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A good and elegant French graphometer by Antoine Joseph “MEURAND à Paris”. Age: 1750-1775 Dimension: 20cm (8”), 10cm (4”) radius. This beautiful brass instrument is in very good condition throughout, with fixed sights and silvered compass dial. The peculiarity is in the “M” decoration, recalling the Meurand name, instead of the more classical symmetrical floral design. ————————— Antoine Joseph Meurand (w1750-1805) of Paris, supplied instruments for the military campaign to Constantinople. Paris, rue du Clotre Saint-Jacques in 1766 Paris, 53 Quai de l’Horloge in 1771 and 1789 Read More...

14 Mar

Meurand Surveying Graphometer cased C 1760

By Antiques Le Saint Georges

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Interesting graphometer signed Meurand Quai de l’horloge à Paris in his wooden case. Beautiful compas with 16 Directions. The base has a finely shaped staff mount with ball and socket join and butterfly thumbscrew Good condition. Read More...

13 Mar

A. Frey blood pressure monitor J.&A. Bosch

By Van Leest Antiques

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A blood pressure monitor inscribed with Blutdruckmesser nach Dr. A Frey Baden-Baden and on the inner side of the box J.&A. Bosch Strasburg. The Blood pressure monitor arises from a socket in in which a the steel stem can be secured. To this stem a connecting piece with two sliding holes is attached it over the stem. The connecting pieces can be secured by a rotary knob. To the horizontal direction the second stem is attached and secured. At Read More...

09 Mar

Exquisite silver sundial by Pierre Sevin hallmarked 1681-84

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Elegant and richly decorated silver sundial made by Pierre Sevin (active in Paris from 1662 to 1685), renowned for his precision instruments. Sevin was Ingenieur du roi and a member of the Founder’s Company. He also benefited from a close relationship with the Academie des Sciences and worked with mathematician Joseph Saveur (1653–1716), making for him a logarithmic scale of Saveur’s design and a new type of perpetual calendar. In 1662, he built a polyhedral sundial with the arms Read More...

08 Mar

French medical travel pharmacy ca 1890.

By Early Science

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French medical travel pharmacy ca 1890. This travel pharmacy with all its old original and perfect bottles and canisters, with the original old labels The drawer contains a scale, silver powder, a mixing pot and a measuring glass. Dimensions 27 X 15 cm and 17 cm high. will be very well packaged and sent by registered mail. Read More...

05 Mar

Two 17th-Century Wrought-Iron Dental Forceps

By M and R Gordon

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Two late-17th-century wrought-iron dental forceps. The one on the left with the grasping end in the form of an animal’s head. Length: 13 cm. $695.00. Length of the one on the right: 14.75cm, noting that the end of one handle is short. $395.00. Near identical examples of both forceps, dated to the 16th and 17th centuries, are shown in the forceps section on the marvelous French virtual dental site: <https://www.biusante.parisdescartes.fr/mvad/002-06.php >. We’ve copied the images from that site–see last Read More...

02 Mar

A large mining square protractor in nickel silver by Henri Morin

By Le Zograscope

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This rare large square protractor is signed “H. Morin 11 rue Dulong Paris”. This model, quite rare, is described in the Morin catalogue like : “Rapporteur carré, pour plans de mine ou de surface sur papier quadrillé” [“Square protractor, for mine or surface plans on graph paper”] (see the last photo). Interesting model of a strictly square-forme protractor of good size: 22cm each sides. Old traces of cleaning. Read More...

01 Mar

Eye surgey set, ca 1880

By Van Leest Antiques

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A 19th century eye surgery set containing various signed instruments. The set contains an eye retractor, a pair of scissors, an capsule forceps, needle and precision knifes and a Richters knive. Various insruments are marked ‘Sir Henry’ and ‘Collin & Cie’ and the scissor is signed Charriere. The set comes with its original box of black leather on the outer side and red fabric on the inner side. Box dimensions: 9 x 15,5 x 3 cm. Read More...

28 Feb

C1910 Vibrophone Hearing Aid

By M and R Gordon

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A Vibrophone hearing aid by Charles Valery, working in Paris. Case size: 2.75″ x 2″ x .75″ A 1913 advertisement for the device in a Portuguese journal describes it “as an invisible device that is placed in the ear canal. Thanks to its great power and precision deaf people hear and can follow a conversation. With its use buzzing and ear noise disappear completely.” The instruction that came with it indicate that the two-ended hammer can be used for Read More...

21 Feb

C1860 Mathieu Nebulizer

By M and R Gordon

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A fine example of a C1860 Mathieu (Paris) nebulizer that is in working order and complete, noting the absence of a small piece of rubber tubing that can, if desired, be easily replaced. 9″ ( 22.5cm) high and 10″ (25cm) wide approx. A link illustrating the nebulizer (see figure 18) and describing how it functions follows: https://hardluckasthma.blogspot.com/2014/02/1859-mathieus-nephogene.html Read More...

21 Feb

Large Surveying Graphometer with two telescopes signed Canivet à la Sphère à Paris Dated 1767

By Antiques Le Saint Georges

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Large Graphometer with two telescopes signed Canivet a Paris dated 1767 Silvered Compas with 16 point rose and degree scale and original needle. The North point of the compass had an engraved fleur de lys. Staff mount with universal ball joint and rare leveling screw for adjustments. Handsome floral motivs and very beautiful engraved Canivet was nephew and student of the famous maker Claude Langlois and was ingénieur of the Academy des Sciences in 1756. Maker of some instrument for the Paris ’s observatory. Some instruments signed Canivet Read More...

20 Feb

French Equinoctial Compass Sundial

By Florin

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Description: This French equinoctial compass sundial is a rare and precious piece. It features a silvered compass scale, two water levels, a folding gnomon, an hour ring, and a latitude arc, all housed in its original case. The approximate size is 13 x 13 x 4 cm. Key Features: Silvered Compass Scale: Facilitates navigation and provides precise directional indications. Water Levels: Ensures horizontal alignment for accurate readings. Folding Gnomon: Used to point towards the sun and indicate the time. Hour Ring: Marks the daytime Read More...