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VISIONNEUSE PATHEORAMA

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PATHEORAMA VIEWER Small PATHEORAMA viewer with 2 cellulo films. Very good original condition, in its box torn on one side. 13cm in length.-------------------------VISIONNEUSE PATHEORAMA Petite visionneuse PATHEORAMA avec 2 films cellulo. Très bel état d'origine, dans sa boite déchirée sur un côté. 13 cm de longueur. Read More...

08 Aug

Supremathic Calculator

By Fletcher

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An example of the Supremathic Calculatot made and patented in France, with original leather case (scuffed) and a rough copy of the original instructions in French Read More...

07 Aug

CINE-ENFANTIN vers 1940

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CINE-ENFANTIN vers 1940 L’écran rayé permet d’activer une animation lors du défilement du film. Le petit chaperon rouge – Pinocchio – L’Arche de Noé – Chasse à l’ours – Fables de La Fontaine Boite : 15 x 19 cm Read More...

01 Aug

NE BOUGEONS PLUS – TARGET 1880

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LET'S NOT MOVE TARGET 1880 Superb target mechanism representing a photographer with his large camera. A bourgeois character springs when you touch the trigger pear held by a monkey. Wood and cardboard covered with chromolithography. The gun and the arrows are missing, quite easy to find. 27 x 40cm.----------------------------------------------------------- NE BOUGEONS PLUS CIBLE 1880 Superbe cible à mécanisme représentant un photographe avec sa grande chambre photographique. Un personnage bourgeois jaillit lorsque l’on touche la poire de déclenchement tenu par un singe. Bois et carton Read More...

01 Aug

Three draw french telescope.

By Scientific Inspirations

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A mid 19th century nickel silver plated, three draw telescope signed, ‘L. Larghi, Optician, Bordeaux’. Measuring 32″ (81 cms) fully extended and 10″ (25 cms) closed with a main lens diameter of 42 mm, it gives a fine, sharp image when viewing with a magnification of 28 x. It has an end cap, eye slider and a black leather covered body with two eyelets for fastening a sling. A little wear to the nickel silver but the general condition Read More...

25 Jul

LONDON EXHIBITION circa 1851 THE CRYSTAL PALACE

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LONDON EXHIBITION circa 1851 THE CRYSTAL PALACE Perspective in 6 gummed lithographed boxes. The cover illustration is a little stained, the 6 boxes are in perfect condition. Origin France, c. 1851 23.2 x 17.4cm Very rare------------------------------------------EXPOSITION DE LONDRES vers 1851 LE CRYSTAL PALACE Perspective en 6 cartons lithographiés gommés. L'illustration du couvercle est un peu tachée, les 6 cartons sont en parfait état. Origine France, c. 1851 23.2 x 17.4 cm Très rare Read More...

24 Jul

4 FILMS 35mm MAGICIAN ESCAMOTOR for MAGIC LANTERN

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4 FILMS 35mm MAGICIAN ESCAMOTOR for MAGIC LANTERN 4 Different 35mm films for magic lantern representing magicians cups and balls escamoteur. These films are in loops approximately 100 cm long for the 2 red ones and 50 cm for the color one and the black one. Read More...

23 Jul

Early Tourmanile Tongs for the determination of crystal geometry in optical mineralogy, ca. 1860

By Gilgamesh

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Tourmaline is a crystalline boron silicate mineral compounded with elements such as aluminum, iron, magnesium, sodium, lithium, or potassium. Tourmaline is classified as a semi-precious stone, and the gemstone can be found in various colors. Tourmaline crystals are highly birefringent, a crystallographic feature resulting in the split of a ray of light crossing the crystal outside its optical axis into an ordinary and an extraordinary ray, being polarized at right angles to each other. However, the E-ray is rapidly Read More...

22 Jul

C1840 GILDED 2 DRAW SMALL POCKET SPYGLASS TELESCOPE , GOOD IMAGE ,EXCELLENT CONDITION IN SHAPE OF A TRUMPET

By Opticalworld

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ALL IN EXCELLENT CONDITION , WORKING SPYGLASS IN THE SHAPE OF A MUSICAL TRUMPET OR HORN, WORKS WELL, WELL GILDED, NOTHING BROKEN, NOTHING MISSING Read More...

18 Jul

Two C1900 Anti-Onanism Devices in Silver

By M and R Gordon

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We are offering two anti-onanism devices that were certainly less brutal than the sharp-toothed spermatorrhea ring we also have up on Fleaglass. https://www.fleaglass.com/ads/spermatorrhea-ring-used-to-prevent-masturbation-and-nocturnal-emission/ These devices are rare but this pair is doubly rare because they were made for children or young adolescents, rather than older adolescent or adults, and they are solid silver. The fact that one of the two is for a female is also notable. There was much less concern in the medical literature of the period about female masturbation, hence relatively few devices were sold to prevent it.The Read More...

15 Jul

4 MAGIC LANTERN SLIDES 1850

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Bel état d’origine pour cette plaque animée française peinte à la main vers 1850. Bois laiton et verre. Très bon état de fonctionnement. 21.5 x 8 cm Read More...

15 Jul

4 MAGIC LANTERN SLIDES 1860

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4 MAGIC LANTERN SLIDES 1860 Bel état d’origine pour cette plaque animée française peinte à la main vers 1850. Bois laiton et verre Très bon état de fonctionnement. 20 x 5.8 cm Read More...