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Lot 274
A FINE AND ORIGINAL LATE 18TH CENTURY THEODOLITE BY W. & S. JONES, HOLBORN, LONDON constructed in lacquered brass, the 13in. telescope with bubble level under, mounted to arc on A-frame over 3¼in. silvered compass, on rotating bedplate signed as per title and contained within original fitted mahogany box with drop-handles and later retail label for Stanley dated for 1923 -- box 10 x 13¾in. (25.5 x 35cm.); together with original wooden tripod of issue -- 53in. (134.5cm.) high (2)Condition report: Fine condition throughout.
Lot 273
A SURVEYING THEODOLITE BY TROUGHTON & SIMMS, LONDON, CIRCA 1820 with 1in. telescope and bubble level, over 5½in. arc with silvered scale, 3in. silvered compass with needle clamp, mounted on bed plate signed as per title with silvered scales on adjustable stand and contained within original fitted case with plummet and sighting tube -- box 13½in. (34cm.) wideCondition report: remnants of original lacquer, polished overall. Scales tarnished. Good overall condition.
Lot 17
Late 19th/early 20th century lacquered brass theodolite by A.G.Thornton Ltd. Paragon Works, Manchester, serial no.834, in fitted mahogany box with maker's overhaul label dated 1931 and key in envelope Condition Report & Further Details Click here for further images, condition, auction times & delivery costs
Lot 24
A single owner collection of scientific instruments, to include; A fine quality late Victorian Henry Hughes & Son sextant, in original mahogany box with lenses, with applied paper label to lid printed "The New Observatory, Richmond, Surrey - Certificate of Examination" dated in ink April 1893 and describing the instrument as "The Sextant 3381 of 8 inches radius by H.Hughes & Son, London, divided on Platinum & Gold and reading 10" has been examined .......", together with a fine late 19th/early 20th century Troughton & Simms brass theodolite, No.181 HO 146, in fitted fitted mahogany case with lenses and attachments, a mid 20th century T & S 5" 3-screw theodelite, in fitted mahogany MDS Ltd. case with lenses and attachments, a Cooke, Troughton & Simms theodolite, 2nd quarter 20th century, in fitted mahogany box, an early 20th century Troughton & Simms brass theodolite, in fitted mahogany case, a W.H Harling brass theodolite, stamped "857", an early to mid 20th century theodolite, with lenses and attachments in MDS Ltd fitted mahogany case, a British Military Bubble Sextant MKIXA No.4089/44 (V), with instruction booklet in fitted case, a British Military A,M, Astro Compass MKII 6.A/1174, in original painted wooden box, and a Director No.7 brass artillery theodolite, stamped "H.W.L.343 O.S.1815.G.A.". (10)
Lot 12
An oxidised and lacquered brass theodolite Supplied by J.B. Tibaut-Disempleare, Brussels, late 19th/early 20th century The telescope with rack and pinion focus adjustment and mounted via a pivot onto a pierced two-part support over rotating limb applied with spirit level and with silvered Vernier scales to each end for reading against the fixed silver divided horizontal degree arc beneath, fitted with a glazed compass annotated N, E, S and O within degree circle and the underside with lockable rotating pivot over ball and socket joint with turned tapered tripod socket beneath, in original oak box with applied paper trade label J.B. Tibaut-Disempleare,… MAGASINS, Rue de Laeken 15-17, BRUXELLES… and inked stamp J.B. Tibaut Disempleare, Bruxelles to the interior of the lid, the box 33.5cm (13.25ins) wide.
Lot 11
An Austrian japanned brass theodolite Gebruder Fromme, Vienna, late 19th century The telescope with rack and pinion focus adjustment and fitted with a spirit level to top, mounted via a pivot fitted with a vertical silvered Vernier sector onto a curved support over rectangular table fitted with X and Y spirit levels and central glazed compass stamped GEBR. FROMME, WIEN, 632 and annotated N, O, S and W to centre within fine engraved outer degree scale, the lower section with horizontal circle with fine silver Vernier scale, locking and fine adjustment screws over triform ball and socket levelling joint and tapered tripod socket, in original hardwood box applied with trade label inscribed GEBRUDER FROMM, MATHEMATISCH-MECHANISCHES INSTITUT, WIEN, HAINBURGERSTRASSE N’R 21…, to inside of lid, the box 31cm (12.25 ins) deep. The Viennese firm of Gebruder Fromme was formed by brothers Adolf and Karl Fromme when they succeeded Joseph Perfler (established in 1835) in 1884. Their workshop was located at Hainburgerstrasse 21 until 1903 and the business continued in various guises until around 1970.
Lot 14
An unusual Continental lacquered brass theodolite Unsigned, mid to late 19th century With single-draw sighting telescope and spirit-level mounted onto the vertical circle with fine silvered perpendicular Vernier scale to circumference incorporating screw rack adjustment and clamp, mounted via an angled bracket, along with a second cross spirit level, onto a vertical pillar over conforming horizontal circle with silvered Vernier scale to circumference, the base with tapered tripod mounting socket post, in original hardwood box with hinged brass carrying handle to lid, 30.5cm (12ins) wide.
Lot 9
A German oxidised and lacquered brass theodolite Dennert and Pape, Hamburg, late 19th century The telescope with rack and pinion focus adjustment and fitted with a spirit level to top, mounted via a horizontal pivot with fine screw angle adjustment bar to the one side onto two pieced A-frame uprights over rotating table incorporating central bubble-level to upper surface, the spaotted lacquered brass canted rim with two opposing windows for viewing the horizontal silver Vernier scale each equipped with individual pivoted magnification lens and signed Dennert & Pape, Hamburg =Altona and numbered St., 1505 between, the circumference with fine screw adjustment and knurled scale locking screw, the whole raised on column upright issuing triform radial supports with screw feet, in original oak and pine box with hinged carrying handle to top, The box 46cm, (18ins) high. Dennert and Pape were founded in 1848 and worked from Altona district of Hamburg well into the 20th century.
Lot 298
A 19th century lacquered brass theodolite, the silvered dial inscribed Henderson Dial Made by J.T. Letcher Truro Cornwall, in a later mahogany and glazed case, together with two mahogany boxes with leather outer cases, the one with brass instruments and labels for W. F Stanley & Co London, J T Letcher Truro, the other with label for Letcher Truro and a wooden tripod stand
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