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Lot 98
A PAIR OF 10 X 50 KAISERMARINE BRIDGE BINOCULARS BY ZEISS, 1916 REMOVED FROM S.M.S. BADEN, SCAPA FLOW, 1919, heavily constructed in aluminium with splash cuffs, elevation screw, stamped on the backplate with maker's marks, Kaisermarine mark, dated 14.7.16, and separately focusing eyepieces -- overall 13in. (33cm.) long; together with associated tripod stand by Zeiss., (2), Provenance: Sub Lt. James Naughton, 1919, and thence by descent; Private collection., The last German battleship to be completed before the War ended, she was completed after Jutland and saw no action in her single cruise of April 1918. Interned with the rest of the High Seas Fleet at Scapa Flow, the Royal Navy managed to board and beach her during the mass scuttling of June 1919. Re-floated, she was sunk as a target two years later. It is presumed that Sub Lt. Naughton was one of the boarding party - his son served in World War II and captured the binoculars in lot 93.
Lot 100
A PAIR OF 10 X 70 BINOCULAR GUN SIGHTS BY ROSS, LONDON CIRCA 1940, contained with regulation crackle finished case, signed as per title with government issue mark, the eyepieces with independent filters, mounted in a bracket with location handle (later) -- 14in. (35.5cm.) high overall; together with an associated tripod, (2),
Lot 194
A 12IN. CELESTIAL GLOBE PUBLISHED BY G.F. CRUTCHLEY, LONDON CIRCA 1850, hand-painted gores signed as per title and inscribed Crutchley's Late Cary's New Celestial Globe ..., mounted through the Colurus Aequinoctium line with calibrated brass meridian on turned wood stand with tripod foot -- 18in. (45.5cm.) high; together with late 19th-century 12in. terrestrial globe by John Haywood, Manchester, London, mounted on turned stand with inset compass to base, (2),
Lot 213
A RARE AND FINE DOUBLE THEODOLITE BY MATTHEW BERGE, LONDON, FORMERLY OWNED BY THOMAS, FIRST BARON DUNDAS, GOVERNOR OF THE FORTH AND CLYDE CANAL COMPANY AND PROMOTOR OF WILLIAM SYMINGTON'S STEAM BOAT TRIALS, CIRCA 1805, constructed in lacquered brass with silvered scales, signed and inscribed on the main plate M. Berge, London / Lord Dundas, bubble levels, compass with jewelled pivot, telescope with blanking nut, lower telescope mounted on separate axis, secondary base with screw levelling and threaded removable tripod feet, contained within original fitted shaped wooden box of issue with two telescope tubes, adjusting instrument and key -- 14½ x 11½ x 8¼in. (37 x 29x 21cm.), Thomas, Lord Dundas (1741-1820) the educated and well-connected "nabob of the north" was a hugely significant figure in Scottish and Northern English politics and culture almost until the day he died. As a friend of the Prince of Wales, Lord Dundas enjoyed an active social life, being a member of Brooks's Club, the United Service Club, the Society of Dilettanti and the Society of Antiquaries. From 1793 to 1813 he was the effective commander of the Yorkshire militia, and was Lord Lieutenant and Vice-Admiral of Orkney and Shetland between 1794 and 1820. An enthusiastic agricultural improver, he spent his income from rents on draining and enclosing land, experimenting with new crops and breeds and building water- or horse-powered threshing mills. As governor of the Forth and Clyde Navigation Company (1786-1816), he presided over the canal's completion and the creation of Grangemouth and Port Dundas. He also persuaded the company to test the first practical steam-tug, the Charlotte Dundas - named for a daughter. Despite its early promise, concerns over bank erosion were not addressed and the project foundered. Matthew Berge succeeded Jesse Ramsden in 1800 and for a time signed his instruments "Berge, Late Ramsden". This example has a more flamboyant signature now obscured by a plate securing knob and had to be re-signed underneath, but was probably used by Dundas until he stepped down as Governor of the Canal in 1813.
Lot 223
A SIMPLE SURVEYING LEVEL BY WILLIAM WILTON, ST. DAY, CORNWALL, signed on the cross bar W. Wilton, St. Day, Cornwall, pin hole sight with cross hair, scale divided from '0' at centre to 40° either side, the reverse with mounting cap for a ?telescope -- 5in. (12.5cm.) diameter, Wm. Wilton worked from St. Day in Cornwall between 1830 and 1851. It is uncertain at present what the mounting cap is for, but seems likely that it was to attach the tripod mounted telescope to survey as a primitive level.,
Lot 229
A RARE 1¼IN. POCKET TRIPOD GALILEAN SINGLE DRAW TELESCOPE BY DOLLOND, LONDON, signed on the draw tube as per title, four eye-pieces with numbered selector side wheel, draw tube with counter-numbered focus lines, threaded objective cap, folding cabriole legs mounted on slide to fit inside main tube, assembled -- 7 x 4¾in. (18 x 12cm.) closed,
Lot 244
A 3IN. REFLECTING TELESCOPE COMPENDIUM, ENGLISH, CIRCA 1820, unsigned, the 8in. tube with refracting star sight with crosshairs, rack and pinion secondary mirror adjustment, sprung-loaded speculum main mirror, interchangeable secondary mirrors scratch inscribed 100 135 175; 45 66 86, tube cap, threaded folding tripod feet, three eyepieces, sprung-loaded quick release tripod support, contained within fitted wooden box of issue -- 9¾in. (24.7cm.) wide,
Lot 245
A REFRACTING TELESCOPE COMPENDIUM BY W. & S. JONES, LONDON, CIRCA 1825, comprising 2¼in. 5-draw patinated leather covered brass telescope, signed by the eyepiece W & S Jones, 30 Holborn, London, contained within fitted wooden case of issue, with folding tripod stand and alternate power eyepiece, with maker's label inside lid dated for 1825 -- 13¼ x 7in. (33 x 18cm.),
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