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A MULTI FUNCTION GILT METAL CASED TRAVELLING BAROMETER/COMPASS/THERMOMETER (2)One side with a silvered dial with Arabic numerals indicating rain/change/fair and detailed Thomas Armstrong & Brother, Manchester & Liverpool 1102, the other side with a mercury thermometer indicating Centigrade and Fahrenheit enclosing the mother of pearl compass dial, with the original twin sided leather case
ONE BOX AND LOOSE MISCELLANEOUS SUNDRIES, to include a Sevilla acoustic guitar, a Hilger Watts theodolite tripod stand, a large gilt framed print, carved wooden wall plaque, a glass 'Yard of ale', vintage suitcases, a 'Blackheath Building Society' money box, a pair of oak barley twist candle sticks, a boxed Galileo thermometer, a vintage Casio TZ-400 LCD pocket television, a mantel clock etc. (s.d/a.f)(1 box + loose)
A Georgian mahogany wheel barometer the eight-inch silvered dial with usual barometer scales, blued-steel hand and brass pointer and having a brass Georgian bezel, the mahogany case having boxwood stringing, a swan-neck pediment and set with a hygrometer, thermometer and level, height 100cm.
A French Brass Striking Carriage Clock with combined Thermometer/Compass Display, circa 1900, case with carrying handle, topside of the case with compass and thermometer tube, 4-inch dial enamel Arabic chapter ring, dial centre with visible balance and lever escapement, twin barrel movement striking on a gong26cm high over handleCase brass surfaces are discoloured, back door inside fabric/silk is damaged and faded, top silvered dial is discoloured, dial enamel chapter ring with some hairline cracks, movement is slightly dirty and needs cleaning, movement is striking, movement with balance swinging and in going order.
A Mahogany Stick Barometer, signed Abraham, Optician, Bath, circa 1800, nicely figured mahogany case with turned cistern cover, concealed mercury case with a single vernier silvered dial signed, thermometer tube, ivory adjustment knob 94cm highWith Non-Transferable Standard Ivory Exemption Declaration Number 2SSU1NN3 Case with some small cracks and chips in parts, case edges with small dents in parts, top side of the case with a small portion of outer crossbanded moulding missing, dial is clean, vernier scale is moving correctly when turning the adjustment ivory knob, visible mercury in the tube, thermometer tube is complete.
An Angelus ship's wheel multi-dial clock, thermometer, barometer hydrometer, 17cms high.Condition ReportOne handle on the ship's wheel is missing, the watch movement is overwound, the thermometer and the barometer are both in working order, the calendar dials are working but comes with no guarantees
An impressive 19th century mahogany wheel barometer with timepiece, the 12-inch silvered dial inscribed 'Banks 441 Strand', beneath a 6-inch silvered timepiece dial, inscribed 'Robt Banks Strand', fronting a circular brass single fusee movement with platform escapement and pendulum, and a bowfront mercury thermometer, the case with swan neck pediment above two pairs of brass columns, ebony and brass stringing and bubble level, height 126cm.
20th century- replica 19th century Sheraton barometer by Comitti of London, case with a broken pediment, rounded base and contrasting inlay, spirit thermometer and aneroid movement with a slivered register and brass bezel, displaying barometric air pressure between 28 to 31 inches Dimensions: Height: 66cm Length/Width: 18cm Depth/Diameter: 4cm
A 1940s H Hauptner Berlin army field surgical kit, together with another first aid example, produced by Carlwusthof Soligngen, surgical tools in a fabric case wrapped in leather with a metal clasp, closed it measures 16cm x 9cm x 4cm, sticker on the inside of the leather case lists the following:(2)"Contents of the first aid kit to include:6x curved needles & one pack of silver wire in a small leather envelope1 x hollow needle with a cap for bloodletting1x push button lancet 1x forcep tweezers, 160mm 1x curved scissors, 150mm1x double lancet1x ligation forceps1x screw probe1x metal sleeve with sewing thread1x sharp spoon, 155mm1x hooked tweezers, 2 teeth, 145mm1x tacking needle, Gerlach1x trocar3x steel button probes, 150mm1x thermometer"
A William IV silver 'castle top' desk thermometer stand, the upright rectangular frame with dual bracket supports, designed to take the fitted thermometer itself (now missing), surmounted by a pressed scene of Abbotsford, with a domed rectangular base decorated with foliate scrolls, atop four volute scroll supports, Joseph Willmore, Birmingham 1836, height 9cm, weight 27g/0.86ozt approx
De l'Isle (Joseph Nicolas). Memoires pour servir l'Histoire et au Progrès de l'Astronomie, de la Geography, & de la Physique, recueillis de plusieurs dissertations lües dans le Assemblées de l'Academie Roiale des Sciences de Paris, & de celle de St. Petersbourg, qui n'ont point encore été imprimées; comme aussi de plusieurs pieces nouvelles, observations & reflexions rassemblées pendant plus de 25 annees..., 1st edition, St Petersburg: Academie des Sciences, 1738, woodcut diagrams to text, 13 folding plates bound to verso, contemporary ownership inscription of C[arl] F[erdinand] Degen and 19th-century ownership ink stamp (partially erased) to title, some contemporary marginalia, light worming at foot of gutter margins from Ii4 to end of volume, bookplate of Frank S. Streeter to front pastedown, contemporary panelled mottled full calf gilt, neatly rebacked preserving original gilt decorated spine with morocco title label, corners refurbished 4to QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Carl Ferdinand Degen (1766-1825); Frank S. Streeter (1981-2006).Frank Sherwin Streeter was an important collector of atlases, books, pamphlets and maps on maritime exploration as well as theoretical mathematics and navigation. His collection was sold at Christie's New York: The Frank S. Streeter Library: Important Navigation, Pacific Voyages, Cartography, Science, 17th April 2007, this volume being lot 145.The first edition of De l’Isle’s account of the advancements in the fields of geography, physics and astronomy for navigation.The work covers meteorological and astronomical observations on the aurora borealis, his method for determining the heliocentric coordinates of sunspots and the first accounts of his 'universal thermometer'. De L’Isle went to Russia in 1725 by invitation of Peter the Great to establish the Academy of Sciences of St Petersburg and train the first generation of Russian astronomers. During this period he wrote and contributed to numerous important works on physics and cartography including the first atlas of Russia.

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