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The dial-plate is square in shape, featuring a wind-ring surrounding the compass with 32 points named in German. The latitude arc spans from 2° to 88°, and the hour ring is both cusped and adorned. An intricately designed plumb-bob support is hinged to the South side of the dial-plate, featuring piercings to accommodate the plumb bob. The plate is upheld by a single brass leg beneath the hour-circle hinge, complemented by two brass levelling screws situated in the corners on Read More...

13 Dec

Columbus Lunarium

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A Columbus Lunarium or planetarium us to show the motion and phases of the moon. The globe has a diameter of 12 cm and the following description: Columbus Schülerglobus, Columbusverlag Paul Oestergaard K.G. Berlin- Stuttgart, Massstab 1:100 mill. These kind of globes were manufactured in the period 1919-1943. Date of this lunarium is around 1940. The brothers Peter and Paul Oestergaard have been producing globes since 1904 and opened a publishing house in 1909. Nowadays the company is led by Read More...

07 Dec

Brendel botanical model male fern

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A Brendel botanical model of the development of the embryo of the male fern. The model is an enlargement of 50 times. This model is part of the series containing plants which do not make seeds or ‘Gefässkryptogamen, Cryptogamae vasculares’. This model has damages, on top it has a crack and on the bottom it misses a part but it is an older model Brendel, recognizable by the blue print and an image can be found in the original Brendel Read More...

07 Dec

Brendel botanical model Potato disease

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A Brendel botanical model of the “Phytophthora infestans, de Bary No 10 K – Kartoffelkrankheit Sporangium mit Schwärmsporen”. It depicts the enlarged infected potato disease Phytophthora infestans, that causes the serious potato and tomato disease known as late blight or potato blight. Brendel made two models of the Phytophthora infestans, disease. The first was the leaf intersection, which we had previously. The second, this one shows the swarming spores. These swarming spores (zoospores) can swim in water and are attracted Read More...

06 Dec

Eppler Anatomical Wax Model child arm

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Anatomical wax model of a child’s arm Eppler Lehrmittelwerkstätten of the second half of the 19th century. The model is mounted on black painted wood. On the left upper corner a with signature ‘Hermann Eppler Lehrmittelwerkstätten Rudolstadt i/Thür’. 21,5 x 16 x 4 cm. Find out more on www.vanleestantiques.com Read More...

06 Dec

Eppler Anatomical Wax Model tongue

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Anatomical wax model of the tongue Eppler Lehrmittelwerkstätten of the second half of the 19th century. The model is mounted on black painted wood. On the left upper corner a with signature ‘Hermann Eppler Lehrmittelwerkstätten Rudolstadt i/Thür’. Dimensions: 16,5 x 11 x 2,5 Find out more on www.vanleestantiques.com Read More...

06 Dec

Eppler Anatomical Wax Model the measles

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Anatomical wax model of the measles of a child by Hermann Eppler Lehrmittelwerkstätten of the second half of the 19th century. The model is mounted on black painted wood. On the left upper corner a with signature ‘Hermann Eppler Lehrmittelwerkstätten Rudolstadt i/Thür’. Dimensions: 21,5 x 16 x 4 cm. Find out more on www.vanleestantiques.com Read More...

02 Dec

Brendel botanica Lily flower, c 1890

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Beautiful anatomical flower model by Brendel of the Lily. This model was described in the Brendel catalogue as Lilium Martagon. It is an enlarged botanical model of three times. The ovary is halved crosswise and has to be removed with a pistil. The colours of this model are very lively, but it is dusty. The top sheet shows a tear. The lilium model arises from a ebonized turned wooden stand with a blue label with names of the lily in Read More...

26 Nov

Ship’s taffrail log with rope and propeller – Ludolph, Bremerhaven

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A ship-log records the distance traveled through the water. With the time in hours between the observations, it gives the ship’s speed in knots. This Ludolph log with taffrail shoe, line and propeller, is made of brass with enamel dial. The clock has to be fixed on the rail at the stern of a ship, the taffrail. The recorder would have been connected with a line of about 60 meters to the rotator. Drum and tube shape are made of Read More...

26 Nov

Dry Card Compass – Neuenstadt, Koningsberg (Kalinningrad), early 19th c.

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Attractive gimbaled dry card compass in a brass, yellow painted bowl. Wooden case of pine with sliding cover with dirty grey painted inside. Made by Georg Neuenstadt, Koningsberg, Germany (Kalinningrad, Russia). The inside of the bowl also dirty grey with four lubber’s lines. The rose is made of lacquered paper stiffed with mica and another layer of paper, which indicates an early compass. On the underside a strong and heavy needle and a name, difficult to read.Strong and heavy Read More...

11 Nov

Tectonic globe Kurt Ziesing

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Rare tectonic globe made in the Eastern Germany by Kurt Ziesing, redacted by W. Thiele, and edited by VEB Herman Haack from Geographisch-Kartographisch Anstalt Gotha/Leipzig. The globe was made by Ziesing as a part of his thesis of the Institute of Cartography on the Technical University of Dresden that they decide to publish this thematic globe. After revisions by experts from the university of Dresden it was published in 1972. On the globe tectonic bodies are differentiated by colour, based Read More...

28 Oct

Brendel flower model Daphne Mezereum

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This flattering Brendel flower model of the Daphne arises from an ebonized stand with a blue label and a turned ebonized stem. The ebonized stem which rests in the stand leads to a naturalized green stem of the Daphne plant out of which the two pink flowers grow. Two flowers of papier-mâché are depicted in this model: the first full grown, the second cut in half depicting anatomy of the flower. The label is signed:No. 61 Daphne Mezereum L. VIII Read More...