lot 151 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science & Medicine, 26th Apr, 2018)
including a railway tube with mica paddle wheel, a large Maltese Cross tube on a stand and another tube on a stand, all tested & working (3)
Estimated at £200 - £300 More details 1
lot 152 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science & Medicine, 26th Apr, 2018)
C.1910, German, unmarked, on turned fruit wood stand, tube with a pressed metal butterfly coated in phosphorescent powder, height 28cm, tested & ... read more
Sold for £252 Result plus buyers premium More details 2
lot 153 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science & Medicine, 26th Apr, 2018)
C.1900, German, unmarked, with three Geissler tube glass stands, all tested and working (7)
Sold for £252 Result plus buyers premium More details 1
lot 154 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science & Medicine, 26th Apr, 2018)
Including a capacitive Geissler tube C.1920, length 27cm, a uranium glass Lecher or Hertz tube C.1900, length 26cm, a liquid filled Geissler tube ... read more
Sold for £240 Result plus buyers premium More details 1
lot 155 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science & Medicine, 26th Apr, 2018)
C.1900, German, with part of paper label for '?D's NACHF', probably Leybolds Nachfolger, secondary hand written lable for 'WRIJVINGS-LICHT', with ... read more
Estimated at £200 - £300 More details 1
Three Geissler Tubes & Crookes Tube
lot 156 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science & Medicine, 26th Apr, 2018)
C.1900/10, two Geissler tubes with phosphorescent powder, together with bulbous Crookes tube containing a phosphorescent powder (4)
Sold for £120 Result plus buyers premium More details 1
lot 157 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science & Medicine, 26th Apr, 2018)
C.1870/90, English, with label on wooden plaque for 'De Grave Short, Compy', note written on base 'London Co-operative Soc, Jewellry Dept, Maryland ... read more
Sold for £180 Result plus buyers premium More details 1
A Large Van de Graff Generator
lot 158 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science & Medicine, 26th Apr, 2018)
of typical form, with large formed aluminium dome, acrylic tube with rubber belt and electric motor to base, height 95cm
Sold for £360 Result plus buyers premium More details 1
lot 159 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science & Medicine, 26th Apr, 2018)
contained within a mahogany 'butterfly cabinet', C.1840/60, with ten cork lined drawers, containing a large collection of cut and polished Scottish ... read more
Sold for £984 Result plus buyers premium More details 8
A Revealer - Dowsing Instrument
lot 160 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science & Medicine, 26th Apr, 2018)
C.1910, English, signed 'J. C. Oliver, Leeds', in fitted plush lined oak case, with instructions; Used to find underground services and minerals
Sold for £288 Result plus buyers premium More details 1
lot 161 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science & Medicine, 26th Apr, 2018)
patented desk model double gold leaf electroscope for determining the purity of wool, silk, cotton, linen, fur and feathers, complete with 12pp ... read more
Sold for £336 Result plus buyers premium More details 3
lot 162 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science & Medicine, 26th Apr, 2018)
6" horizontal circle, 5" vertical circle, both with silver scales reading to 20 arc ", by vernier, in fitted mahogany case with label 'W F Stanley ... read more
Sold for £156 Result plus buyers premium More details 3
lot 163 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science & Medicine, 26th Apr, 2018)
C.1876, English, signed 'Robert's patented true course finder APPS Sole Manufacturer 433 Strand London', silvered dial profusely engraved, with ... read more
Sold for £420 Result plus buyers premium More details 5
lot 164 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science & Medicine, 26th Apr, 2018)
C.1900, English, signed 'Troughton & Simms Ltd, London', with 4.5" horizontal circle, 4.5" vertical circle, both with silver scales reading to 20 arc ... read more
Sold for £312 Result plus buyers premium More details 3
lot 165 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science & Medicine, 26th Apr, 2018)
C.1900, Swiss, signed 'Hildebrand, Freiberg/S No3748', with aluminium cased vertical circle brass cased horizontal circle, in teak case with ... read more
Sold for £480 Result plus buyers premium More details 1
lot 166 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science & Medicine, 26th Apr, 2018)
C.1900, Dutch, signed 'Gbr Caminada Rotterdam', with two telescopes, one sighting tube, polished brass limb with inlaid silver scale from -5° to 135° ... read more
Estimated at £300 - £400 More details 2
lot 167 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science & Medicine, 26th Apr, 2018)
C.1920, English, signed 'Heath Navigational Ltd, London', with two telescopes, polished brass limb with scale engraved -5° to 125°, in original case ... read more
Estimated at £200 - £300 More details 2
lot 168 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science & Medicine, 26th Apr, 2018)
C.1955, English, marked 'PATT No81', with three brass pointers and engraved circular scale, in mahogany case, case width 49cm
Sold for £66 Result plus buyers premium More details 1
Surveying & Levelling Instruments
lot 169 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science & Medicine, 26th Apr, 2018)
E & F N Spon Ltd London, 1914, fourth edition. 606pp. Publisher's green cloth covers, gilt lettering with gilt scroll above & under on front & spine, ... read more
Sold for £78 Result plus buyers premium More details 2
An Unusual Silver & Ivory Floating Compass
lot 170 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science & Medicine, 26th Apr, 2018)
finely engraved 32-point compass, signed 'Nairne, London', mounted in ivory case with turned ivory screw thread lid, overall diameter 3.7cm
Estimated at £300 - £500 More details 3
An English Gilt-Brass & Enamel Compass
lot 171 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science & Medicine, 26th Apr, 2018)
32 points white enamel compass rose, blued steel needle, in fitted red Morocco case
Sold for £252 Result plus buyers premium More details 1
A Harmonic Analyser & Universal Planimeter
lot 172 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science & Medicine, 26th Apr, 2018)
serial number 2048, signed 'A Ott, Kempten, Bayern', in fitted case with instructions and additional notes regarding the mathematical theory, case ... read more
Sold for £600 Result plus buyers premium More details 2
lot 173 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science & Medicine, 26th Apr, 2018)
in black, serial no. 68005, in metal case
Sold for £480 Result plus buyers premium More details 1
lot 174 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science & Medicine, 26th Apr, 2018)
in black and grey, serial no. 519463, in black plastic case
Sold for £456 Result plus buyers premium More details 1
lot 175 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science & Medicine, 26th Apr, 2018)
in black, serial no. 501904, in black metal case with original instructions, hand written notes & card case
Sold for £816 Result plus buyers premium More details 3
lot 176 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science & Medicine, 26th Apr, 2018)
model 1, with mahogany handle and top, in fitted mahogany case with mounting bracket, serial no. 5767-27. for 1927; Formally the property of Brunner ... read more
Sold for £204 Result plus buyers premium More details 1
A Large Classroom Demonstration Slide Rule
lot 177 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science & Medicine, 26th Apr, 2018)
by Blundell, in pine, beech and perspex, double sided slide, wall hanging brackets, length 163cm
Sold for £252 Result plus buyers premium More details 1
Curta Calculator Instruction Manuals
lot 178 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science & Medicine, 26th Apr, 2018)
instructions for use of the Curta, Contina Ltd, 46pp, with Curta, Calculation Techniques, London Office Machines Ltd, approx. 75pp, with bookplate ... read more
Sold for £90 Result plus buyers premium More details 1
A Nuclear Bomb Effects Computer
lot 179 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science & Medicine, 26th Apr, 2018)
complex double sided circular slide rule designed by the Lovelace Foundation, based on The Effects of Nuclear Weapons revised edition 1962, giving ... read more
Sold for £96 Result plus buyers premium More details 1
A Everard Type Excise Officers Slide Rule
lot 180 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science & Medicine, 26th Apr, 2018)
C.1804/26, four slide rule in boxwood, with gauge marks for wine gallon and ale gallon, signed under one slide 'Dring & Fage Makers 20 Tooley St ... read more
Sold for £204 Result plus buyers premium More details 5
An Aristo Projection Slide Rule
lot 181 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science & Medicine, 26th Apr, 2018)
for use with an overhead projector, complete with box and instructions
Estimated at £50 - £80 More details 3
lot 182 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science & Medicine, 26th Apr, 2018)
Fowler's Magnum long scale slide rule, in pigskin case with instructions, complete with Fowler's Textile Calculator (2)
Sold for £102 Result plus buyers premium More details 1
lot 183 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science & Medicine, 26th Apr, 2018)
pocket watch type circular slide rule in original card case with instructions
Sold for £156 Result plus buyers premium More details 1
Royal Air Force Dead Reckoning Computer & Navigation Flight Plotter
lot 184 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science & Medicine, 26th Apr, 2018)
computer a complex circular slide rule, itself sliding on a spherical projection, contained in slip case with broad arrow; the flight plotter with ... read more
Sold for £48 Result plus buyers premium More details 2
Coulson's Treatise on His Newly Invented Engineers & Mechanics Slide Rule
lot 185 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science & Medicine, 26th Apr, 2018)
S Coulson, C.1842, 360pp, full calf binding
Sold for £72 Result plus buyers premium More details 3
lot 186 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science & Medicine, 26th Apr, 2018)
dark lacquered brass and steel frame, in original art deco card case, width 30cm
Sold for £48 Result plus buyers premium More details 1
lot 187 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science & Medicine, 26th Apr, 2018)
large slide rule by Stanley in mahogany and celluloid, for calculation of compound interest, annuities and fixed dividend securities, one side of ... read more
Sold for £192 Result plus buyers premium More details 1
A Brass Sector by Edmund Culpeper
lot 188 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science & Medicine, 26th Apr, 2018)
signed E Culpeper Londini, C.1720, with cross strut, sector with additional four scales for laying out sundials inclinations of meridians, chords, ... read more
Sold for £816 Result plus buyers premium More details 4
lot 189 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science & Medicine, 26th Apr, 2018)
by H.W. Egli S.A. Zurich with black painted brass cover plate, with black painted steel lid, nickel plated bell and knobs, stamped Made in ... read more
Estimated at £400 - £600 More details 1
lot 190 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science & Medicine, 26th Apr, 2018)
unusually small and compact Odhner type pinwheel calculator marked 'Guy's Calculating Machines Ltd, Wood Green, London, No. 6023', mounted on ... read more
Sold for £72 Result plus buyers premium More details 2
lot 191 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science & Medicine, 26th Apr, 2018)
Odhner type pinwheel calculator by Triumphator Werk m.b.H Leipzig-Li, on plywood base, with black-painted steel cover with lock and key
Sold for £90 Result plus buyers premium More details 2
lot 192 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science & Medicine, 26th Apr, 2018)
by Richard Glynne, in mahogany, brass dial graduated in poles, furlongs and miles, dial centre ornately engraved and signed 'R Gynne Fecit', (sic)
Sold for £480 Result plus buyers premium More details 2
A Large Burroughs Calculating Machine
lot 193 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science & Medicine, 26th Apr, 2018)
key operated mechanical calculator, mounted on a steel frame and driven by an electric motor below the main mechanism; The mechanical operation can ... read more
Sold for £204 Result plus buyers premium More details 6
A Palmers Computing Scale with Fullers Time Telegraph
lot 194 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science & Medicine, 26th Apr, 2018)
double sided cardboard circular slide rule and calendar calculator, in book form card folder with instructions, mid-19th century, 31cm square
Sold for £312 Result plus buyers premium More details 5
A Very Fine Swiss Hipp Chronoscope
lot 195 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science & Medicine, 26th Apr, 2018)
C.1925, Swiss, signed 'Favarger & Co S A Neuchatel-Suisse, 23475', spring driven movement with electric escapement mounted on oak platform, with ... read more
Sold for £2,760 Result plus buyers premium More details 6
Five Catalogues for Favarger & Co S. A. Fabrique d'Appareils Electriques
lot 196 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science & Medicine, 26th Apr, 2018)
Catalogue 1, 1913, 'Catalogue B Instruments De Measure Et De Controle Pour Les Sciences Et L'Industry' 50pp fully illustrated with images of electric ... read more
Sold for £72 Result plus buyers premium More details 4
lot 197 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science & Medicine, 26th Apr, 2018)
C.1900, Scottish, signed 'Lennie Edinburgh', polished mahogany case with bevelled glass windows, drawer to base with spare papers, mechanism with ... read more
Sold for £312 Result plus buyers premium More details 2
lot 198 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science & Medicine, 26th Apr, 2018)
by Jacques Etienne Armand, French pocket watch style compass sundial in gold, white enamel compass, eight points and a magnetic variation scale, ... read more
Estimated at £2,500 - £3,500 More details 2
An 18th Century Pocket Watch Type Compass Sundial
lot 199 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science & Medicine, 26th Apr, 2018)
in silver case, French for the English market, or possibly English in the French manner, white enamel compass, 32 points, 16 named, silver dial plate ... read more
Estimated at £1,000 - £1,500 More details 1
lot 200 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science & Medicine, 26th Apr, 2018)
by Watkins and Hill, including sundial, with floating card compass, in velvet lined red morocco case
Sold for £384 Result plus buyers premium More details 2