UK and Ireland Archives - Page 49 of 102

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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 is a very nice set with clock, line, rotator, sinker weight, tin with oil and shoe in a pine case with labels and instructions for use in the lid. The log is fixed on a shoe at the stern of a ship. The recorder would have been connected with a line to the rotor at Read More...

06 Dec

Dollond spyglass with two-lens eyepiece and achromatic objective, circa 1780

By Le Zograscope

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A small telescope or spyglass, signed “Dollond London”, circa 1780. This telescope has is equipped with two objective lenses giving different power magnifications. The objective lens is achromatic. The tube is marked “1” and “2” depending on the lens used. The brass is scratched and has lost much of its original lacker but the optics work perfectly. The small telescope preserveds its screw cap. 11cm folded and 4.5cm in diameter. Read More...

06 Dec

Silver plated marine telescope – Dollond.

By Scientific Inspirations

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Top quality marine telescope by Dollond, the taper barrel finished in Honduras mahogany. Length: 25″ closed, 30.5″ with the draw tube out. Achromatic lens of just over 1.5″. No splits / cracks / dents. Very clear to look through. It has the initials ‘C H’ engraved to the collar. Some wear in areas of the plating. Read More...

05 Dec

Rare artificial Horizon – Sewill, Liverpool, around 1850

By Archipel

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Artificial or mercury roof horizon, rectangular black-lacquered cast iron trough with pouring hole and brass-framed roof-shaped cover with clear glass panels. Round iron bottle filled with mercury with stopper and iron funnel, in fitted wooden carrying box, signed and made by Sewill, maker to the Royal Navy, Liverpool. Only a few copies of Sewill are known. Even the Maritime Museum in Greenwich does not have a copy.The artificial horizon was used to establish the elevation of the sun or Read More...

03 Dec

BOOKS ON SUNDIALS

By MikeRead

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POSTAGE ARRANGED WITH TRACKING. Contact Email: [email protected] Read More...

03 Dec

ANTIQUE SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENT BOOKS

By MikeRead

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POSTAGE ARRANGED. WITH TRACKING. Contact Email: [email protected] 3/ NINETEENTH-CENTURY SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS by GERARD L’E TURNER. £ 5/ENGLISH BAROMETERS 1680-1860 by NICHOLAS GOODISON AND THEIR ( SCIENTIFIC ) MAKERS. £20 8/RETAILER OF THE SCIENCES by JOHN R MIILLBURN. £38 12/ HEADS OR THE ART OF PHRENOLOGY by HELEN & PETER COOPER P/Back. £18 13/ ANTIQUE SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS by GERARD L’L TURNER. £5 14/ SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENT BY HARRIET WYNTER AND ANTHONY TURNER £25 15/ TOOLS OF IMAGINATION ( DRAWING INSTRUMENTS ) BY SUSAN C PIEDMONT-PALLADINO £16 Read More...

01 Dec

Rare Land- and Sea Speed reckoner – McClean, 1919

By Archipel

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Speed reckoner of lime wood designed by Captain McClean and made by C.T. Cooper & Sons. With this reckoner it is easy to convert an observed distance per unit of time in miles, into speed per hour.Rare specimen in excellent condition. Date: 1919WL: 5.7×64.5 cm Signed: Capt. W.N. McClean A.M.I.C.E. July 30th 1919Origin: EnglandCondition: perfect More nautical instruments can be seen at www.archipel-img.com Read More...

01 Dec

Rocket Ship’s log – Walker, Birmingham

By Archipel

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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. Logs like this one are fixed on the rail at the stern of a ship, the taffrail.From the 17th century onward people had made many attempts to devise a mechanical log which would automatically record the ships distance done. Edward Massey invented a mechanical log in 1802 with four blades which was used by the Read More...

30 Nov

1813 Hallmarked Silver Nipple Shield

By M and R Gordon

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26 Nov

Scrimshaw watch holder in wood with bone inlay made circa 1890

By Galerie Delalande Paris

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Watch holder in sperm whale teeth and wood with bone inlay. It consists of a rectangular wooden base resting on four small turned bone feet. The top of the base is inlaid with bone fillets and wood pellets as well as two crossed flags (French and English) with the legend “ROMEO N.Y.” underneath. Two sperm whale teeth are engraved on both sides of the base. The one on the left is engraved with the Statue of Liberty, with the French and American Read More...

26 Nov

Cruise Scotometer

By M and R Gordon

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The scotometer was introduced in the first decade of the last century by Sir Richard Cruise, an eminent British ophthalmologist, who, among his other honors was eye doctor to George V and Queen Mary from 1918 to 1936. Scotometers are used for detecting blind spots in the visual field. Dixey is a 200-year-old London optical firm that now only sells spectacles but early in the last century they manufactured instruments as well. The scotometer is not ivory but rather Read More...

22 Nov

Black Friday Sale – Dudley Adams Mini Theodolite – Circa 1800

By The Compleat Surveyor

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I have meaningfully discounted (10% to 40% 0ff) a good number of my nicer instruments – please check out my Black Friday Sale at: Black Friday 2023 I’ve updated my website to include ancient surveying instruments (1500 to 1800). The update includes a good deal of information related to the evolution of surveying instruments during that time period. The update also includes information regarding some of the important instrument makers during the period – this new section is still a Read More...