoscope, and I got the making of the first one and sending the copies of it to many scientific men all over Europe. Later on I also improved on them and made a great number for many years afterwards. The fault of Brewster’s stereoscope was that the lens’ were to small, being in fact, only two halved of a spectacle glass. This did not suit every eye and in experimenting I discovered that larger lenses were and advantage. I pointed this out to Brewster but he was wedded to his opinion, and as I feared the idea might be taken up by another, I took out a patent for my improvement – which experience has amply justified – but my action was, unfortunately, resented by Brewster, and gave rise to considerable friction, for which I did not consider I was to blame, seeing that I had pointed out the improvement and he had refused it’Following the disagreement Brewster in 1850, unable to convince another English company to manufacture his stereoscope, visited the French firm of Duboscq et Soliel in Paris, a company that specialised in optical instrument manufacture. Here Brewster showed Duboscq an example of Lowden’s stereoscope. Duboscq produced a model that was exhibited by Brewster at the 1851 great exhibition in London. It attracted the attention of Queen Victoria who was very impressed with the effect it gave. Brewster then presented theQueen with an example of Duboscq’s stereoscope with some accompanying stereo photographs. Queen Victoria’s interest sparked huge demand for the stereoscope and in 1856 Brewster reported sales of over half a million stereoscopes. The principle of Brewster’s lenticular stereoscope has survived until present day being essentially the same as the optical system used on the very latest Virtual reality headsets.Notes:, According to Dr A. D Morrison Low & J. R. R. Christie in their book Martyr of Science, Sir David Brewster, ‘No original Lowden stereoscope has ever been traced, although microscopes (INV RSM TY 1980.238 and A56557 in the Welcome Museum) and telescopes and a camera are known to have been retailed by Lowden’. Since Morison Low’s & Christie’s book, published in 1984, one other Lowden stereoscope has come to light. This stereoscope is held at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. It was purchased by the museum in 1999 with New Zealand Lottery Grant Board Funds( Registration Number GH007816). Its condition and serial number are unknown. References 1. H. Millar,James Bowman Lindsay and other pioneers of invention ( Edinburgh 19250 , p86, Lowden is assessed and an instrument maker by Clarke. 2. D Brewster, Binocular vision & the stereoscope, North British Review, 1856, 176. 3. D. Morrison-Low & J. R. R. Christie, Martyr Of Science: Sir David Brewster 1781-1868. P62 Provenance: From the Maurice Gillet collection.10/09/2017 Condition Report: Very good condition, optically and structurally, no damage to viewer or stand all appears original, no signs of repair, no significant wear.
A Regency brass mounted mahogany mercury cistern tube stick barometer Bate, London, circa 1815 The ebony line strung case with swan neck pediment applied with cavetto projections to sides over circular slivered hydrometer engraved Moist Air/Dry Air to centre behind glazed cast brass bezel and rectangular glazed silvered brass Vernier scale calibrated in barometric inches and with the usual observations beneath engraved signature Bate, London to upper margin set behind hinged brass-framed glazed door, the caddy moulded trunk inset with large Fahrenheit scale mercury tube thermometer behind conforming brass-framed arch glazed door, the rounded base with moulded circular cistern and level adjustment screw to underside, 111cm (43.75ins) high excluding finial. The current lot is almost certainly by Robert Brettell Bate who is recorded in Clifton, Gloria Directory of British Scientific Instrument Makers 1550-1851 as working from Poultry, London 1808-42 and then 33 Royal Exchange 1846-47. Bate was known as a maker of all types of instrument however was celebrated for his nautical instruments including marine barometers and latterly was appointed Instrument-maker to Her Majesty s Honourable Boards if Excise and Customs .
Scientific Instruments - eight volumes: Stone, Edward (translator) THE CONSTRUCTION AND PRINCIPAL USES OF Mathematical Instruments Translated from the FRENCH of M. BION, Chief Inftrument-Maker to the French King facsimile reprint of the 1758 second edition, Holland Press, London 1972, dj; Clifton, Gloria Directory of British Scientific Instrument Makers 1550-1851 Zwemmer in association with The National Maritime Museum, London 1995, dj; Pearsall, Ronald Collecting and Restoring Scientific Instruments David and Charles, Newton Abbot 1974, dj; Goodison, Nicholas ENGLISH BAROMETERS 1680-1860 Antique Collectors Club, Woodbridge 1985, dj; Holbrook, Mary SCIENCE PRESERVED, A directory of scientific instruments in collections in the United Kingdom and Eire HMSO, London 1992, dj; Daumas, Maurice LES INTRUMENTS SCIENTIFIQUE AUX XVIIe ET XVIIIe SIECLES Presses Universitaires de France, Paris 1953, green cloth; Multhauf, Robert P. CATALOGUE OF INSTRUMENTS AND MODELS in the possession of THE AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY The American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia 1961, dj; and a copy of Lennox-Bord, Mark SUNDIALS Francis Lincoln Limited, London 2006, dj, (8). Provenance: The horological library of Michael Hurst.
Barometers, Scientific Instruments and Musical boxes - sixteen volumes: Goodison, Nicholas ENGLISH BAROMETERS 1680-1860 Cassell and Company Limited, London 1969, dj; Middleton, W.E. Knowles The History of the Barometer John Hopkins Press, Baltimore MD 1964, dj; Bolle, Burt BAROMETERS Argus Books Limited and Antique Collectors Club, Woodbridge 1984, dj; Banfield, Edwin BAROMETERS Wheel or Banjo Baros Books, Trowbridge 1985, dj; Collins, Philip R. ANEROID BAROMETERS AND THEIR RESTORATION Baros Books, Trowbridge 1998, dj; Collins, Philip R. CARE AND RESTORATION OF BAROMETERS Baros Books, Trowbridge 1993, softbound; Ord-Hume, W.J.G. Restoring Musical Boxes & Musical Clocks Mayfield Books, signed and inscribed by the author, Ashbourne 1997, dj; Ord-Hume THE MUSICAL BOX, A Guide for Collectors Schiffer Publishing Limited, signed and inscribed by the author, Atglen PA, 1995, dj; Bahl, Gilbert MUSIC BOXES The Apple Press, London 1993, dj; Clarke, T.N., Morrison-Low, A.D. and Simpson, A.D.C. BRASS & GLASS, Scientific Instrument Making Workshops in Scotland... National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh 1989, softbound; Bryden, D.J. Scottish Scientific Instrument-Makers 1600-1900 Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh 1972, softbound stapled spine; Morrison-Low, A.D. Making Scientific Instruments in the Industrial Revolution Ashgate Publishing Limited for National Museums Scotland, Aldershot 2007, dj; Blondel, C., Parot, F., Turner, A. and Williams, Mari (editors) STUDIES IN THE HISTORY OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS Rogers Turner Books Ltd, London 1989, softbound; McConnell, Anita INSTRUMENT MAKERS TO THE WORLD, A History of Cooke, Troughton & Simms William Sessions Limited, York 1992, softbound; Turner, G.L E Essays on the History of the Microscope Senecio Publishing Company Limited, Oxford 1980, dj; Anderson, R.G.W., Bennett, J.A. and Ryan, W.F. (editors) MAKING INSTRUMENTS COUNT, Essays on Historical Scientific Instruments presented to Gerard L Estange Turner Variorum, Aldershot 1993, dj; Matthewson, G. Constructing an Astronomical Telescope Blackie and Son Limited, London 1986, black cloth, with three related sundry publications, (19).
A Victorian pollard oak mercury cistern tube stick barometer Watkins and Hill, London, circa 1840 With swan neck pediment over rectangular glazed silvered brass Vernier scale calibrated in barometric inches and with the usual observations beneath engraved signature Watkins & Hill, Charing Cross, LONDON to upper margin, with fine moulded surround over ebony line edged burr veneered trunk incorporating Vernier adjustment screw to throat, the base with vase-turned cistern cover applied to rectangular section with level adjustment to underside, 98cm (38.5ins) high excluding finial. The partnership between Francis Watkins and Joseph Hill is recorded in Clifton, Gloria Directory of British Scientific Instrument Makers 1550-1851 as makers of a diverse range of scientific instruments trading from 5 Charing Cross, London 1819-56.
Astrolabes and related instruments - eleven volumes: Gunther, Robert T. ASTROLABES of the WORLD two volumes in one, Holland Press, London 1976, dj; Morrison, James E. The ASTROLABE Janus, Rehoboth Beach DE 2007, signed by the author, softbound; Gunella, Allessandro and Lamprey, John (translators and editors) Stoeffler s Elucidatio, The Construction and Use of the Astrolabe John Lamprey, Cheyenne Wyoming 2007, softbound; King, David A. Islamic Astronomical Instruments Variorum Reprints, London 1987, gilt titled blue cloth; Webster, Roderick and Marjorie Western Astrolabes, Historic Scientific Instruments of the Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum Adler Planetarium Astronomy Museum, Chicago Illinois 1998, Dj; Saunders, Harold N. ALL THE ASTROLABES Senecio Publishing Company Limited, Oxford 1984, dj; Turner, A.J. The Time Museum, Time Measuring Instruments, Astrolabes, Astrolabe Related Instruments Volume 1, Part 1, The Time Museum, Rockford Illinois 1985, gilt titled black cloth, Cleempoel, Koenraad Van A CATALOGUE RAISONNE OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS FROM THE LOUVAIN SCHOOL, 1530 TO 1600 Brepols, Turnholt Belgium 2002, dj; Skeat, Walter W. (editor) A Treatise on The Astrolabe, addressed to his son Lowys by Geoffrey Chaucer The Early English Text Society, Oxford University Press, London 1968, gilt titled brown cloth; Tardy, Jean-Noel Astrolabes, Cartes du ciel, les comprendre it les construire Sarl Edisud, La Calade Aix-En-Provence 1999, softbound; Waters, D.W. The Planispheric Astrolabe National Maritime Museum, Greenwich 1989, softbound, and four sundry publications (15).
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