Apollo 15 Astronauts Dave Scott, Jim Irwin and Col Al Worden signed on two Space covers. Apollo 15 (July 26 August 7, 1971) was the ninth crewed mission in the United States' Apollo program and the fourth to land on the Moon. It was the first J mission, with a longer stay on the Moon and a greater focus on science than earlier landings. Apollo 15 saw the first use of the Lunar Roving Vehicle. The mission began on July 26 and ended on August 7, with the lunar surface exploration taking place between July 30 and August 2. Commander David Scott and Lunar Module Pilot James Irwin landed near Hadley Rille and explored the local area using the rover, allowing them to travel further from the lunar module than had been possible on previous missions. They spent 181?2 hours on the Moon's surface on four extravehicular activities (EVA) and collected 170 pounds (77 kg) of surface material. At the same time, Command Module Pilot Alfred Worden orbited the Moon, operating the sensors in the scientific instrument module (SIM) bay of the service module. This suite of instruments collected data on the Moon and its environment using a panoramic camera, a gamma ray spectrometer, a mapping camera, a laser altimeter, a mass spectrometer, and a lunar subsatellite deployed at the end of the moonwalks. The lunar module returned safely to the command module and, at the end of Apollo 15's 74th lunar orbit, the engine was fired for the journey home. During the return trip, Worden performed the first spacewalk in deep space. The Apollo 15 mission splashed down safely on August 7 despite the loss of one of its three parachutes. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5. 99, EU from £7. 99, Rest of World from £9. 99. Good condition Est.
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James Irwin The Command Module Endeavour during pitcharound in lunar orbit, nose-down with Scientific Instruments Module (SIM) Bay exposed, Apollo 15, 26 July - 7 August 1971 Vintage chromogenic print on resin-coated Kodak paper, 25.4 x 20.3 cm (10 x 8 in), ) [NASA photo number AS15-88-11967], with This paper manufactured by Kodak watermarks on verso, (NASA/North American Rockwell) Footnotes: Alone in 'Endeavour' Worden pitched the command ship nose down toward the Moon so that Scott and Irwin in the LM could inspect the exposed SIM bay where he would later retrieve the cassettes of the panoramic cameras during his deep space EVA. North American Rockwell was NASA's prime contractor and manufacturer of the Apollo Command Module.
NEWTON (ISAAC)Autograph letter signed ('Your most humble & most obedient/ Servant/ Is. Newton') to Samuel Pepys ('Sr'), rejoicing at receiving a letter from him, glad to hear of his good health from the bearer and hoping said bearer [Samuel Newton] will answer their expectations, going on '...He shewed me your Problem. Viz How seamen may be convinced of the possibilities of improving navigation. I know no certain way of convincing them; but the best way that I can think of is by shewing them out of history that navigation has been improved in all ages down to our own, that some things of great moment are still wanting... & that ships often miscarry through their unskilfulness, wch is your own argument. But when all is done there will be no certain way of convincing them but by improving it. And then they will be convinced only so far, as they see it improved. For what seaman would have expected the inventions of sails, Anchors, Rudders, the compass & Gunpowder till they were found out...', thanking him for the encouragement he is giving Sam Newton '...for tho' he is almost a stranger to me, yet I should be glad to find that he gives satisfaction as well for ye sake of my Recommendation as for the sake of the Hospitall...', integral address panel addressed 'For the Honble Samuel Pepys Esq/ in York Buildings/ London', docketed in ink on recto 'May.17.1695' in the hand of Pepys, and on verso in another hand, one page on a bifolium, crown and circle watermark with initials CC and P, seal tear, light dust-staining, creased at folds, losses along upper fold, not affecting text, 4to (210 x 150mm.), Trinity College, Cambridge, 17 May [16]95Footnotes:'FOR WHAT SEAMAN WOULD HAVE EXPECTED THE INVENTIONS OF SAILS, ANCHORS, RUDDERS, THE COMPASS & GUNPOWDER TILL THEY WERE FOUND OUT': AN IMPORTANT NEWLY DISCOVERED LETTER FROM ISAAC NEWTON TO SAMUEL PEPYS - ON IMPROVING THE TUITION IN NAVIGATION AT CHRIST'S HOSPITAL.Remarkably little correspondence between two of the great figures of the age survives, which makes our newly-discovered letter a great rarity. Indeed, only four other letters from Newton to Pepys are recorded in the seven volume Correspondence of Isaac Newton (Vol.III, nos. 420, 432, 434 and 436, 13 September, 26 November, 16 December, 23 December 1693) and three from Pepys to Newton (Correspondence, Vol.III, nos. 431, 433 and 435, 22 November, 9 and 21 December 1693). The series begins with a curious letter from Newton written during a period of great anxiety and insomnia in September 1693 in which he seeks to cut off his friendship with Pepys. In December Pepys attempts to re-engage with Newton by posing a problem of chance and probability which is enthusiastically discussed on both sides. Our letter, written in May 1695, would appear to be Newton's response to Pepys' letter of the 13th of that month (ed. J.F. Scott, Correspondence of Isaac Newton, 1967, Vol.IV, no.508, British Museum Add.Mss 20732) in which Pepys expresses his future hopes for Samuel Newton (no relation), recently appointed to the position of mathematics master at Christ's Hospital on Newton's recommendation, writing: '...I have mighty hopes of seeing the Royll Foundation recover through ye Industry, Practice, & Spbriety of this Gentn...I do hope... that hee will therein fully make good ye Character You were latterly pleased to give him to ye Hospitall...'.It is unfortunate that Pepys' diaries end years before he encountered Newton, but they had much common business and they are forever linked, according to Claire Tomalin (Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self, 2002, p.252), through the Royal Society's publication of Newton's Principia Mathematica in 1687. Whilst not a scientist, Pepys was chosen as President of the Royal Society from 1684-86 for his administrative and fundraising skills at a time when the Society was depleted in numbers, in trouble financially and in need of reorganisation. The title page of Newton's seminal work gives Pepys' and the Society's imprimatur authorising the publication, although it was in fact Edmund Halley, later Astronomer Royal, who encouraged Newton to publish and actually paid for the publication. Newton was a guest in Pepys' home two days after the funeral of Robert Boyle in January 1692 at a time when, according to Newton's biographer Richard Westfall, Newton had '...established himself as the leading intellectual of the land... From every indication he relished a new role of scientific consultant...' (Richard Westfall, Never at Rest: A Biography of Isaac Newton, 1983, p.498).Newton and Pepys also shared a common interest in Christ's Hospital, with which they both had a long-standing relationship. Within the establishment, a Royal Mathematical School had been set up in 1673 by Sir Robert Claydon, Alderman and later Lord Mayor, with the approval of Charles II, to teach boys mathematics and the art of navigation along the lines of Louis XIV and Colbert's French model. Forty 14-year-old boys from the school (known as 'Mathemats') were chosen to take up the first places, entitled to wear a silver plated badge designed by Robert Hooke, and still worn by pupils today. Pepys had been appointed a governor of Christ's Hospital in 1676 and held the office of vice-president from 1699 until his death in 1703. Through his role at the Admiralty he wished to professionalise the navy by encouraging promotion by merit, with the aid of examinations in navigation and seamanship and with this in mind he persuaded the government to make a financial contribution to ships' masters to take on apprentices from the school. Others involved with the school included Sir Christopher Wren, John Flamsteed, astronomer at the new Greenwich Observatory, and teacher to the boys, and of course Isaac Newton, who had a say in appointments and, as shown in our letter, had a considerable interest in the teaching of mathematics and modernising the curriculum. Our letter demonstrates Newton's influence in advancing the study of practical navigation. He argues here that new technology should be embraced, and that invention must be encouraged as a means to progress: '...For what seaman would have expected the inventions of sails, Anchors, Rudders, the compass & Gunpowder till they were found out...' he reasons. In 1694 Newton drew up a revised syllabus for the school which occupies eight closely written pages of the school's Committee Book. He sets this out in a letter to Nathaniel Hawes (Treasurer from 1683 to 1699) of 25 May 1694, as a New Scheme of Learning: '...the Mathematicall children, being the flower of the Hospital, may in time furnish the National wth a more skilfull sort of Sailors, Builders of Ships, Architects, Engineers and Mathematicall Artists of all sorts, both by Sea and Land, then France can at present boast of...' (Correspondence, no.452). The revised scheme drawn up by Sir Matthew Andrews in 1696 took this on board and recommended tuition '...in the use of globes and the use of instruments proper for observing the ships latitude at Sea, As the Cross Staffe, Quadrant, and other necessary instruments...' (Ernest Harold Pearce, Annals of Christ's Hospital, 1908, p.124). Ironically it was not until 1775 that the first teacher with considerable practical experience at sea was employed at the school, one William Wales who had served as navigator aboard the Resolution on Captain Cook's second voyage and whose log book inspired Coleridge's Rime of the Ancient Mariner. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A collection of scientific instruments to include: a military electrical signal-generator CT378B by AVO in metal case; an AVO electronic multi-meter CT 471A; a Uni-pivot amp-meter; a variable resistor by Elliott Brothers, London; a Cambridge Portable Potentiometer; a Decade Resistance Type 25-E, by Muirhead & Co Ltd; an electrical distribution box; together with other electrical and scientific instruments.
Collection of Scientific Instrument Reference Books, including: Elizabethan Instrument Makers, Gerard L'E Turner - signed copy Jesse Ramsden, Anita McConnell Adams of Fleet Street, John R Millburn Making Scientific Instruments in the Industrial Revolution, Morrison -Low Surveying Instruments, Edmond R Kiely Early Science in Oxford, 2 Vols, Gunther Van Marum's Scientific Instruments In Teylers Museum, G'Le Turner and others (15)
Scientific Instruments.- Gunter (Edmund) The Works...Conteining The description and use of the Sector, Cross-staff, and other Instruments...in Astronomie, Navigation, Dialling...with a new Treatise of Fortification, 'third edition', engraved frontispiece, woodcut illustrations, diagrams and plates, lacking additional engraved title, title and frontispiece frayed at fore-edge, first few leaves working loose, some water-staining, contemporary calf, rubbed, [Wing G 2239A], 4to, Printed by F.N. for Francis Eglesfield, 1653.⁂ In this edition the letter press title page has: no comma following "Quadrant" in the 14th line; no comma following "corrected" in the 20th line; and the last 'n' in "London" is swash.
Various Scientific Instruments, A 19th Century Brass Kew Standard Barometer, engraved 'J B Dancer, Manchester', 'No. 170', with thermometer, mounted on mahogany panel, F, lacquer worn, mercury oxidised; mid-19th Century French Brass Standard Barometer, engraved 'Bellieni Opticien à Metz', with thermometer, F, lacquer, mercury tube non-functional, scale wheel missing; non-functional Antoine Redier aneroid barometer, in mahogany mount in the form of an anchor; Hicks wall-mounted thermometer; Martindale boxwood thermometer, in card case; Edward Wood eyepiece only for 3in refracting telescope, in wooden case; oak case, possibly for Newtonian reflecting telescope; modern mahogany stick barometer 'C Amor, Calne', lacking tube (a lot)
Various Scientific Instruments, Steward four-draw spotting telescope, 900mm extended, a.f., Bushnell, Calcutta four-draw pocket telescope, Morin, Paris optical square, polished, J H Bunnell and Co, NY brass morse key on mahogany plinth, Elliott Bros telegraph switch, Pye plug-type Constantan coils resistance box, Rototherm thermometer, L'Estafette pigeon clock and Harling boxwood chart rule, cased and brass chart rule, cased (a lot)
Apollo15 moonwalker Dave Scott and CMP Alfred Worden signed Space cover NASA Astronauts. 2001 30th Anniversary Apollo 15. postmarked cover. Superb illustration on front of scenes from the mission. Also illustrated on back with crew names and mission information. David Randolph Scott (born June 6, 1932) is an American retired test pilot and NASA astronaut who was the seventh person to walk on the Moon. Selected as part of the third group of astronauts in 1963, Scott flew to space three times and commanded Apollo 15, the fourth lunar landing; he is one of four surviving Moon walkers and the last surviving crew member of Apollo 15. Before becoming an astronaut, Scott graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point and joined the Air Force. After serving as a fighter pilot in Europe, he graduated from the Air Force Experimental Test Pilot School (Class 62C) and the Aerospace Research Pilot School (Class IV). Scott retired from the Air Force in 1975 with the rank of colonel, and more than 5,600 hours of logged flying time. As an astronaut, Scott made his first flight into space as a pilot of the Gemini 8 mission, along with Neil Armstrong, in March 1966, spending just under eleven hours in low Earth orbit. He would have been the second American astronaut to walk in space had Gemini 8 not made an emergency abort. Scott then spent ten days in orbit in March 1969 as Command Module Pilot of Apollo 9, a mission that extensively tested the Apollo spacecraft, along with Commander James McDivitt and Lunar Module Pilot Rusty Schweickart. After backing up Apollo 12, Scott made his third and final flight into space as commander of the Apollo 15 mission, the fourth crewed lunar landing and the first J mission. Scott and James Irwin remained on the Moon for three days. Following their return to Earth, Scott and his crewmates fell from favour with NASA after it was disclosed that they had carried four hundred unauthorized postal covers to the Moon. After serving as director of NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center in California, Scott retired from the agency in 1977. Since then, he has worked on a number of space-related projects and served as a consultant for several films about the space program, including Apollo 13. Alfred Merrill Worden (February 7, 1932 - March 18, 2020) was an American test pilot, engineer and NASA astronaut who was the command module pilot for the Apollo 15 lunar mission in 1971. One of only 24 people to have flown to the Moon, he orbited it 74 times in the command module (CM) Endeavour. Worden was born in Michigan in 1932; he spent his early years living on farms and attended the University of Michigan for one year, before securing an appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York. Graduating in 1955, he elected to be commissioned in the United States Air Force, though he had no piloting experience. He proved adept at flying fighter planes, and honed his skills, becoming a test pilot before his selection as a Group 5 astronaut in 1966. He served on the support crew for Apollo 9 and the backup crew for Apollo 12 before his selection for the Apollo 15 crew in 1970, with David Scott as commander and James Irwin as lunar module pilot. After Apollo 15 reached lunar orbit, and his crewmates departed to land on the Moon, Worden spent three days alone in the CM, becoming in the process the individual who travelled the farthest from any other human being, a distinction he still holds. He took many photographs of the Moon and operated a suite of scientific instruments that probed the Moon. During Apollo 15's return flight to Earth, Worden performed an extravehicular activity (EVA), or spacewalk, to retrieve film cassettes from cameras on the exterior of the spacecraft. It was the first "deep space" EVA in history, and as of 2022 remains the one that has taken place farthest from Earth. After their return, the crew became involved in a controversy over postal covers they had taken to the Moon; they were reprimanded by NASA and did not fly in space again. Worden remained at NASA until 1975 at the Ames Research Center, then entered the private sector. He engaged in a variety of business activities and had a longtime involvement with the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation, serving as chair of its board of directors from 2005 until 2011. He made many public appearances, promoting a renewed space program and education in the sciences, before his death in 2020. Good condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £10.
Ca. 1500-1600 AD. A group of measuring instruments, including a compass/divider and an assortment of other tools to aid in the calibration of precise measurements. These elegant tools, crafted with meticulous attention to detail, represent a profound legacy of human ingenuity and scientific advancement. At the heart of this collection lies the compass/divider, a versatile instrument essential to the scientific and artistic endeavors of the time. With its ability to accurately measure and mark circles and angles, it was invaluable in fields ranging from astronomy and engineering to cartography and art. These measuring instruments served a wide range of purposes in medieval society, from the construction of buildings and bridges to the creation of works of art and the advancement of scientific knowledge. They were essential in the pursuit of precision, enabling the craftsmen and artisans of the time to produce works of unparalleled beauty and complexity.Size: L:35-70mm / W:15-30mm ; 45gProvenance: Property of a European collector; ex. German collection formed between 1990-2010.
Various works relating to antiques and collectables, to include Baillie (G.H.) Watch Makers and Clock Makers of the World, volume 1, Chew (V.K.) Talking Machines, Antique Scientific Instruments, various other works relating to rings, Netsuke, Japanese Prints, Victorian Genre Painting, etc. (a quantity)
A Leitz Binocular Compound Microscope With Provenance, German, c.1920, signed to the front of the binocular head, Ernst Leitz Wetzlar, No.229400, on black enameled 'Y' shaped base plano-concave mirror, substage condenser on focusing support, with plain square stage, rack an pinion course focus, triple nosepiece, binocular head with inter-ocular adjustment, with 4 Leitz objectives, 2 pairs of binocular eyepieces, in the original wooden case, with business card of the original owner A. W Rymer Roberts. According to the vendor this microscope was originally owned by Arthur W. Rymer Roberts. He was married to Ruth Gimingham, sister of Conrad Theodore Gimingham, a fellow entomologist, whom we assume was given or inherited this microscope. Rymer Roberts worked on Weevils and wire worms and published in the 1920’s. Conrad Theodore Gimingham became Director of the Ministry of Agriculture Plant Pathology Laboratory in Harpenden. Conrad Theodore Gimington’s son, Charles Henry, was also a keen scientist and will have used these instruments as he grew up, making his own slides from 1938 before going to Cambridge University. After a very distinguished academic scientific life Emeritus Professor Charles Henry Gimington OBE died in 2018 at the age of 95.
A Large collection of Books From The Weights & Measures Department, including Chemical Apparatus, Scientific Instruments, Pure Chemicals, James Woolley Sons & Co, Manchester, 1894; 'The Construction of the Balance, Dr. E Brauer, Translated by H. C. Walters on Behalf of the Incorporated Society of Inspectors of Weights & Measures', 1909; 'The Law Relating To Weights & Measures' 1930; 'Men & Measures' 1912; 'Our Weights & Measures', 1897; 'A Treatise on the Weighing Machine' 1937; along with various leather-bound copies of The Incorporated Society of Inspectors of Weights & Measures - Monthly review, a lot
A Very Fine W. Watson & Sons Van Heurck Monocular & Binocular Exhibition Microscope, English, c.1900, engraved to the back of the tripod stand 'W. WATSON & SONS, 313 High Holborn, LONDON, 5083' the microscope on a massive lacquered brass tripod foot, with brass pad feet, at the top is a large friction locked trunnion that supports the main body of the microscope, at the bottom is a large plano-concave mirror in a gimbal, above this is the fully mechanical substage with X-Y control, rotational control via a gear and pinion, all with rack and pinion focusing, full mechanical circuit stage with Turrel type adjustment with vernier scales, limb incorporating fine focus control with course rack and pinion to the rear of the bodytube, the monocular body tube with a racked drawer tube and push/pull drawer tube, the binocular body with inter-ocular rackwork, in the original French polished mahogany cabinet with two drawers of accessories, the first containing: A Pair of Zeiss binocular eyepieces, 6 Watson & Sons HOLOS objectives in cans, A Watson & Sons 3in objective & can, 2 HOLOS oil condensers in cans, 3 eyepieces, A substage condenser holder, the second drawer contains: A cased micrometer by Watson & Sons, A cased Maltwood finder, A side reflector, A set of stage forceps, 2 substage polarisers, A parabolic condenser, An achromatic condenser, A nosepiece analyser, A brass case of stops, The Watson-Van Heurck microscope is named after its two inventors, William Watson and Jean-Baptiste van Heurck the Belgian Diatomist. It was developed in the late 19th century and was considered one of the most advanced microscopes of its time. William Watson was a British microscope maker who began working on the design of a high-quality microscope in the 1870s. He was motivated by a desire to improve the quality of microscopes used for scientific research and medical diagnosis. He worked on several designs before settling on the final one in collaboration with Jean-Baptiste van Heurck. The Watson-Heurck microscope was designed to improve upon the limitations of existing microscopes. The optics had a good range of magnification and resolution, allowing for more detailed observations of specimens. It also had a more stable base, reducing vibrations and improving the clarity of the image. One of the key features of the Watson-Heurck microscope was its use of a sub-stage condenser. This allowed for more even lighting of the specimen and reduced the distortion caused by uneven illumination. The Watson-Heurck microscope was widely used in scientific research and medical diagnosis throughout the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It was particularly popular for studying diatoms, single-celled organisms with intricate, glass-like shells that are difficult to observe with standard microscopes. The Van Heurck microscope was available in various models, but this, the 'Exhibition' stand, was the most expensive and was sold only as a special order microscope. Due to the cost of this microscope when new very few are found today with the binocular head, most are monocular. The Watson-Heurck microscope remained popular until the mid-20th century when newer technologies, such as electron microscopes, became more widely available. However, it is still used today by some researchers and collectors of antique scientific instruments. Overall, the Watson-Heurck microscope was a significant advancement in the field of microscopy and played an important role in scientific research and medical diagnosis during its time.
Rare Original NASA color photograph silver print of Apollo 14 Astronaut Edgar D. Mitchell setting up Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments, as taken by Astronaut Alan B. Sheppard, Jr. From the personal collection of Apollo 14 Astronaut Edgar D. Mitchell.Rare photograph of Apollo 14 Astronaut Edgar D. Mitchell setting up lunar surface experiments with a package made up of a set of scientific instruments placed at the mission landing site. The instruments were designed to run autonomously for long term studies of the moon's environment. Image Credit: NASA/Shepard Issued: February 1971Dimensions: 10"W x 8"HManufacturer: National Aeronautics And Space AdministrationCountry of Origin: United StatesProvenance: Estate of Edgar Mitchell Condition: Good.
Various scientific instruments, measuring items, stamps, etc., slide rule, cased leather finished calendar blotter, a quantity of first day covers, Stanley Gibbons cover albums, various other items, collectors stamps, Royal Mail 350 Years of Service To The Public, a photograph album containing various other stamps, 10½p horse and other collectors stamps, etc. (a quantity)
Wissenschaftliche Instrumente, ab 18801) Spektralapparat nach Bunsen, unbezeichnet, mit 3 Fernrohren (Spalt, Skala und Beobachtungsrohr), auf gußeisernen Dreifuß, Höhe 42 cm. - 2) Polarisations-/-Saccharimeter, Hermann & Pfister, Bern, für Röhrchen bis 220 mm, original zaponiertes Messing, Länge 52 cm. - 3) Polarisations-Apparat nach Nörremberg, bestehend aus Gestell mit Spiegel, Glastisch, Halter für Kristalle und Teilscheibe, Höhe 49 cm. - 4) Polarimètre Laurent, Paris, für exakte chemische Analysen, Länge 53 cm. - 5) Polarisations-Apparat nach Nörremberg, einfache Bauweise, Gestell mit Glastisch und schwarzem Zerlegungsspiegel. - 6) Kleiner Polarisations-Apparat, unbezeichnet, Länge 34 cm, auf gußeisernen Dreifuß. - Und: 7) Sehr früher Polarisations-Apparat, unbezeichnet, mit 2 Nicol'schen Prismen (Polarisator und Analysator) und großem Hohlspiegel, Länge 39 cm. Start Price: EUR 240 Zustand: (3/3)Scientific Instruments, 1880 onwards1) Spectral apparatus after Bunsen, unmarked, with 3 telescopes (slit, scale and observation tube), on cast-iron tripod, height 16 ½ in. - 2) Polarisation/-saccharimeter, Hermann & Pfister, Bern, Switzerland, for tubes up to 8 ¾ in., original lacquered brass, length 20 ½ in. - 3) Polarisation apparatus after Nörremberg, consisting of frame with mirror, glass plate, holder for crystals and dividing disc, height 19 1/3 in. - 4) Polarimètre Laurent, Paris, for exact chemical analyses, length 21 in. - 5) Polarisation apparatus according to Nörremberg, simple construction, frame with glass plate and black separating mirror. - 6) Small polarisation apparatus, unmarked, length 13 1/3 in., on cast-iron tripod. - And: 7) Very early polarisation apparatus, unmarked, with 2 Nicol prisms (polariser and analyser) and large concave mirror, length 15 2/5 in. Start Price: EUR 240 Condition: (3/3)
Repetitions-Theodolit von Hermann Ausfeld, um 1845Signiert: "H. Ausfeld, Gotha". Original zaponiertes Messing, versilberte Skalen mit Nonius-Ablesung, Horizontalkreis und Vertikalkreis 11,5 und 13 cm Ø, 2 Stablibellen, Länge des Teleskops eingefahren 26,5 cm, Gesamthöhe 30 cm. - Am 2. Juni 1816 wurde Hermann Ausfeld als Enkel von Christian Gotthilf Salzmann (1744-1811) in Schnepfenthal geboren. Er lernte als Mechanikergehilfe bei Breithaupt in Kassel, Wien und München und ließ er sich 1841 als Mechaniker und Optiker in Gotha nieder. Die von ihm gebauten wissenschaftlichen Instrumente erlangten große Wertschätzung. Ausfeld war Aussteller auf der Great Exhibition of Works of Industry of all Nations, 1851. Start Price: EUR 1400 Zustand: (3+/3+)Hermann Ausfeld Repeating Theodolite, c. 1845Signed "H. Ausfeld, Gotha", original lacquered brass, silver-plated scales with vernier reading, vertical and horizontal circles with 4 ½ and 5 in. diameter, 2 spirit levels, length of the telescope retracted 10 ½ in., overall height 11 3/4 in. - Note: Hermann Ausfeld was born in Schnepfenthal on 2 June 1816, the grandson of Christian Gotthilf Salzmann (1744-1811). He trained as a mechanic's assistant with Breithaupt in Kassel, Vienna and Munich and settled in Gotha as a mechanic and optician in 1841. The scientific instruments he built were held in high esteem. Ausfeld was an exhibitor at the Great Exhibition of Works of Industry of all Nations in London in 1851. Start Price: EUR 1400 Condition: (3+/3+)
Apollo15 moonwalker Dave Scott and CMP Alfred Worden signed Space cover NASA Astronauts. 2001 30th Anniversary Apollo 15. postmarked cover. Superb illustration on front of scenes from the mission. Also illustrated on back with crew names and mission information. David Randolph Scott (born June 6, 1932) is an American retired test pilot and NASA astronaut who was the seventh person to walk on the Moon. Selected as part of the third group of astronauts in 1963, Scott flew to space three times and commanded Apollo 15, the fourth lunar landing; he is one of four surviving Moon walkers and the last surviving crew member of Apollo 15. Before becoming an astronaut, Scott graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point and joined the Air Force. After serving as a fighter pilot in Europe, he graduated from the Air Force Experimental Test Pilot School (Class 62C) and the Aerospace Research Pilot School (Class IV). Scott retired from the Air Force in 1975 with the rank of colonel, and more than 5, 600 hours of logged flying time. As an astronaut, Scott made his first flight into space as a pilot of the Gemini 8 mission, along with Neil Armstrong, in March 1966, spending just under eleven hours in low Earth orbit. He would have been the second American astronaut to walk in space had Gemini 8 not made an emergency abort. Scott then spent ten days in orbit in March 1969 as Command Module Pilot of Apollo 9, a mission that extensively tested the Apollo spacecraft, along with Commander James McDivitt and Lunar Module Pilot Rusty Schweickart. After backing up Apollo 12, Scott made his third and final flight into space as commander of the Apollo 15 mission, the fourth crewed lunar landing and the first J mission. Scott and James Irwin remained on the Moon for three days. Following their return to Earth, Scott and his crewmates fell from favour with NASA after it was disclosed that they had carried four hundred unauthorized postal covers to the Moon. After serving as director of NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center in California, Scott retired from the agency in 1977. Since then, he has worked on a number of space related projects and served as a consultant for several films about the space program, including Apollo 13. Alfred Merrill Worden (February 7, 1932, March 18, 2020) was an American test pilot, engineer and NASA astronaut who was the command module pilot for the Apollo 15 lunar mission in 1971. One of only 24 people to have flown to the Moon, he orbited it 74 times in the command module (CM) Endeavour. Worden was born in Michigan in 1932; he spent his early years living on farms and attended the University of Michigan for one year, before securing an appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York. Graduating in 1955, he elected to be commissioned in the United States Air Force, though he had no piloting experience. He proved adept at flying fighter planes, and honed his skills, becoming a test pilot before his selection as a Group 5 astronaut in 1966. He served on the support crew for Apollo 9 and the backup crew for Apollo 12 before his selection for the Apollo 15 crew in 1970, with David Scott as commander and James Irwin as lunar module pilot. After Apollo 15 reached lunar orbit, and his crewmates departed to land on the Moon, Worden spent three days alone in the CM, becoming in the process the individual who travelled the farthest from any other human being, a distinction he still holds. He took many photographs of the Moon and operated a suite of scientific instruments that probed the Moon. During Apollo 15's return flight to Earth, Worden performed an extravehicular activity (EVA), or spacewalk, to retrieve film cassettes from cameras on the exterior of the spacecraft. It was the first deep space EVA in history, and as of 2022 remains the one that has taken place farthest from Earth. After their return, the crew became involved in a controversy over postal covers they had taken to the Moon; they were reprimanded by NASA and did not fly in space again. Worden remained at NASA until 1975 at the Ames Research Center, then entered the private sector. He engaged in a variety of business activities and had a longtime involvement with the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation, serving as chair of its board of directors from 2005 until 2011. He made many public appearances, promoting a renewed space program and education in the sciences, before his death in 2020. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5. 99, EU from £7. 99, Rest of World from £9. 99. Good Condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £10.
Ø A COMMEMORATIVE MINIATURE OF LORD NELSON oil on ivory after Daniel Orme with gilt work border, mounted in gold locket with ropework rim, the reverse with lock of hair engraved around the mount Earl Nelson, Duke of Bronte, Nelson of The Nile, Copenhagen, Trafalgar / Obt at the moment of Victory, Oct 21st 1805 -- 2½ x 2¼in. (6.5 x 6cm.) overall, IDN: QLM5FQBZ; together with a Bonhams catalogue of 18th March 1998(2)Bonhams Knightsbridge Relics, Scientific Instruments and Barometers, Mechanical Music, Cameras and Photographs, 18th March 1998 Lot 1, where it is suggested that the locket was the private property of Horatia, Nelson's daughter by Lady Hamilton, and left to Greenwich on her death in 1881.
Set of 11 original vintage Soviet propaganda posters. 1. Meat Processing Plant transporting cows and pigs into a building marked Animal Complex and another conveyor belt transporting chickens and eggs out of a building marked Bird Factory with an arrow pointing to Shops and a man on a tractor overseeing the operation against the yellow background, the text freading – To facilitate the flow of produce From the Kolkhoz (collective farm of the Soviet Union) we need to take an industrial course. One of a set of political posters printed after the XXIV Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Horizontal. Very good condition, light creasing on margin. Country of issue: Russia , designer: E. Vaderevekoe, size (cm): 29x44, year of printing: 1972.; 2. illustration of a worker wearing a hard hat and overalls with a spanner in his pocket and holding paper in one hand and showing a businessman, who is wearing a suit and glasses and poking his out of an egg while making notes with a wonky chimney on the top of the egg and the egg cup marked Scientific Research Institute Of Things That Don't Work, a queue of workers walking into a building marked Production Facility below a glass office building marked Department Of Science with industrial factories marked Construction Bureau in the background, the text next to the egg reading – Such closeness with science is harmful in our times! - and below the worker reading: Any time of the year the road will be short from the institute to the factory and from the cabinet to the machine! One of a set of political posters printed after the XXIV Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Excellent condition, light creasing on margin. Country: Russia , year of printing: 1972, designer: A Samoilov, size (cm): 44x29; 3. moustached worker holding a roll of paper marked Five Year Plan in one hand, wearing blue overalls over an army uniform and saluting his cap with his other hand as he walks along a row of factory buildings with smiling faces and a red flag flying and cranes with smoke against the yellow background, the text reading – He fought in the attack but today in the fifth year he fights on the working front. One of a set of political posters printed after the XXIV Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Horizontal. Excellent condition. Country: Russia , year of printing: 1972, designer: A Samoilov, size (cm): 29x44, year of printing: 1972.; 4. tailor wearing a suit and holding an iron and a half dressed mannequin marked Enemy on it, an old person wearing a headscarf and sitting on a chair knitting a long sock from a large ball of wool in the centre, and a man wearing a hat and holding a paper marked Project of a Tea Kettle in one hand being knocked by a large swinging clock pendulum labelled with the CCCP / USSR quality mark in front of factories against the red background and the text reading – The sign of quality is our standard measurement, and the time has come for faulty and unfinished goods! One of a set of political posters printed after the XXIV Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Horizontal. Excellent condition. Excellent condition, light creasing on margin. Country: Russia , year of printing: 1972, designer: A Samoilov, size (cm): 44x29, year of printing: 1972.; 5. arrows shooting from a circle, like rays of the sun, piercing several men in suits with music instruments and a microphone forming shapes and words including Lies, Slander, Cold War and a US dollar sign with the title text in the circle reading Truth About The USSR and the text on the side reading The sun of truth will not be proven false. One of a set of political posters printed after the XXIV Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Excellent condition, minor creasing in margin. Country: Russia , year of printing: 1972, designer: B. Efimov , size (cm): 44x29 , year of printing: 1972.; 6. smiling man with a globe as his head and an olive branch for peace as his mouth, holding up newspapers with news about Brezhnev's visits to the USA India France Cuba and West Germany (FDR) in the headlines, set against a blue background. One of a series from M Abramov’s set of political cartoons No Cold War - The World Welcomes! Artwork by Mark Aleksandrovich Abramov (1913-1994). Leonid Brezhnev (1906-1982) was the Soviet leader from 1964 to 1982. Excellent condition, small mark on right corner. Country: Russia , year of printing: 1976, designer: M. Abramov, size (cm): 48x32, year of printing: 1972.; 7. crowd of protesters holding placards for world peace in different languages marching around the symbol for the Moscow 1973 World Congress with an olive branch in the centre of the globe while a man with a gun barrel for a nose and a missile for a hat is melting into a yellow pool of liquid on the side. One of a series from M Abramov's set of political cartoons No Cold War - There is a growing movement of millions! Artwork by Mark Aleksandrovich Abramov (1913-1994). Horizontal. Excellent condition. Country: Russia , year of printing: 1976, designer: M. Abramov, size (cm): 32x48; 8. man driving a van with an olive branch symbol for world peace and union on the side and a dove of peace on the bonnet, with large men in suits building a roadblock marked with phrases such as We are for Disarmament on the wooden barricades in front. One of a series from M Abramov's set of political cartoons No Cold War - The peaceful will not resist. Artwork by Mark Aleksandrovich Abramov (1913-1994). Horizontal. Excellent condition. Country: Russia, year of printing: 1976, designer: M. Abramov, size (cm): 32x48, year of printing: 1972.; 9. man in uniform holding a flaming torch while running around the rim of a wooden barrel marked Gunpowder with a star sign marked Way to Peace and footprints around the edge. One of a series from M Abramov's set of political cartoons No Cold War - Extremists circle with dangerous steps. Artwork by Mark Aleksandrovich Abramov (1913-1994). Horizontal. Excellent condition, small mark on bottom right corner. Country: Russia , year of printing: 1976, designer: M. Abramov, size (cm): 32x48, year of printing: 1972. 10. man in a ragged knight uniform hopping on one foot and angrily waving his broken sword at an arrow sign reading Disarmament next to a sign reading All European Helsinki Meeting with the modern Finlandia Hall in Helsinki (the venue for the Helsinki Accords conference) in front of an historic tower in the background. One of a series from M Abramov’s set of political cartoons No Cold War - Similar index Display indicator. Artwork by Mark Aleksandrovich Abramov (1913-1994). Horizontal. Excellent condition. Country: Russia , year of printing: 1976, designer: M. Abramov, size (cm): 32x48, year of printing: 1972.; 11. giant hand holding a prison door open for Soviet people waving a communist red flag while a capitalist men in a suit and dollar sign top hat, a military man and man in a colonial outfit push to close the door. One of a series from M Abramov’s set of political cartoons No Cold War - Freedom for Prisoners of Imperialism. Artwork by Mark Aleksandrovich Abramov (1913-1994). Horizontal. Excellent condition. Country: Russia , year of printing: 1976, designer: M. Abramov, size (cm): 32x48, year of printing: 1972.
A group of surveying and scientific instruments, early 20th century, Including dual cased Watkins clinometer and compass, a cased Short & Mason black enamelled and gilt brass pocket Verschoyle Transit, two compasses by Matheson & and Sons Ltd Edinburgh and Elliot Brothers, cased Watkins mirror clinometer etc.
A group of surveying and scientific instruments, early 20th century, including and Elliot brothers London pocket sextant A in the Negretti and Zambra London compass, 80 Cook and Sons York and London level, military issue Taylor, Taylor & Hobson clinometer dated 1915, W H Harling boxwood plotting rule dated 1916, angle of site instrument HA, mark 1, dated 1916, an Air Ministry beam compass dated 1942, and a tripod etc,
'Dobbie McInnes Ltd, Glasgow (Engineering and Naval Instrument Makers) A 'small size' Mark V Diesel/Steam engine indicator in original fitted box retaining original plaques/labels and some accesories to/w a 'Robt. W Paul, London Direct Fault Localiser' and 'The Carbon Water Treatments System' - scientific instruments, also both in original wooden cases (3)
An 18th Century Adams Solar Microscope, English, late 18th Century, signed to the microscope shutter plate 'ADAMS LONDON' the microscope complete with adjustable mirror, shutter plate and conical projection barrel with condensing lens, spring specimen slot, rackwork focusing with single projection lens, in mahogany case with other accessories, case width 37cm Condition, case with missing edging, splits to wood, hinge missing screws, microscope with crack to bottom of large mirror, empty slots in the case George and Dudley Adams were prominent British scientific instrument makers in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. They belonged to the renowned Adams family, which included their father, George Adams Sr. Based in London, Adams manufactured and sold high-quality scientific instruments such as telescopes, microscopes, orreries, and various navigational, mathematical, and surveying tools. Adams' clientele included esteemed scientists, astronomers, and explorers. George and Dudley Adams contributed significantly to the advancement of science during the Age of Enlightenment and the Industrial Revolution by providing precise and reliable instruments that facilitated research and discovery.
Apollo15 moonwalker Dave Scott and CMP Alfred Worden signed Space cover NASA Astronauts. 2001 30th Anniversary Apollo 15. postmarked cover. Superb illustration on front of scenes from the mission. Also illustrated on back with crew names and mission information. David Randolph Scott (born June 6, 1932) is an American retired test pilot and NASA astronaut who was the seventh person to walk on the Moon. Selected as part of the third group of astronauts in 1963, Scott flew to space three times and commanded Apollo 15, the fourth lunar landing; he is one of four surviving Moon walkers and the last surviving crew member of Apollo 15. Before becoming an astronaut, Scott graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point and joined the Air Force. After serving as a fighter pilot in Europe, he graduated from the Air Force Experimental Test Pilot School (Class 62C) and the Aerospace Research Pilot School (Class IV). Scott retired from the Air Force in 1975 with the rank of colonel, and more than 5,600 hours of logged flying time. As an astronaut, Scott made his first flight into space as a pilot of the Gemini 8 mission, along with Neil Armstrong, in March 1966, spending just under eleven hours in low Earth orbit. He would have been the second American astronaut to walk in space had Gemini 8 not made an emergency abort. Scott then spent ten days in orbit in March 1969 as Command Module Pilot of Apollo 9, a mission that extensively tested the Apollo spacecraft, along with Commander James McDivitt and Lunar Module Pilot Rusty Schweickart. After backing up Apollo 12, Scott made his third and final flight into space as commander of the Apollo 15 mission, the fourth crewed lunar landing and the first J mission. Scott and James Irwin remained on the Moon for three days. Following their return to Earth, Scott and his crewmates fell from favour with NASA after it was disclosed that they had carried four hundred unauthorized postal covers to the Moon. After serving as director of NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center in California, Scott retired from the agency in 1977. Since then, he has worked on a number of space-related projects and served as a consultant for several films about the space program, including Apollo 13. Alfred Merrill Worden (February 7, 1932 - March 18, 2020) was an American test pilot, engineer and NASA astronaut who was the command module pilot for the Apollo 15 lunar mission in 1971. One of only 24 people to have flown to the Moon, he orbited it 74 times in the command module (CM) Endeavour. Worden was born in Michigan in 1932; he spent his early years living on farms and attended the University of Michigan for one year, before securing an appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York. Graduating in 1955, he elected to be commissioned in the United States Air Force, though he had no piloting experience. He proved adept at flying fighter planes, and honed his skills, becoming a test pilot before his selection as a Group 5 astronaut in 1966. He served on the support crew for Apollo 9 and the backup crew for Apollo 12 before his selection for the Apollo 15 crew in 1970, with David Scott as commander and James Irwin as lunar module pilot. After Apollo 15 reached lunar orbit, and his crewmates departed to land on the Moon, Worden spent three days alone in the CM, becoming in the process the individual who travelled the farthest from any other human being, a distinction he still holds. He took many photographs of the Moon and operated a suite of scientific instruments that probed the Moon. During Apollo 15's return flight to Earth, Worden performed an extravehicular activity (EVA), or spacewalk, to retrieve film cassettes from cameras on the exterior of the spacecraft. It was the first "deep space" EVA in history, and as of 2022 remains the one that has taken place farthest from Earth. After their return, the crew became involved in a controversy over postal covers they had taken to the Moon; they were reprimanded by NASA and did not fly in space again. Worden remained at NASA until 1975 at the Ames Research Center, then entered the private sector. He engaged in a variety of business activities, and had a longtime involvement with the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation, serving as chair of its board of directors from 2005 until 2011. He made many public appearances, promoting a renewed space program and education in the sciences, before his death in 2020. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
Apollo15 moonwalker Dave Scott and CMP Alfred Worden signed Space cover NASA Astronauts. 2001 30th Anniversary Apollo 15. postmarked cover. Superb illustration on front of scenes from the mission. Also illustrated on back with crew names and mission information. David Randolph Scott (born June 6, 1932) is an American retired test pilot and NASA astronaut who was the seventh person to walk on the Moon. Selected as part of the third group of astronauts in 1963, Scott flew to space three times and commanded Apollo 15, the fourth lunar landing; he is one of four surviving Moon walkers and the last surviving crew member of Apollo 15. Before becoming an astronaut, Scott graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point and joined the Air Force. After serving as a fighter pilot in Europe, he graduated from the Air Force Experimental Test Pilot School (Class 62C) and the Aerospace Research Pilot School (Class IV). Scott retired from the Air Force in 1975 with the rank of colonel, and more than 5,600 hours of logged flying time. As an astronaut, Scott made his first flight into space as a pilot of the Gemini 8 mission, along with Neil Armstrong, in March 1966, spending just under eleven hours in low Earth orbit. He would have been the second American astronaut to walk in space had Gemini 8 not made an emergency abort. Scott then spent ten days in orbit in March 1969 as Command Module Pilot of Apollo 9, a mission that extensively tested the Apollo spacecraft, along with Commander James McDivitt and Lunar Module Pilot Rusty Schweickart. After backing up Apollo 12, Scott made his third and final flight into space as commander of the Apollo 15 mission, the fourth crewed lunar landing and the first J mission. Scott and James Irwin remained on the Moon for three days. Following their return to Earth, Scott and his crewmates fell from favour with NASA after it was disclosed that they had carried four hundred unauthorized postal covers to the Moon. After serving as director of NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center in California, Scott retired from the agency in 1977. Since then, he has worked on a number of space-related projects and served as a consultant for several films about the space program, including Apollo 13. Alfred Merrill Worden (February 7, 1932 - March 18, 2020) was an American test pilot, engineer and NASA astronaut who was the command module pilot for the Apollo 15 lunar mission in 1971. One of only 24 people to have flown to the Moon, he orbited it 74 times in the command module (CM) Endeavour. Worden was born in Michigan in 1932; he spent his early years living on farms and attended the University of Michigan for one year, before securing an appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York. Graduating in 1955, he elected to be commissioned in the United States Air Force, though he had no piloting experience. He proved adept at flying fighter planes, and honed his skills, becoming a test pilot before his selection as a Group 5 astronaut in 1966. He served on the support crew for Apollo 9 and the backup crew for Apollo 12 before his selection for the Apollo 15 crew in 1970, with David Scott as commander and James Irwin as lunar module pilot. After Apollo 15 reached lunar orbit, and his crewmates departed to land on the Moon, Worden spent three days alone in the CM, becoming in the process the individual who travelled the farthest from any other human being, a distinction he still holds. He took many photographs of the Moon and operated a suite of scientific instruments that probed the Moon. During Apollo 15's return flight to Earth, Worden performed an extravehicular activity (EVA), or spacewalk, to retrieve film cassettes from cameras on the exterior of the spacecraft. It was the first "deep space" EVA in history, and as of 2022 remains the one that has taken place farthest from Earth. After their return, the crew became involved in a controversy over postal covers they had taken to the Moon; they were reprimanded by NASA and did not fly in space again. Worden remained at NASA until 1975 at the Ames Research Center, then entered the private sector. He engaged in a variety of business activities, and had a longtime involvement with the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation, serving as chair of its board of directors from 2005 until 2011. He made many public appearances, promoting a renewed space program and education in the sciences, before his death in 2020. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
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