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Nose shapers or “Rectificateurs” offered a reasonably priced alternative to those for whom plastic surgery was out of the question because of cost or anxiety over outcome. By donning this device, say before bedtime, and tightening the screws on the portions of the nose deemed in need of reshaping, the desired result could, at least in theory, be achieved.Our example date from the first quarter of the 20th century and is complete with original case and adjusting wrench. We Read More...

03 May

Rare leaflet promoting the New Cosmograph invented by the watchmaker Pierre-Léon Girod, circa 1890

By Le Zograscope

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A very rare preserved copy of this very fragile advertising leaflet promoting the “New Cosmograph” invented by the watchmaker Pierre-Léon Girod, based in Morbier in the Jura region, and of which there are models manufactured by Ducretet (see the last photograph showing an illustration from the 1893 Ducretet-Lejeune catalog).For a well-documented copy, see the copy held at the Cabreba Pinto Museum in the Canary Islands.This advertisement was specially printed by the Procure Générale, located at 27 rue Oudinot in Read More...

02 May

Collection of hearing devices ear trumpets from Boston and Paris, among others,

By Early Science

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Collection of hearing devices ear trumpets from Boston and Paris, among others, in good undamaged condition . One is a so called conversation tube all are ca 100 years and more old €125.- a piece or € 450,- for the collection ( 4 pieces ) Read More...

02 May

the first mechanical speed indicator for navigation – De Gaulle’s sillomètre in 1782

By Le Zograscope

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GAULLE (Jean Baptiste DE), Construction et usage du sillomètre, instrument nouvellement inventé destiné à observer en mer le sillage des vaisseaux en dixièmes parties de lieues par heure, n. p. [Le Havre, at the author’s expense], 1782. 8°, 30 pages and one large folding plate ; contemporary marbled calf, flat gilt spine. Spine and joints restored ; one small hole and tear repaired in title ; plate stained and roughly repaired along folds. First edition of the illustrated description of the first mechanical speed Read More...

01 May

Combined Nocturnal and sundial c. 1580

By Van Leest Antiques

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An unusual combined brass nocturnal and sundial of c. 1580. This instrument tells the time by day or night anywhere in the world. One side has a nocturnal, the other the Rojas projection for the form of altitude sundial. On the obverse on the outer rim is stamped ‘Heures du jour Heures de nuit’ and with the numbers 0-12 twice. The second ring is with calendar of the days and calendar of the moon. The pointer is signed dubbe. The Read More...

01 May

Paper-mâché anatomical model inner ear and tongue c. 1900

By Van Leest Antiques

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Early 20th century of the inner ear and tongue of polychrome painted papier-mâché. The model is showing the superficial nerves that travel from the ear to mouth, displaying the innervation of the tongue. The plaster ear and tongue is attached by to a real painted temporal bone that opens by copper hinges to show the internal bone structure. Three similar models can be found: a wax version by Tramond in the anatomical collection of the centre for anatomy of Charité, Read More...

30 Apr

A large Newton prism for light diffraction by Dubocsq, circa 1870

By Le Zograscope

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A triangular prism known as Newton’s prism and used in experiments on diffraction or the decomposition of light. The large prism is mounted in a brass triangle connected to a knob that allowed it to pivot. The prism no longer has its sliding base. It is of a good size, measuring 9 cm in height and 5.7 cm on each side. Despite some chips on the corners and edges, it is in fairly good condition and in perfect working order. A fine French Read More...

29 Apr

Very rare prismatic pocket microscope by Cogit, circa 1912

By Le Zograscope

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A very rare example of a prismatic very pocket microscope by cogit measuring 9,2×4,7×1,7cm. The microscope is signed on one side : “Microscope de poche / à grossissement variable / breveté S.G.D.G. / Grossissement 50-75 fois” and on the other side : “E. Cogit & Cie / 36Bd St Michel / Paris”. This triple prism pocket microscope was patented by the French firm Cogit the 12 July 1912 and illustrated in the newspaper “La nature” in 1914 (see the last picture). The Read More...

29 Apr

A pocket mathematics set in silver with inkwell, France, early 18th century

By Le Zograscope

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An early and small mathematics and writing set made of silver and fitted with an inkwell in its lower part. The small cylindrical case measures 12 cm in height. Made of wood but mounted in silver and covered with black leather, it contains small mathematical and writing instruments including: a small pair of dividers, a half-king foot or folding rule, an ink point, a pencil point; a third point has lost its silver element. This small set bears three hallmarks, including Read More...

26 Apr

REMARKABLE DOUBLE ANALEMMATIC HORIZONTAL POCKET SUNDIAL

By TESSERACT

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A 17th century Double Dial for the Pocket, French, c. second half 17th century, the eight-sided all-brass dial plate measuring 2″ x 2-11/16″ (5 x 7 cm). The plate is engraved with a circular chapter ring divided every hour from 4am to 8pm, with a circular Zodiacal calendar scale, and with a semi-elliptical hour scale divided again from 4am to 8pm. The circular chapter is engraved with radial hour lines, and set with a hinged gnomon; the Zodiacal circle Read More...

25 Apr

Rare antique French Dobereiner Lamp lighter c1830

By Curiotiques

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Offered for for sale is this rare Antique Dobereiner Lamp lighter c1830. Brief (and Brilliantly Over engineered) history: Before the humble match was even a sparkle in a chemist’s eye, there was the Döbereiner lamp—because why strike a match when you can summon fire with the power of hydrogen gas and a bit of bravado? Invented in 1823 by German chemist Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner, this contraption was one of the world’s first lighters—predating friction matches by several years and outperforming them Read More...

25 Apr

Antique Victorian dental Tooth Key with ebony handle c1800

By Curiotiques

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Offered for for sale is this Antique Victorian dental Tooth Key with ebony handle. 1780-1820. Brief history: Before dentists had chairs that didn’t look like torture devices, they had this: the tooth key. A charming little implement designed to wrench offending molars from your mouth with all the grace of a blacksmith pulling nails from a floorboard. Invented in the 18th century and widely used well into the 1800s, the tooth key was inspired by – you guessed it – a Read More...