INGENHOUSZ, J. Expériences sur les végétaux, spécialement sur la propriété qu'ils possèdent à un haut degré, soit d'améliorer l'air quand ils sont au soleil, soit de la corrompre la nuit, ou lorsqu'ils sont à l'ombre: auxquelles on a joint une méthode nouvelle de juger du degré de salubrité de l'atmosphère. Trad. de l'anglois. Par., Fr. Didot, 1780. lxviii, 333, (2) pp. W. 1 fold. plate of scientific instruments. Cont. hcf. w. richly dec. gilt back & brown label. (Bind. somewhat chafed, small stamp on recto ti., cont. annot. on flyleaf). NOTE:Ingenhousz was a brilliant Dutch physician, biologist and chemist who discovered the processes of photosynthesis and plant cellular respiration. In 1779, Ingenhousz published his findings in "Experiments Upon Vegetables," detailing his findings of over 500 experiments. This work was a milestone in the history of science and helped establish the fields of modern plant biology and chemistry. Our copy is the first French edition. - Bierens de Haan 2259.
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A 19th century brushed bronze bushel measure, of circular shape, flanked by handles, inscribed Imperial Standard Bushel, County of Somerset, Bate, London, Maker of the Exchequer Standards, 49cm diameterRobert Brettell Bate, b.1782, was a renowned maker of high quality scientific instruments, who it would appear went on to make this following the introduction in 1824 of The Weights and Measures Act
Albers, Josef - - Johnson, Philip. Machine Art. (Ausstellungskatalog). Mit zahlreichen photographischen Abbildungen im Text. New York, Museum of Modern Art, 1934. 58 nn. Bl. 25,5 x 19 cm. Moderner Leinenband, der Original-Vorderumschlag nach Entwurf von Josef Albers beigebunden, ebenso der aufgezogene Rückentitel.Kühl und elegant illustrierter Katalog, in 2500 Exemplaren gedruckt. Gliedert sich in die Abteilungen Industrial units - Household and office equipment - Kitchenware - House furnishings and accessories - Scientific instruments - Laboratory glass and porcelain. - Titel etwas abgegriffen, der dort angefalzte Vorderumschlag gelockert.
TRADE CATALOGUES. Beare & Sons. Catalogue of Musical Instruments, 1925-1926, 4to, card covers. Frederick Jackson & Co, Catalogue of Chemical and Physical Apparatus and Scientific Instruments, 1903. Skinner & Johnson, Doncaster, Catalogue of Steel Forks, Spades etc, 1929. Alfred Goslett & Co, Catalogue of bathroom fittings, fireplaces etc, 4to, c. 1924, with other catalogues (box)
A collection of forty one art catalogues and journals, 1980s - 2000s comprising thirty one Asian art catalogues from Christie's, Ben Janssens, Robert Kleiner & Co. Ltd, Robert Hall, The Alexander Brody Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles, Sotheby's catalogues; A set of eight International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society Journals; A 1996 Sotheby's catalogue of clocks, watches, wristwatches, barometers, mechanical music and scientific instruments; A 1992 Christie's catalogue of 19th Century continental pictures and watercolours.拍賣行圖錄及雜誌四十一件Please refer to department for condition report
An assembled group of scientific instruments to include: A cased Edwardian scientific balance scale by James Howe, London; a 19th/20th century brass counter-top scale; a W.Watson & Sons 'Service' monocular type to a mahogany case; a Meopta Czech monocular example in beech case (missing optics); two further 20th century cased student microscopes by Prior of London (missing some optics); a late Victorian mahogany cased scientific scale, together with a later scientific scale by Philip Harris of Birmingham and two travelling scale sets (a lot).
An assembled group of scientific instruments to include: A Short & Mason copper-cased 'travel' thermograph, retailed by F.Dalmau of Barcelona, 26cm wide x 15cm high; a Weston watt meter, model 310, in walnut case; two War Department voltmeters; a mid-20th century voltmeter, amp meter and a wood-cased transformer (a lot).Watt meter: Case has some cosmetic marks and wear consistent with use. Meter appears intact, again with some signs of use. Not tested.Volt meters: Both intact. Indices fair to good. Cases have typical signs of use. Not tested. Case has multiple surface marks, spotting and tarnishing. movement winds and runs. Not tested.
Apollo 15 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
A LARGE WOODEN PAGODA-SHAPED CLOCK WITH ENGLISH CLOCK MOVEMENTQing DynastyThe clock circa 1880-1900, with later implements, encased in well carved, possibly wood panels with foliate scrolls, supported on a balustraded terrace supported on bracket feet, four pillars carved with cloud scrolls rising to support the second tier with further ornately carved balustrades, doors with latticework, and four smaller pillars surmounted by a two-tier roof with upturned eaves carved with further cloud scrolls and bats, all surmounted by lotus-bud finial, the wood including chenxiangmu, zitan and other woods. 118cm (46 1/2in) high.Footnotes:清 木製樓閣鐘 並英國機芯Clocks in the form of pagodas and towers were popular in the Qianlong period, and there are several similar examples in the Palace Museum in Beijing. See for example, a similar architectural clock with similar structure, but with the Eight Immortals in the second tier, Qianlong, in the Qing Court Collection and illustrated in Gugong zhongbiao, Beijing, 2004, p.60. Another clock in the form of a tower, Qianlong, is also illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Scientific and Technical Instruments of the Qing Dynasty, Hong Kong, 1998, p.231, no.205.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TP YTP Lot 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.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
Early Scientific Instruments by Nigel Hawkes 1981 First Edition Hardback Book with 164 pages published by Abbeville Press Publishers New York some ageing good condition. Sold on behalf of Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. We combine shipping on all lots. Single book £5.99 UK, £7.99 Europe, £9.99 ROW. We can ship a parcel up to 20kg which will take approx. 40 books in UK £12, EUROPE £39.99, ROW, £59.99
AN ELLIS-TYPE AQUATIC MICROSCOPE BY PETER DOLLOND, CIRCA 1768, ONE OF FOUR TAKEN BY JOSEPH BANKS ABOARD THE ENDEAVOUR ON CAPTAIN COOK'S FIRST VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY, 1768-1771with lacquered brass pillar thread-mounted into lid boss with concave mirror plate, circular specimen stage, two threaded eye-pieces, support arm engraved over both sides Joseph Banks / H.M.B. Endeavour, contained within green plush-lined pocket case covered in black fishskin with securing hooks -- 1½ x 5 x 4½in. (4 x 12.5 x 11.5cm.); together with a copy of Cavendish House Auctioneers catalogue 6-7th December 1950.(2)Sir Joseph Banks (1743-1820) to Knatchbull Family via his wife Dorothea Hugessen (1758-1828), believed dispersed at one of a series of London sales of Banks' effects between 1886-1893 where presumed bought by V.B. Crowther-Beynon (1865-1941); to his wife Mary (1856-1952) and sold by her as part of his effects by Cavendish House Auctioneers, Cheltenham, 6th December 1950, lot 175, where bought by vendor's late father.This design of microscope originated with John Ellis (1710-76), an English naturalist who had been an Agent for West Florida. The intention was to allow movement of the objective so as to follow the activity of small water creatures held by a glass watch on the stage. The first model was made for Ellis by John Cuff in 1752 but it wasn't long before other makers produced their own and, with Dollond's excellent reputation for lenses, theirs was soon being included in their list of products as Ellis's Aquatic Microscope for a considerable £2-12-6. When Joseph Banks was offered the chance to accompany Captain James Cook he set about acquiring one of the finest collections of naturalists' instruments and accessories he could. Although no list of his equipment has been found, other contemporary references offer useful suggestions and none less than John Ellis himself recorded for Carl Linnaeus (1707-78) the meeting between Banks and fellow naturalist Johann Fabricius (1745-1808) where he advised Banks on what equipment he should take aboard the Endeavour and which included his "modified" aquatic microscope: No people ever went to sea better fitted out for the purpose of Natural History, nor more elegantly. According to H.B. Carter whose book Sir Joseph Banks discusses the preparations The most important instruments were the optical items: the three-foot achromatic telescope for the study of passing coastlines and inaccessible places; the four Ellis 'aquatic' microscopes; the compound microscope of the Culpeper design by an unknown maker, said to have been a gift to Banks from the Dowager Duchess of Portland. Of these, perhaps the most important were the 'aquatic' microscopes in their fish-skin cases, adaptable in practice both for observations in marine biology (as originally intended by Ellis) and as early forms of the dissecting microscope for entomology and botany.Vernon Bryan Crowther-Beynon was a well-known antiquarian and a member of numerous antiquarian and archaeological societies, in many of which he held office. Educated at Trinity, Cambridge, he was called to the bar and lived for many years in Rutland, writing many papers about the local antiquities. Latterly he moved to Beckenham and became deeply involved in the London antiquity scene - he had been on the Council of the Society of Antiquaries since 1905. He had many interests and collections and was a prolific buyer. His greatest passion was numismatics, especially the associated side branch of obsolete coin balances, of which he became a pre-eminent authority. He retired to Bath where he died in 1941 and, in 1946, his widow, Mary donated his extensive coin balance collection to the British Museum. Four years later as she approached her 95th year, she sold off the rest of his collection in a large and eclectic sale held in Cheltenham. The 364 Crowther-Beynon lots took up the first day of a two-day sale and many were grouped - it makes for tantalising reading as no photographs were used. Lot 175 in which this aquatic microscope was included was one such and no claims were made for it, the cataloguing simply reading A pocket microscope and fittings in sharkskin case, another, bone cribbage board, ivory silk winder, tiny box of lead dominoes, a seven-draw pocket telescope, ivory spy-glass, travelling knife and fork and sundries. When bought, the brass arm was blackened and unpolished with the engraving obscured. The engraving is thought to have been added in the late 19th century and it seems likely that Crowther-Beynon having acquired the instrument, probably from one of the several Knatchbull sales of Banks's effects held at Sotheby's and Puttick & Simpson between 1886 and 1893, realised he needed to establish its credentials before they became obscured, precisely the behaviour of an antiquarian who understood the value of provenance.The Knatchbull Connection: Banks married Dorothea Hugessen in 1779 and her sister Mary wed Sir Edward Knatchbull (1781-1849); As the Bankses died without issue, Dorothea left the Banks estate including all his papers to her brother-in-law, who in turn left it to his eldest son Edward Hugessen Knatchbull (1829-1893) first Baron Brabourne of Brabourne. He attempted to sell Banks's complete and intact papers to the British Museum but the sale fell through and they were sent to auction at Sotheby's on 13th March and 14th April 1886 and, after he died, Puttick & Simpson on 26th June 1893 which, being a more general Rooms, is probably where this microscope was sold to Crowther-Beynon.Literature: Carter, H.B. Sir Joseph Banks, British Museum (Natural History), p. 70-72 Talbot, S. P.&J. Dollond Catalogues: A Trade Handbill of c.1780, Bulletin of the Scientific Instrument Society, No.100 (2009), p.15-22 Turner, G. L'E. The Great Age of the Microscope, Adam Hilger, 1989, p.270-271Box has a good exterior and is structurally sound; accessories are missing, mirror lacks silvering, platform plate and pincer pin missing, interior compartments loose.
Everest. Tom Stobart (1914-1980) OBE. An archive of camera equipment, scientific instruments and ephemera amassed during the career of this adventurer and ground-breaking filmmaker, best remembered as the cameraman to the British Mount Everest Expedition, 1953 - the first successful ascent of Mount Everest. Comprising:Autographs: An original used food package from the British Mount Everest Expedition, 1953, signed by John Hunt, Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary. The signatures, though faded, are visibly inscribed 'Everest '53' by Hunt. The foil package, bearing an official expedition label, originally contained 'cocoa', 'orangeade powder' and a 'banana bar', which was consumed during the expedition. 33.5cm by 23.5cm. Framed & glazed.Miscellaneous Items: An ice axe, originally used by Tom Stobart during the Tibetan Hunt for the "Abominable Snowman" in 1954, 65cm; a canvas painting of the bhavacakra [Wheel of Life], donated by a Tibetan Buddhist monastery or temple to Tom Stobart during the British Mount Everest Expedition, 1953, and originally rolled and carried by him during the expedition, 72.5cm by 52cm; two Tibetan tea urns, 34cm height, acquired by Tom Stobart during either the Everest expedition or hunt for the "Abominable Snowman".Ephemera: An official programme for the 'First Performance of "The Conquest of Everest", In the gracious presence of Her Majesty the Queen and His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh', with Thomas Stobart listed in the credits as the filmmaker, plus loosely inserted tickets for said 'First Performance' as well as a 'Special Pre-view of the Film' (Mr. & Mrs. R. F. Stobart); a letter inviting Mr. Stobart to meet the members of the Everest Expedition at London Airport, on British Mount Everest Expedition 1953 letterhead (Royal Geographical Society), dated 30 June 1953, plus a sheet outlining arrangements for said meeting; an English translation of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad's speech, 29 June 1953; The Conquest of Everest with Hunt, Hillary and Tensing, Countryman Films programme, [1953], with loosely-inserted compliments slip from Countryman Films Ltd.; a scrapbook of newspaper clippings recording the Everest expedition, including clippings about Tom Stobart, 'cameraman to the expedition'; three black & white photographs depicting Tom Stobart; a quantity of loose newspaper clippings relating to the Everest expedition and 'Yeti Hunt', to include The Times colour supplement, 'Everest', 1953, and a facsimile of The Times newspaper, 3 June 1953, produced by Royal Mint in presentation box.Camera Equipment: A Paillard Bolex H-16 Reflex 16mm cine camera, possibly used by Tom Stobart during the hunt for the "Abominable Snowman", but certainly used by him for the later cookery programmes in his career; a Paillard Bolex Swiss-made speed-control motor in fitted carrying case; an Adam's "Minex", London, De Luxe Model plate camera, in fitted Adam's velvet-lined, leather carrying case.Scientific Instruments, Lenses & Specimens: Thomas Armstrong & Brother, Manchester & Liverpool, No. 474, microscope with attachments in fitted, lockable mahogany case with brass carrying handle; a brass microscope by C. Baker, London; a mahogany campaign case of lenses & attachments, two engraved 'Smith & Beck, 6 Coleman Street, London', with loose card of manuscript notes/measurements; a Powell & Lealand, London brass microscope attachment, together with glass bottles & accessories in a modern wooden case; a 19th-century mahogany 18-drawer specimen cabinet housing a quantity of glass slides, including leaf scales, pollen grains, fungal spores, and other specimens, most with manuscript labels, the final drawer housing an Abbe's Test Platte in Carl Zeiss morocco case; a 19th-century mahogany 12-drawer specimen cabinet housing a quantity of glass slides, including insect antennae, marine biology, sections of butterfly wings, feathers, and other specimens, most with manuscript labels, some from Australia and Peru, the empty section at base housing an exercise book with 4pp. of manuscript notes recording microscope details. NB: Some of the specimen slides are inscribed 'T.S.' [Tom Stobart], and some are inscribed 'R.F.S.' [Ralph Forrester Stobart].Provenance: By descent. The vendor's late father was Tom Stobart (1914-1980) OBE, a ground-breaking cameraman and filmmaker who in 1953 filmed the first successful ascent of Mount Everest. Stobart captured some of the most famous expeditions and achievements in human history. During his career, he followed a team of scientists exploring Antarctica in 1949, as well as the Tibetan hunt for the "Abominable Snowman" in 1954, but he's best remembered as being the cameraman to the British Mount Everest Expedition, 1953, and for his film The Conquest of Everest. Stobart was left partially disabled after being shot twice in the legs during a filming trip to Ethiopia in c. 1956. He died suddenly in 1980.
Lot of 140 books:-Nº especial Connaissance des Arts. Le prix de l’art nº 12, - Connaissance des Arts. Guide 1971 . Ventes publiques, - Nº especial Connaissance des Arts. Ventes publiques à Paris. Janvier 1973-‐ juillet 1974, - Connaissance des Arts. Guide 1970. Ventes publiques en France, - Connaissance des Arts. Le prix de l’art, - Connaissance des Arts. Annuaire 1968, - Ventes publiques en France, - Nº especial Connaissance des Arts. Le prix de l’art, - Nº especial Connaissance des Arts. L’art aux enchères -Connaissance des Arts. Albin Michel. Le prix de l’art, - Nº especial Connaissance des Arts. 1972. Ventes publiques á Paris, - The price guide 18 TH. Pottery. Sally Mount, - The Lyle oficial antique review. 1974-‐1975 Reichel, - Porcelaines japonaises anciennes - Japanese ceràmics. The last 100 years. Stitt. - Chinese export porcelain. Chine de Commande. D.F. Lunsingh Scheurlee The - Lyle oficial antique review. Reference book 1977. - The Lyle oficial antique review. 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Various Scientific Instruments, mid-19th Century lacquered brass drum microscope, with one eyepiece, one objective and rack and pinion focusing, F, mirror replaced, 240mm high; early 20th Century Royal Ediswan M.A.B. carbon filament electric light bulb with pip, '9' on glass inside, F-G, filament broken; Geissler-type glass tube, 300mm long; 19th Century lacquered brass three-drawer pocket telescope, with ray shade, rear shade missing; microscope slides, three eyepieces and Vickers objective; (a lot)
Scientific instruments etc. - To include, a Stanley London military range finder, 1938, in brown leather case marked 'FLTD MK.VI', an RSA MK.IV B4530 military level, in brown leather case, a brass level with telescope in fitted wooden box, six brass mounted ebony parrallel rules, largest length 38cm, two rolling rules, one in fitted wooden box, two slide rules, a metal edged inch ruler and a Tarantella shaver, boxed.
A selection of fountain pens, including: Conway Stewart 388 fountain pen with 14ct gold nib; Conway Stewart 12 fountain pen with 14ct gold nib; Savoy fountain pen; GSP cloisonné enamel fountain pen; Croxley pen; and others; together with a selection of desk accessories and ephemera, including scientific drawing instruments, rollers and a tape measure.
F. Darton & Co. Ltd. Military Hygrometer Thermometer, with chromium plated case, 12.5 cm dia. inside the bezel; together with a rare large hand held example, with War Department stamp of the pattern I believe were issued to Observation Ballon Observers. The silvered face with makers details of “T W S I “ (Thomas Watson Scientific Instruments Ltd) also with the number “B6707†The gilt case with clear WD Arrow.
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Volcanoes.- [Filomarino (Ascanio)] Lettera Prima sull'Eruzione del Vesuvio, lacking ?half-title (torn away from gutter), bound with Lettera Seconda, half-title, a few ff. faded, together 2 works in 1, first editions, printed on blue paper, some light marginal foxing, lacking endpapers, contemporary half calf, spine gilt, upper cover top edge worn, 4to, Naples, [Domenico Sangiacomo], 1794.⁂ First editions on the Vesuvius eruption of 15th June 1794, by scientist Ascanio Filomarino (1751-1799). The eruption was one of the most violent since 1631, with explosive activity beginning in April and on 17th June the summit of the volcano collapsed, causing a heavy fall of volcanic ash. The eruption offered opportunity to test some of Filomarino's theories on volcanic activity, and test specific scientific instruments he had invented in his laboratory.
World.- Doppelmayr (Johann Gabriel) Basis Geographiae Recentioris Astronomica in qua Situs Locorum Insigniorum Geographici ea Exactitudine, qua Celeberrimi Astronomi Eosdem per Observationes..., double hemisphere world map showing the continents without political divisions, with California as an island, and only the western and northern coastlines of Australia shown, the surrounds are decorated with vignettes of putto with scientific instruments, and with solar events occurring in the sky, engraving with vibrant hand-colouring, on laid paper with indistinct text-based watermark, platemark 490 x 580 mm (19 1/4 x 22 3/4 in), sheet 530 x 615 mm (20 3/4 x 24 1/4 in), central vertical fold, minor handling creases, scattered surface dirt, unframed, Johann Baptist Homann, [circa 1742]
AN EDWARD TROUGHTON DOUBLE-FRAMED SEXTANT, ENGLISH, CIRCA 1820,signed Troughton, London, with silver scale and vernier, magnifier, two sets of coloured filters, in fitted mahogany case with three alternative telescopes, together with a copy of Troughton's 1788 'Framing for Octants, Sextants, Etc' patent, 10in (25.5cm) radiusthe case 12 1/2in x 5in x 12in (32cm x 13cm x 30.5cm) Footnotes:Edward Troughton (1753-1835) was a leading maker of surveying and navigational instruments in England, and is recorded at 136 Fleet Street in London. He originally served as an apprentice for John Troughton at the family firm. Later in his career, Edward partnered with William Simms (1793-1860) to form Troughton & Simms, which continued to produce surveying and other scientific apparatus.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A JOHN BENNETT BRASS CIRCUMFERENTOR IN CASE, ENGLISH, CIRCA 1750,signed J. BENNETT, LONDON, the brass compass rose engraved with eight cardinal points and double degree scale, mounted within brass circle of degrees with four detachable detachable sights, lacking glass, with butterfly nut, in fitted case, 10in (25.5cm) diameter10 1/2in x 3 1/2in x 10 1/2in (26.5cm x 9cm x 26.5cm) cased Footnotes:There are two Scientific Instrument makers recorded with the name John Bennett operating in the mid-18th century. There is surprisingly little information on either maker, but one is known to have worked at the Globe in Crown Court, between St Ann's Soho & Golden Square, London. This Bennett is a likely candidate for producing the present instrument, as he was recorded as specialising in 'mathematical, philosophical and optical instruments'.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A RARE COMPLETE SET OF JAMES MOXON GEOMETRICAL PLAYING CARDS, LONDON, 1690's,fifty two copper engraved playing cards, comprising 4 suits of 13, each with geometrical figures or scientific instruments, together with a facsimile copy of a Discourse of the Mechanick Powers. By Monsi. Des-Cartes. Translated from his own Manuscript Copy... Printed and Sold by J. Moxon at the Atlas in Warwick-Lane, 1697, each card 3 1/2in x 2 1/4in (8.9cm x 6.0cm) Footnotes:Literature:Derek Long, At the Sign of Atlas: The Life and Work of Joseph Moxon, a Restoration Polymath, 2013, p. 42.James Moxon (d.1708) was the son of Joseph Moxon (1627-1691), the second person to make printed globes. James is known to have collaborated with his father on several projects since at least the mid-1680's. Joseph Moxon first published engraved playing cards in November 1676 - an Astronomical set advertised as 'useful, pleasant and delightful for all lovers of ingenuity'.The following sets comprised Geographical cards, and Carving Cards produced by both Joseph and James Moxon. After Joseph's death in 1691, James Moxon published a set of Geometrical cards by the mid-1690's, of which the present Lot is a rare and complete example.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A collection of watchmaker's tools and scientific instruments, including a Star staking tool set, boxed, and an Otis King's patent calculator.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
A small group of scientific instruments, including an Abney level and clinometer by Winter & Son, cased, a Jacot tool, a brass and leather three-draw telescope and a R. & J. Beck oxidized brass microscope stand.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
Fernsprecher von "L.M. Ericsson" in Stempelform, um 1880Gedrechseltes Nußbaum, vernickelte Metallteile, geprägt mit "2200H.v. - 222S.E. - L.M. Ericsson & Co, Stockholm" (schwach gedruckt). Gedruckte Bedienungsanleitung unter dem Sockel (nicht komplett), Höhe 19 cm. - Dieses Modell ist mehr oder weniger eine Kopie des Siemens-Telephons, aber Ericsson hat einige Verbesserungen vorgenommen. In seiner Werkstatt begann er, Telegraphen, wissenschaftliche Instrumente und auch Telephone zu reparieren. Ende 1878 verkaufte er sein erstes eigenes Telephon. - Literatur: Für eine frühe Beschreibung der magnetischen Telephone und deren Entwicklung siehe Preece und Maier (1889), "The Telephone"; für einen Vergleich zwischen den Empfängern von Ericsson und Siemens & Halske siehe Povey und Earl (1988), "Vintage Telephones of the World", Abbildungen 1.7 und 1.8; Ken Bushell, Artikel: http://telephonecollecting. org/receiver.html. Start Price: EUR 6000 Zustand: (2-3/-)Butterstamp Telephone by L.M. Ericsson, c. 1880Turned wood and nickel-plated metal parts, stamped: "2200H.v. - 22S.E. - L.M. Ericsson & Co, Stockholm" (indistinct), printed instructions at the base (incomplete), height 7 ¼ in. - Note: This model is more or less a copy of the Siemens telephone, with the addition of some improvements carried out by Ericsson. Ericsson began repairing telephones, telegraphs and scientific instruments in his workshop, leading to the construction of his own telephone in 1878. - Literature: For an early description of magnetic telephones and their development, see Preece and Maier (1889), "The Telephone". For a comparison between Ericsson and Siemens & Halske receivers, see Povey and Earl (1988), "Vintage Telephones of the World", fig. 1.7 and 1.8; Ken Bushell, article: http://telephonecollecting.org/receiver.html. Start Price: EUR 6000 Condition: (2-3/-)
Miniaturmodell einer Balancierdampfmaschine, um 1850Funktionsmodell, signiert "W & S Jones, 30 Holborn, London", Maschinenteile aus Messing, Niederdruck-Balancierdampfmaschine, Watt-Typ, mit 6 Säulen, stehender Zylinder, Schwungrad Ø 6,3 cm, mit Spiritus beheizter Messingkessel, Ø 4,5 cm, auf authentischem Sockel im Stil einer Fabrikanlage, Mahagonifundament, Maße 19 x 12 x 20 cm, komplett mit Brenner, ungetestet. - Die Firma W & S Jones gehörte im späten 18. und frühen 19. Jahrhundert zu den erfolgreichsten Herstellern wissenschaftlicher Instrumente in London und verkaufte ein breites Spektrum an optischen, mathematischen und philosophischen Apparaten. Sie war bis Samuel Jones' Tod im Jahr 1859 in der Holborn Street 30 ansässig. Start Price: EUR 450 Zustand: (3+/-)Miniature Working Model of a Walking Beam Steam Engine, c. 1850Marked "W & S Jones, 30 Holborn, London", all-brass machine parts, Watt-type 6-column low-pressure balancing steam engine, vertical cylinder, flywheel Ø 2 ½ in., spirit-heated brass boiler, Ø 1 ¾ in., on base in the style of a factory plant, mahogany plinth, dimensions 7 ¼ x 4 ¾ x 7 4/5 in., complete with burner, untested. - Note: The firm of W. and S. Jones were among the most successful manufacturers of scientific instruments in London in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, selling a wide range of optical, mathematical and philosophical apparatus. It was based at 30 Holborn Street until Samuel Jones' death in 1859. Start Price: EUR 450 Condition: (3+/-)
Ein Paar französischer Tischgloben, Ø 33 cm, um 1875Maison DELAMARCHE, Rue Serpente 25, Paris. Erdglobus und Himmelsglobus, die Globen bestehen aus zwölf kolorierten Kalotten und zwei Polarkalotten, Armierung jeweils mit gravierten Äquator- und Meridianring aus Messing, auf gußeisernen Bögen, die an Messingstützen gedrechselten und ebonisierten Holzständern befestigt sind. Erdglobus mit Linien für Eisenbahn- und Telegraphenstrecken und Unterseekabel, Dampferrouten mit Ankunfts- und Abfahrtshäfen und Reisezeit in Tagen, Ozeane mit Angabe der Meeresströmungen, Kontinente mit fein schattierten Umrissen, Darstellung von Bergen, Flüssen, Städten und Orten. Himmelglobus mit Sternbildern, die durch mythische Tiere und Figuren und wissenschaftliche Instrumente in schwach gepunkteten Umrissen dargestellt sind. Die Sterne sind mit griechischen Schriftzeichen beschriftet und einige in französischer Sprache benannt, die Milchstraße ist in Gelb mit einem kräftigen orangefarbenen Rand dargestellt. - Oberflächen mit leichtem Abrieb, ansonsten ohne Risse und Beschädigungen. - Höhe jeweils 66 cm. Start Price: EUR 3400 Zustand: (3/3)Pair of French 13-Inch Table Globes, c. 1875Maison DELAMARCHE, Rue Serpente 25, Paris. Terrestrial and celestial globes, made up of twelve colored gores and two polar calottes, engraved brass equator and meridian rings, on cast-iron arches attached to turned and ebonised wooden supports. Earth globe with markings for railway telegraph lines and submarine cables, steamer routes with arrival and departure ports and travel time in days, oceans with indication of currents, continents with finely shaded outlines, representation of mountains, rivers, cities and towns. Celestial globe with constellations depicted by mythical animals, figures and scientific instruments in faintly dotted outlines, the stars inscribed in Greek characters and some named in French, the Milky Way depicted in yellow with a bold orange border. - Surfaces with slight abrasion, otherwise without cracks or damage. - Height 26 in. each Start Price: EUR 3400 Condition: (3/3)
Y AN EBONY AND BRASS NAVIGATIONAL OCTANTSPENCER, BROWNING AND COMPANY, LONDON, CIRCA 1840The 11 inch frame incorporating central T-shaped hand-piece inset with bone signature plate inscribed .Spencer. Browning & Co. London. beneath turned bone finial unscrewing to reveal a pencil, the index arm mounted with mirror opposing Vernier aperture scale calibrated in minutes of arc for reading the inset curved scale stamped SBR divided for every twenty seconds of arc, the underside with pivot clamp and endless tangent screw adjustment, the sight vane with twin pin-holes and shutter opposing horizon glass and set of three hinged shades/filters, the tapered oak case with stepped lid applied with printed paper trade label inscribed C.G. KING, No. 7 Broad, third Srore from State Street, Boston, IMPORTER AND DEALER IN, Mathematical, Nautical, Surveying, AND GAUGING INSTRUMENTS... to the inside of the lid.The box 35.5cm (14ins) long, 32cm (12.5ins) wide, 11cm (4.25ins) high. The partnership between William Spencer, Richard Browning and Ebenezer Rust is recorded in Clifton, Gloria Directory of British Scientific Instrument Makers 1550-1851 as working from several addresses in Wapping, London 1784-1840. All of the founding partners had died by 1819 but the business continued trading in their name by their successors until becoming Spencer Browning and Company in 1840. They were agents for Alexander Adie and are noted for their navigational and surveying instruments.Charles Gedney King was a third-generation instrument maker who was born in 1808 and entered into partnership with his father at 7 Broad Street, Boston in 1832. He succeeded his father in 1839 and continued at that address until 1858 when the business relocated to Washington Street. Please note that the vendor has provided an ivory exemption licence ref. NBGEUXQU
Y AN EBONY AND BRASS NAVIGATIONAL OCTANTG. GOWLAND, LIVERPOOL, CIRCA 1840The 11 inch frame incorporating central T-shaped hand-piece inset with bone signature plate inscribed G. GOWLAND, 76. SOUTH. CASTLE. ST. LIVERPOOL beneath turned bone finial unscrewing to reveal a pencil, the index arm mounted with mirror opposing Vernier aperture scale calibrated in minutes of arc for reading the inset curved scale divided for every twenty seconds of arc, the underside with pivot clamp and endless tangent screw adjustment, the sight vane with twin pin-holes and shutter opposing horizon glass, set of three hinged shades/filters and another pair of shades beyond the horizon pane, the tapered mahogany case with printed paper trade label inscribed JOHN BRUCE, Chronometer, Watch & Nautical Instrument Maker, SALTHOUSE BUILDINGS, 26, WAPPING, opposite the South end, Salthouse Dock, LIVERPOOL... to the inside of the lid.The box 33cm (13ins) long, 29cm (11.5ins) wide, 10cm (4ins) high. George Gowland is recorded in Clifton, Gloria Directory of British Scientific Instrument Makers 1550-1851 as working from 76 Castle Street, Liverpool 1851-53. The London Gazette of 17th October 1856 lists him as working at this address as a chronometer and nautical instrument maker who registered a patent in 1853.John Bruce was also a manufacturer of and retailer of chronometers and nautical instruments who traded from 92 Wapping, Liverpool 1865-1939. Please note that the vendor has provided an ivory exemption licence ref. 9ELKPRLN
A FINE GEORGE II MAHOGANY CASED CUFF PATTERN MONOCULAR MICROSCOPEJOHN CUFF, LONDON, MID 18th CENTURYThe body tube with stepped moulded shuttered eyepiece over ogee waist and objective tube incorporating marks for six positions on an exponential scale numbered 1 to 6, supported via a tapered collar set in a ring attached to a vertical slide moving against the fixed limb upright marked with six further positions for the respective objectives also numbered 1 to 6, with collar clamp to enable initial positioning and fine screw for focus adjustment, the concave-sided cruciform stage with central aperture fitted with a collar and slider clips to underside and with sockets for the various tools to two of the arms, the centre signed J. Cuff Maker LONDON, the base with socket and scroll-shaped bracket support over a shaped horizontal plate applied with a pivoted concave mirror assembly beneath the stage, the whole mounted on an ebonised cavetto moulded plinth incorporating drawer to front containing three (out of six) objectives numbered 2, 3 and 6, pivoted condenser lens, forceps, slider collar, specimen capsule and seven bone sliders, with original obelisk-shaped case with hinged brass carrying handle to the ogee-turned domed surmount over caddy moulded angles, the front with door opening to reveal internal apron drawer containing additional accessories including a brass frog plate and a bone cylinder containing mica slider inserts.The box 44cm (17.25ins) high with handle down, 21cm (8.25ins) square at the base. John Cuff is recorded in Clifton, Gloria Directory of British Scientific Instrument Makers 1550-1851 as an optician and maker of optical instruments, microscopes, mathematical and philosophical instruments working in London 1731-70. Clifton notes that from 1737 until 1757 he was trading as a maker of 'Reflecting Microscopes and Spectacles against Sergeant's Inn Gate in Fleet Street', then 1757-58 at 'Double Microscope, three Pair of Golden Spectacles & Hadley's Quadrant opposite Salisbury Court in Fleet Street' and finally in 1764 at 'Strand, London'. The design of the present instrument came about through John Cuff's close association with the natural philosopher Henry Baker (1698-1774) whose frustration with the limitations of the Culpeper microscope identified the need for a new and improved instrument. In response to this in 1744 Cuff developed his 'new-constructed Double Microscope' which afforded 'improved accessibility for hand manipulation of the specimen by the microscopist'. Although his design proved very popular John Cuff was unable to make enough money to sustain his business hence he was declared bankrupt in 1750. A major contributing factor to him going out of business was strong competition from the eminent instrument maker, Benjamin Martin, who set-up shop next door to Cuff in Fleet Street. The demand for Cuff's microscope was subsequently mostly satisfied by Peter Dollond, who continued producing instruments to this design well into the second half of the century.
A FINE AND RARE GEORGE II GILT BRASS MOUNTED EBONISED QUARTER-STRIKING TABLE CLOCKHENRY HINDLEY, YORK, MID 18th CENTURYThe six distinctive double-baluster turned pillar twin chain fusee movement with arched plates measuring 10.25 by 6 inches enclosing greatwheels fitted to the narrow ends of the fusee cones, the going train incorporating perpendicular contrate drive from the centre-wheel to the escapement positioned at the apex of the plates, now with deadbeat escapement incorporating Brocot-type pallets positioned between the dial and the front plate (behind a shaped bridge) and regulated by half-seconds lenticular bob pendulum swinging to the rear, the two-in-one quarter-striking train incorporating single rack for both hours and the quarters utilising a standard snail arrangement to set the count for the former, and a second three-tooth rack stop lever (acting on a pin set in the hour rack arm) to control the latter, sounding on a graduated pair of bells with the hour on the larger and the quarters on both via dedicated hammers (incorporating Hindley's distinctive 'L' shaped springs) driven by the same pin wheel with automatic positioning via lateral pump action facilitating disengagement of the quarter hammers and engagement of third single hour hammer leading up to the hour, the backplate applied with an additional second plate finely engraved with asymmetric scrolling foliage around a central circular cartouche signed Hen. Hindley, of YORK flanked by Ho-Ho bird, lion and grotesque mask inhabited strapwork, the 7 inch arched brass dial with richly matted centre within applied silvered Roman numeral dial with Arabic five minutes to outer track and signed H. Hindley, York to lower edge, with scroll-pierced steel hands and lambrequin mask centred scroll cast spandrels, the upper margin with Strike quar's/Hr/Silent selection beneath arch centred with a subsidiary seconds dial flanked by female sphinx inhabited scroll cast mounts, the plate further applied with raised ogee border mouldings incorporating architectural cavetto 'capitals' and keystone details, the ebonised bell-top case with hinged brass carrying handle and pineapple finials over complex top mouldings and arch-glazed hinged front incorporating generous gilt fillet moulding to dial aperture, foliate scroll cast gilt upper quadrant frets and applied with female term mounts to uprights, the sides with arched brass fish scale sound frets and the rear with rectangular glazed door set within the frame of the case, on stepped ogee moulded skirt base.48cm (19ins) high with handle down, 27.5cm (10.75ins) wide, 18.5cm (7.25ins) deep.Henry Hindley was born in Great Harwood, near Blackburn, Lancashire 1699, little is known about his early life, however by the mid 1720's he was making clocks in Wigan where he repaired the church clock in 1726. Hindley moved with his young family (including his son, Joseph born 1728) to the prosperous city of York where, after making clocks for the Mansion House and Guildhall, he gained his Freedom of the city in 1732. Hindley s talents were such that he equipped his workshop with tools of his own design including an important dividing and wheel cutting engine, a screw cutting lathe and a fusee engine. As well as domestic clocks Hindley received commissions for several turret clocks including York Minster and supplied a range of scientific instruments including two important equatorial telescopes for the Duke of Norfolk and William Constable. By the 1760 s Hindley s health had deteriorated to the extent that an ever-increasing proportion of the business was handled by his son Joseph. Henry died in 1771 with his son and successor Joseph unfortunately dying just three years later in 1774, before he had had the opportunity to stamp his own mark on the family firm. According to the late Rodney Law, of Hindley's work only around 15 'spring clocks' are known versus around 40 longcases (see Law, R.J. HENRY HINDLEY OF YORK 1701-1771, PART II - published as an excerpt by The Antiquarian Horological Society). Law writes that of the examples seen by him all except one have half-seconds pendulums, all but three seconds hands and the majority have maintaining power. All also have the same distinctive design of double baluster pillar following those possibly first seen on Hindley's longcase clock of 1742 suggesting that he did not start making spring clocks until after that date. The use of fusees with the large ends positioned frontwards was to reduce the degree of friction at the larger front pivot which, with the standard design, was most apparent after winding. Further refinements include 'kneed' springs (of right-angled 'L' form), and two-in-one quarter-striking using the same rack for both the quarters and the hours. Indeed it is noted by Rodney Law that the latter detail has similarities with French work suggesting that Hindley was either well-read, having studied the works of makers such as Thiout, or was kept abreast of French work by his 'ingenious Jesuit friend'The positioning of the escapement behind a bridge towards the apex of the arch of the frontplate (driven via a vertically pivoted arbor with contrate wheels), is again typical of Hindley's work and allows space for a half-second pendulum to be installed in a standard-sized table clock as well as the provision of subsidiary seconds to the arch of the dial. Indeed when fitted with his form of deadbeat escapement Hindley's table clocks would have been very good timekeepers, hence the provision of a seconds dial will be very worthwhile. In addition to these refinements the wheel train of the current clock is very finely executed with pinion counts of eight or above which, again, ensures fine accurate running. A clock by Hindley with very similar design and layout to the current movement is illustrated and described in Darken, Jeff (editor) TIME & PLACE, English Country Clocks 1600-1840 on pages 150-53.The separately engraved backplate fitted to the present clock is highly unusual. The decoration is finely executed by an accomplished engraver and can be firmly placed within the category of 'vine engraving 1740-1770' discussed in Dzik, Sunny ENGRAVING ON ENGLISH TABLE CLOCKS, Art on a Canvas of Brass 1660-1800 on pages 337-358. Indeed the quality of the engraving, both in its up-to-date sophisticated design and highly accomplished execution, would suggest that it was executed in London. It is therefore most probable that Hindley sent the plate to London to be engraved as a separate entity from the movement and fitted it over the plain backplate on completion of the mechanism. PLEASE SEE THE ONLINE 'PAGE-TURNING' CATALOGUE FOR THE REMAINING TEXT OF THIS FOOTNOTE.
Y A LATE VICTORIAN GILT BRASS ANEROID POCKET BAROMETER WITH THERMOMETER AND COMPASSDOLLOND, LONDON, LATE 19th CENTURY1.75 inch circular silvered register calibrated in barometric inches divided into twentieths with the usual observations, inscribed COMPENSATED, FOR, TEMPERATURE and signed DOLLOND, LONDON over serial number No 53123 to centre, within outer revolving altimeter scale annotated for 0 to 12,000 feet divided into one hundred foot increments, the bevel-glazed cylindrical satin-gilt case with knurled band for the rotating altimeter scale to circumference opposing central mother-of-pearl 'floating card' glazed compass within curved-tube FAH'T scale mercury thermometer, the top with turned post fitted with a suspension ring, in original green silk lined brown Morocco case opening both sides.The instrument 5cm (2ins) diameter, 2.5cm (1in) thick. Peter Dollond is recorded in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETER MAKERS AND RETAILERS 1680-1860 as born 1730 and died 1820. He was the son of John Dollond, a Huguenot silk weaver and started business as an optician in 1750. He was joined by his father in 1752 until his death in 1761, and then by his brother, John, until his death in 1804. The family business was continued by Peter Dollond's nephew, George Huggins, who changed his surname to Dollond. George Dollond became instrument maker to William IV and Queen Victoria, exhibited at the Great Exhibition in 1851 and died 1856. The firm became one of the largest makers and suppliers of scientific and optical instruments and continued trading under various guises throughout the 19th and 20th centuries.Condition Report: Barometer mechanism responds to pressure (has been 'bag tested') and appears to be providing and appropriate reading. The silvered scale has some slight tarnishing to the outer altimeter scale; the centre has very little discolouration and only a couple of spots. The thermometer and compass are in good working order with only slight mellowing to the silvered thermometer scale. The case retains its original gilding with minimal wear however there is patchy discolouration/tarnishing mainly to the collar around the thermometer. The leather outer case has lost the 'buttons' for both clasps. One lid has been re-glued at the hinge (is now very slightly out of alignment). Otherwise faults are limited to slight bumps, scuffs and edge wear. Condition Report Disclaimer
A RARE GEORGE III MAHOGANY HODOMETER OR WAYWISERW. AND S. JONES, LONDON, CIRCA 1800With 31.5 inch diameter wheel bound with an iron tyre and with six tapered spokes around a brass hub engaging with take-off gearing contained within the left hand fork of the handle assembly, the right hand fork incorporating a hinged section to allow removal of the wheel with locking via a knurled brass screw, the upper section with inverted 7.25 inch circular silvered register engraved W. & S. Jones, 30 Lower Holborn, London to centre within concentric inner scale calibrated in Roman numeral MILES (I to X) and Arabic Furlongs (0 to 8 for each mile) to be read by the shorter of the two blued steel hands within outer scales calibrated in Poles (0 to 40) and Yards (0 to 220) to be read by the longer hand, set behind a hinged glazed circular moulded wooden bezel beneath elaborate yoke-shaped handle 137cm (54ins) high overall, 32cm (11.5ins) wide at the handle. William and Samuel Jones are recorded in Clifton, Gloria Dictionary of British Scientific Instrument makers 1550-1851 as optical, mathematical and philosophical instrument makers who worked from several addresses in Holborn 1791-1859 including 135 Holborn (1792-1800) and 30 Holborn (1800-1860). Banfield notes that William Jones was apprenticed to the highly regarded maker Benjamin Martin whilst Samuel was apprenticed to George Adams (junior) instrument-maker to George III and optician to the Prince of Wales. The partnership was one of the most important firms of scientific instrument makers of the late Georgian/Regency period and were particularly well known for their microscopes. The current lot would have been a particularly valuable instrument for surveyors charged with creating maps and plans during the latter years of the 18th century. The importance of the instrument's role is reflected in the quality of its construction with the dial in particular being finely engraved and finished. When reviewing comparable surviving instruments of this type it becomes clear that different makers such as Dollond, Thomas Rubergall, William Frazer, and W. and S. Jones appear to have sold essentially identical instruments. This would suggest that they were probably made in one workshop who then supplied them to various makers for retail. One possible candidate for the supplier would be the workshop established by George Adams, as several earlier variants of this design by him are known including an example in the King George III collection housed at The Science Museum, London. This suggests that Adams was used to making such instruments hence was best suited to supply them in reasonable numbers to other makers.
FOUR BOXES OF CLOCKS, TREEN, METALWARES AND SUNDRY ITEMS, to include a wooden cased mantel clock, a glass domed anniversary clock, a William Grant's Scotch Whisky barrel length 37.5cm, an Ebner Bakelite folding camera, a pocket voltmeter and gauge, a burr wood box with brass fittings fitted for mathematical/scientific instruments, carved alabaster dragon architectural?/ decorative elements, a M?ori hand carved wooden box: the lid carved with a face having mother of pearl eyes, plated and other metal trays, candlesticks, cutlery, coffee and teapots, etc (4 boxes) (sd)
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