Wood Barrel Dollond Telescope in Original Leather Case
Wood Barrel Telescope in Original Leather Case signed Dollond London Day or Night.The optics are good no chips on glass,the wood barrel measures 2.25"Dia x 19 " extended 36 ". The post Wood Barrel...
View ArticleA large hand colored anatomical pop-up of the human hand, circa 1880
WITKOWSKI, Anatomie iconoclastique. Atlas complèmentaire [...]. La Main, Paris, Lauwereyns, [circa 1880] Folio anatomical pop-ups attached with strings at the binding and with one 4to volume of text of...
View ArticleA Bois-Reymond experimental electrophysiology apparatus by Gustave Trouvé,...
A rare example of pionnering Bois-Reymond apparatus signed by one of the most inventive French instrument makers in electricity and electrophysiology during the second half of 19th century, Gustave...
View ArticlePocket Brass Microscope in Leather Case, mid 19th Century
A pocket microscope from the mid 19th cenutry, made in France, in original case. Possible made by Bertrand. The instrument retains about the original lacquer finish with some tarnish on the surface....
View ArticleSilver lachrymal syringe C 1840
A fine silver La Foret lachrymal syringe with pipe (cannulae), C1840. These were designed to cannulate and irrigate the lachrymal ducts via a nasolachrymal approach as opposed to Anel’s direct access...
View ArticleEnema Pump
Sturdy card tube, oval in cross-section, 10" long x 4" x 3", contains a very nice nickel silver and brass enema pump. The brass tube ending in a rectal pipe unfolds for self-administration. Everything...
View ArticleVERY RARE POCKET BAROMETER FORECAST COMPUTER BY NEGRETTI & ZAMBRA (patent...
VERY RARE POCKET BAROMETER FORECAST COMPUTER BY NEGRETTI & ZAMBRA (patent 6276/15) The most complex and rare pocket barometer forecast calculator,made by Negretti & Zambra, circa 1910/11....
View ArticleA Rare Quekett Dissecting Microscope Outfit Signed Highley, London
Offered is a very rare and fine microscope outfit based around a Quekett dissecting microscope. This form of folding dissecting microscope was designed by John Quekett in around 1845. However this...
View ArticleA Rare Copy of The Original Users Manual/ Instructions For J. Swifts ‘Dick’...
Offered is a very rare users manual/instruction booklet for: New Form Of Polarising Microscope By Allan B. Dick Published by James Swift & Son, dated 1890, one full page illustration of the...
View ArticleCatalogue of the first public exhibition only dedicated to scientific...
Rare French edition, published in the same time than the English edition, of the catalogue of the first public exhibition only dedicated to scientific instrument for the exposition of the Loan...
View ArticleFine 1869 Patent Model of Felt Making-Machine tag
This very-well crafted and mechanically elaborate American patent model is a heftycut above what one normally sees in American patent models of the period and clearly the work of a skilled...
View ArticleStaphylorrhaphy or Palatorrhaphy frame by Collin, Paris C 1915
This rare and unique instrument is made by Collin Paris and was used in the Staphylorrhaphy- or Palatorrhaphy Surgery (Suture of a cleft palate). It is made from steel, complete and in working - mint...
View ArticleThe Microscope and Accessory Apparatus by James Swift 1883
A very rare copy of Swift's 1883 catalogue. Complete and very clean. The spine has been broken where a previous owner has tipped in a smaller Swift advertisement, however the pages are all fixed...
View ArticleSOLD – A very large 4 draw telescope – Broadhurst Clarkson
SOLD - An early 20th century 4 draw brass telescope with pancratic eyepiece, signed on the first draw,'Broadhurst Clarkson & Co Ltd., 63 Farringdon Road, London E.C.'. Very large, with a 3 inch...
View ArticleNil Melior Tropicalised Stereoscopic Camera
This Tropical or Colonial model (serial n° 5080) “Nil Melior” 6 x 13 stereo camera is in good working order, fitted with a stereo pair of Hermagis Anastigmat f4.5 lenses. The camera, patented by Paul...
View ArticleANTIQUE SHARKSKIN NAVIGATION SET
Show is an ' ANTIQUE SHARKSKIN NAVIGATION SET '. Contains 6 plotting tools - pen; pencil; two compasses; boxwood sector; and a brass protractor. Inner compartments show mottling - probably had 2...
View ArticleEar trumpet from “audios marque deposee – 32”
A signed “audios marque deposee - 32” european ear trumpet made from faux tortoise and dating to the end 19th century. The faux tortoise grille is very decorative and the original brass ear piece...
View ArticleRoberts Stethoscope, 1880
A buxwood/mahogany wooden monaural Roberts stethoscopes consist of a single hollow tube. Circa 1880. This monaural stethoscope is thought to be of English origin. It was used on the chest or another...
View ArticleTHOMAS JONES COMPASS
HISTORICAL IMPORTANT HENRY KATER INVENTED COMPASS BY THOMAS JONES. 62 CHARRING CROSS, LONDON, IN ORIGINAL MAHOGANY BOX WITH TRADE LABEL. HENRY KATER INVENTED HIS PRISMATIC COMPASS A EARLIER THAN...
View ArticleFrench Figural Silver Gilt Quizzing Glass Monocle Magnifier
French hallmarked solid silver gilt quizzer or quizzing glass magnifier pendant, circa 1820The finely worked stem, a blackamoor caryatid supporting two cornucopia.Some of the design highlighted / left...
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