A fine mineralogical Balance by August Lingke
€720
Dimensions
Closed case c. 3,2 x 26,5 x 14,1 cm.
Circa
second half 19th century
Description
A fine mineralogical Balance by August Lingke (parts missing)
unsigned but identical to others by August Friedrich Lingke (1811-1874) in Freiburg, Germany. Made of lacquered brass, steel, horn, blued steel screws, in original leather fitted wood case.
Size c. 3,2 x 26,5 x 14,1 cm.
Literature: For a similar balance as part of the Freiburg Apparatur by Lingke please see:
Ulrich BURCHARD: The History and apparatur of the blowpipe analysis, in: The Mineralogical Record, vol. 25, 1994, page 272, fig. 24.
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WissenschaftlichesKabinet
Wissenschaftliches Kabinett
The Wissenschaftliches Kabinett is based in the inner city of Vienna, Austria and was established in 1988 by Dr. Max Weber. Later it was taken over by Simon Weber-Unger who specializes in antique scientific and natural history antiques. The Wissenschaftliches Kabinett Simon Weber-Unger exhibits at the Hofburg Antique Fair in Vienna, the Residenz Antique Fair in Salzburg, the antique scientific instrument fair in London and at antique fairs in Zurich and Munich. Simon Weber-Unger is the head of the antique scientific instrument department and antique camera department at the auction house Dorotheum in Vienna and has published articles about scientific instruments in several magazines.
