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H.M.S. CENTURION AND BOXER REBELLION INTEREST, THE NAVAL JOURNAL OF ST. ANDREW OLIVER ST. JOHN beginning in February 1900 and charting the movements and activities of H.M.S. Centurion across the South and East China Seas via extensive and detailed daily entries, maritime data recordings, and tipped-in hand-drawn diagrams and track charts, these often also hand-coloured and possibly by a different individual, including technical drawings and defensive structure layouts such as North Fort Taku; dockings at Howloon, Hong Kong and Nagasaki are noted as well as events relating to the Boxer Rebellion, indeed numerous accounts of first-hand experience of the fighting, and the movements of many other ships, both those of Britain and other nations active in the region; miscellaneous entries include the passing meteorite over the ship 27/7/01 and the falling overboard of a Mr. William Butcher from the battery 12/8/01; the final entry is dated 14/8/01 under the location sub-heading Homeward Bound.Accompanied by a reproduced page of The Navy and Army Illustrated which includes a picture of the crew with St. Andrew Oliver St. John included and a brass cased sextant with stamped mark T. Cook London No. 2293, possibly but not definitely the property of St. Andrew Oliver St. John.H.M.S Centurion was the lead ship of two pre-dreadnought battleships built for the Royal Navy in the 1890s; completed in 1894, she was assigned to the China Station as its flagship and, with her sister ship Barfleur, supported Allied Operations during the Boxer Rebellion of 1899-1901, contributing landing parties in the Battles of the Taku Forts and of Tientsin before returning in 1901 and, after a second assignment to the China Station two years later, was scrapped in 1910.St. Andrew Oliver St. John (D.S.O R.N.) continued his career in the Royal Navy and rose to the rank of Commander before retirement in 1922. Approximately 90 pages overall; additional images available
THE SCIENCE CLUB HOUSE: ASSORTED POCKET SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS, including good mid-19th Century Troughton & Sims gilt brass drum sextant, 7cms diam.; cased Negretti & Zambra compasss, Negretti & Zambra rotating disc guide for a barometer; Dolland barometer no. 40176; cased Damp Detector; small sovereign case type compass and a small 'The Pathfinder' compass (7)Provenance: deceased estate Ynys Mon (Anglesey)
A brass radius sextant, by Elliott, London, late 19th century, with index mirrors, filters, horizon mirror eyepieces, telescope and oxidised brass lattice frame with arc with with inset silvered scale divided to 150°, vernier with magnifier, arc engraved Elliott, London, with ebony handle, in mahogany case bearing a printed label to interior for LILLEY & REYNOLDS Ltd., sextant - 25.3cm wide, 23.6cm deep Please note that Roseberys do not guarantee the working order of any scientific instrument. Footnotes: Note: A sextant is a doubly reflecting navigation instrument used to measure the angle between any two visible objects. The principal of the instrument was first implemented around 1730 by John Hadley, 1682-1744, and Thomas Godfrey, 1704-1749, but it was also found later in the unpublished writings of Isaac Newton, 1643-1727.The firm of Elliott Brothers of London was founded by William Elliott (working 1807-53). In 1850 he formed a partnership with his sons, Frederick & Charles (Elliott & Sons) and the firm became Elliott Bros. from 1854. They became successors to Watkins & Hill by 1856. The firm much later became part of GEC after moving progressively into electrical equipment and automation. It is now part of BAE Systems.
A CASED NAUTICALIA REPRODUCTION BRASS SEXTANT, A CASED REPRODUCTION OF A DESKTOP SUNDIAL AND THREE SMALL CHROME PLATED MINERS STYLE LAMPS, the sextant and sundial with information sheets, the lamp heights comprise 17cm and two at 13cm, the taller lamp comes with a wooden plinth (5) (Condition Report: the sextant in tarnished condition)
4 Vermessungsinstrumente1) Theodolit, signiert: "F.W. Breithaupt & Sohn, Cassel", um 1900, Nr. 34310, poliertes Messing, Silberskalen, 4 Lupen, 5 Libellen, Teleskoplänge 24,5 cm. - 2) Nivelliergerät, signiert: "Troughton & Simms, London", poliertes Messing, mit 2 Stablibellen, Teleskoplänge 35,5 cm. - 3) Taschen-Sextant, signiert: "Stanley & Co. Ltd. London", Nr. 25768, Messing, Ø nur 7,8 cm. - Und: 4) Miniatur-Nivelliergerät, signiert: "F.W. Breithaupt & Sohn, Cassel", um 1900, Nr. 5357, original zaponiertes und geschwärztes Messing, 2 Libellen, Teleskoplänge 14,5 cm. Start Price: EUR 350 Zustand: (3/3)4 Surveying Instruments1) Theodolite, engraved: "F.W. Breithaupt & Sohn, Kassel", c. 1900, no. 34310, polished brass, silver scales, 4 magnifiers, 5 bubble levels, length of the telescope 9 ¾ in. - 2) Level instrument, engraved: "Troughton & Simms, London", polished brass, with 2 spirit levels, length of the telescope 14 in. - 3) Pocket sextant, engraved: "Stanley & Co. Ltd. London", no. 25768, brass, Ø only 3 in. - And: 4) Miniature level instrument, engraved: "F.W. Breithaupt & Sohn, Cassel", c. 1900, no. 5357, original lacquered brass, 2 spirit levels, length of the telescope 5 ¾ in. Start Price: EUR 350 Condition: (3/3)
STANLEY; two compasses, one of square form, with black dial marked '1911', the other marked '1942', of heavy size, in leather carry case, a small Stanley brass sextant with four-coloured lens, height 5cm, length 10cm, together with WWI French folding telescopic binoculars/signal mirror/compass (4).
A late-19th century lacquered brass Rapid Rectilinear 12 x 10 lens by Clement & Gilmer of Paris, a smaller Rapid Symmetrical lens by Ross of London, two further vintage lenses, a brass Dallan Developing Tank and assorted early camera components; together with a brass miniature sextant by Stanley, London Condition Report:Available upon request
A small George III brass sextant by Matthew Berge,early 19th century, engraved 'M. Berge London' and numbered '1870', in original case,9cm wide8cm deep3.5cm high (2)The Estate of the Late Malcolm Frazer.Condition ReportLight oxidation to the metal elements. Some degradation to the mirror. Mechanisms running smoothly. See additional photos.
JAZZ - COOL / AVANT - LP COLLECTION. A collection of around 43 x LPs. Artists/ Titles include Alice Coltrane - Journey In Satchidananda (1971, Canada OG), Freddie Hubbard - Red Clay, David Holland - Improvisations For Cello And Guitar, Cecil Taylor - Unit Structures (1975 US RE), Albert Ayler In Greenwich Village, Wayne Shorter - Speak No Evil, Herbie Hancock - Sextant, Herbie Hancock inc Sunlight, Man-Child, Sam Rivers/ Dave Holland - Vol. 2, John Coltrane - Black Pearls, Arthur Blythe - Metamorphosis, Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue, Herbie Mann - Stone Flute, John McLaughlin - Extrapolation and Coleman Hawkins - Sirius. The condition is generally VG+ to Ex+.
AN ELIZABETH II SILVER COMMEMORATIVE CLOCK by House of Lawrian, London 1975, of square architectural form, raised on four ball feet, the domed top cast to resemble roof tiles surmounted by a ball finial, for the tercentenary of Greenwich Observatory, one side with a FLAMSTEED and above his 7-foot equatorial sextant and the date 1675, the opposing side with HUNTER a satellite and 1975, all against a textured ground, the glazed circular dial with Roman numerals and signed LAWRIAN. 13cm high, 15 troy ounces grossThe marks are clear. In generally good condition. Not working.
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