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Pocket globe with cartouche reading: ‘LANE’s Pocket GLOBE LONDON 1818’. Shagreen-style paper case with celestial vault and zodiac signs inside. Dimension : 7.5 cm diameter (globe). London dated 1818. Read More...

21 Jun

APV SALESMAN’S MODEL OF A CARLSON TYPE BEER FILTER

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SHIPPING BY FEDEX, DHL, PARCEL FORCE, ETC. FULLY TRACKED. Contact Email: [email protected] Read More...

19 Jun

.Three draw telescope Robert Bancks London 1795-1805

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.Three draw telescope Robert Bancks London 1795-1805 with its original storage box The telescope signed Bancs 440 Strand London , has a fine sharp sightDimensions retracted 14cm extended 38cmPrice includes good packaging and registered shipping,with track and trace Brian Stevenson on his work on Robert Bancks says: Robert Bancks (also written “Banks”) was a well-regarded manufacturer of microscopes and other optical and scientific instruments. He was designated Mathematical, Optical, and Philosophical Instrument Maker to George, the son of King George III, who was Read More...

19 Jun

Wooden box microscope slides ca 1890

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Wooden box containing 6 trays each with 6 microscope slides , so in otaal 36 slides ca 1890.From different makers and originsDimensions box 21 X 12 X 5 cm .Price includes good packaging and registered mail. Read More...

19 Jun

Rare silver example of the “new pair of pocket compasses” invented by Jones, c. 1800

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A very rare and early example in silver of the innovative and also quite rare of “the new pair of pocket compasses containing the ink and pencil points in its two legs”. William and Samuel Jones advertised the introduction of this new pockect, compact and mutliple pair of dividers in 1797 and first illustated it in the new edition of the George Adams’s Geometrical and Graphical Essays in 1823. The present example is circa 1800-1810 of early production. The present innovative pair Read More...

17 Jun

Six draw telescope – English & Son, Brighton.

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The telescope measures 56 cm fully open and 15 cm when closed with a main lens aperture of 3.5 cm. The first draw is signed in script, ‘English & Son, Brighton’ and similarly engraved on the second draw, ‘Adjusting tube’. The telescope is damage free and gives excellent clear views. Complete with lens cap and shutter to the eye piece. William English is listed as working from 156 North Street, Brighton in 1839. Read More...

17 Jun

EARLY 17TH CENTURY BRASS SECTOR

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17 Jun

PRISMATIC MILITARY MARCHING COMPASS 1917

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