lot 151 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 21st Sep, 2017)
by Mercer, brass cased, white dial inscribed 'Observator Rotterdam, Mercer St Albans England', mounted on mahogany back-board, with key
Sold for £90 Result plus buyers premium More details 4
lot 152 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 21st Sep, 2017)
Turned box woodtop and base
Sold for £48 Result plus buyers premium More details 2
A 17th Century Ivory Nuremburg Diptych Pocket Sundial
lot 153 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 21st Sep, 2017)
by Melchior Karner, Leaf 1a - With compass viewing aperture and 32 point wind rose around a face of the sun. Leaf 1b - Vertical dial with with string ... read more
Estimated at £1,500 - £2,000 More details 4
A 17th Century Ivory Magnetic Azimuth Pocket Sundial
lot 154 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 21st Sep, 2017)
by Charles Bloud, circa 1670, Leaf 1a – Equinoctial dial numbered 1-12, 1-12 divided to 30 minutes, and a polar dial 8–12-4. The ivory with typical ... read more
Sold for £1,200 Result plus buyers premium More details 5
A Fine & Massive Edmund Wheeler ‘Stand A’ Compound Binocular Microscope
lot 155 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 21st Sep, 2017)
English, circa 1870, microscope height 58cm, combined weight 25kg, Signed 'EDMUND WHEELER LONDON' to rear of foot, standing on large Y-shaped base ... read more
Sold for £4,800 Result plus buyers premium More details 3
A Large Binocular Compound Microscope
lot 156 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 21st Sep, 2017)
by N.W. Dunscombe of Bristol, English, circa 1875, microscope height 49cm, signed 'N W DUNSCOMBE' to rear of Y shaped base, large plano-concave ... read more
Sold for £3,480 Result plus buyers premium More details 5
A Leitz Polarising Model KM Microscope
lot 157 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 21st Sep, 2017)
serial no. 333606, petrological model on larger post-war stand, with rotating graduated stage, Bertrand lens, Ahrens prism polariser, two Leitz ... read more
Sold for £240 Result plus buyers premium More details 4
A Watson Edinburgh H Microscope
lot 158 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 21st Sep, 2017)
serial no. 14616, with Watson x 5 high-hat eyepiece and converter to 19mm eyepiece, Watson 1 inch and 1/8 inch objectives, mechanical stage and ... read more
Sold for £384 Result plus buyers premium More details 2
A Watson Edinburgh H Microscope
lot 159 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 21st Sep, 2017)
serial no. 14611, with Watson x 6 and x15 19mm eyepieces, Watson 2/3 inch and 1/6 inch Panchromatic and 1/12 inch Utility oil immersion objectives, ... read more
Sold for £204 Result plus buyers premium More details 2
A Leitz 'Tripod' or 'English Stand' Microscope
lot 160 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 21st Sep, 2017)
signed 'Ernst Leitz Wetzlar No201941', lacquered brass body tilting on trunnions with friction lock to top of 'Tripod' base, plano-concave mirror in ... read more
Sold for £600 Result plus buyers premium More details 5
lot 161 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 21st Sep, 2017)
by C. Baker, London, brass lacquered circular foot with square sectioned column supporting the lamp, circular oil reservoir with filler cap, black ... read more
Sold for £360 Result plus buyers premium More details 4
lot 162 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 21st Sep, 2017)
by Watson & Sons London, brass lacquered circular foot with square sectioned column supporting the lamp, circular glass oil reservoir with stopper ... read more
Sold for £264 Result plus buyers premium More details 3
A Davon Micro-Telescope Outfit
lot 163 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 21st Sep, 2017)
lacquered black oxidised brass with stitched pig skin, with folding tripod and lenses to be set up as a telescope or microscope, with original ... read more
Sold for £240 Result plus buyers premium More details 5
A Carl Zeiss IIa Microscope Outfit
lot 164 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 21st Sep, 2017)
signed to body tube 'Carl Zeiss Jenna, No.26315', lacquered brass body tilting on trunnions at top of a black lacquered base, rack and pinion ... read more
Sold for £240 Result plus buyers premium More details 4
A Dissecting Projection & Drawing Microscope
lot 165 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 21st Sep, 2017)
by Watson & Sons, signed to foot 'Watson & Sons Ltd, London Universal', microscope supported by black lacquered foot with pillar to the rear, rack ... read more
Estimated at £200 - £300 More details 3
lot 166 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 21st Sep, 2017)
by Smith, Beck & Beck, signed 'SMITH & BECK, LONDON', serial no. 1999, on French polished wooden base board with accessories to the front, microscope ... read more
Sold for £240 Result plus buyers premium More details 4
lot 167 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 21st Sep, 2017)
signed 'E. Leitz Wetzlar No.157386', supported on a horseshoe shaped stand with a pillar of stage, plano-concave mirror below simple square stage, ... read more
Estimated at £100 - £200 More details 2
An Unsigned French Brass Compond Microscope
lot 168 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 21st Sep, 2017)
supported on a solid brass sheild shaped base, turned column to rear terminating in a compass type joint to underside of stage, plano-concave mirror, ... read more
Sold for £216 Result plus buyers premium More details 2
A Carl Zeiss Jenna Brass Compound Microscope
lot 169 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 21st Sep, 2017)
VII stand signed 'Carl Zeiss Jenna 11935', supported on a horseshoe shaped base with brass column supporting the underside of the stage, pano-concave ... read more
Sold for £168 Result plus buyers premium More details 2
A Compound Brass Polarising Microscope
lot 170 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 21st Sep, 2017)
by Swift & Son, London, signed 'Swift & Son, 81 Tottenham Ct Rd, London W.C.', stand terminating in trunnions, with plano-concave mirror in a gimbal, ... read more
Sold for £276 Result plus buyers premium More details 5
A Microscope Goniometer Eyepiece & Substage Polariser
lot 171 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 21st Sep, 2017)
signed 'E. Leitz, Wetzlar', eyepiece goniometer with engraved scale in degrees, substage polariser with secondary collar to fit standard substage, in ... read more
Sold for £240 Result plus buyers premium More details 2
A Simple Dissecting Microscope, by Baker, London
lot 172 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 21st Sep, 2017)
by Baker, London, signed 'C. Baker, 244 High Holborn, London', suppoted on horseshoe shaped base, nickle plated column at rear supporting plano-white ... read more
Estimated at £100 - £200 More details 3
lot 173 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 21st Sep, 2017)
signed 'Ernst Leitz Wetzlar', supported on horseshoe shaped foot with brass column supporting microscope on compass type joint, plano-concave mirror ... read more
Sold for £96 Result plus buyers premium More details 1
lot 174 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 21st Sep, 2017)
circa 1854, Vienna, signed on the tube 'Plössl in Wien', finished in lacquered brass with blued steel screws, on a heavy circular brass foot with ... read more
Sold for £2,520 Result plus buyers premium More details 4
Two Small 18th Century Reflecting Telescopes
lot 175 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 21st Sep, 2017)
unsigned, both in lacquered brass with speculum primary & secondary mirrors, each with screw focus to the secondart mirror, each complete with end ... read more
Estimated at £800 - £1,200 More details 5
An 18th Century Monocular / Opera Glass
lot 176 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 21st Sep, 2017)
by Dollond, black-stained ivory and tortoiseshell, with silver bands, single draw, in silvered brass, signed 'Dollond London', in velvet lined black ... read more
Sold for £300 Result plus buyers premium More details 3
An Adams's New Patent Portable Telescope
lot 177 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 21st Sep, 2017)
six drawer in Sheffield Plate (fused plate), bound in green rayskin, with lens cap, 36.4cm extended, engraved 'Adams's new patent portable telescope ... read more
Estimated at £400 - £600 More details 3
A Library Telescope with Dr Kitchiner's Pancratic Eye Tube
lot 178 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 21st Sep, 2017)
with a Copy of Kitchiner's The Economy of The Eye, telescope attributed to Dollond, signed 'Myers Nottingham', (as retailer) 2 inch refractor on ... read more
Estimated at £500 - £800 More details 4
An Important Foucault-Secretan Reflecting Telescope
lot 179 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 21st Sep, 2017)
by Secretan a Paris, circa 1858, signed to the front end cover ‘Secretan a Paris’ and engraved on the mirror ‘MS’ (Mark Secretan), folding French ... read more
Sold for £6,240 Result plus buyers premium More details 12
lot 180 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 21st Sep, 2017)
in amboyna, magazine to take 50 stereoviews (130mm x 60 mm), and can be used with glass views or with the aid of the mirror, with card views, viewer ... read more
Estimated at £600 - £800 More details 7
lot 181 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 21st Sep, 2017)
brown painted cast iron stand with gilt decoration, tranfer to base 'The Kinora registered trade mark patents applied for', with one reel depicting a ... read more
Sold for £1,200 Result plus buyers premium More details 3
An Unusual Victorian Kaleidoscope
lot 182 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 21st Sep, 2017)
box form in mahogany and lacquered brass, with objects attached to a rotating spindle, with a slide to one side, 16cm high
Estimated at £1,000 - £1,200 More details 2
A Victorian Advertising Mirror
lot 183 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 21st Sep, 2017)
for a Triunial Magic Lantern, silvered mirror, advertising ‘Noakes & Norman, Manufacturers Of Lanterns, Cinematographs, Accessory Apparatus’, printed ... read more
Sold for £60 Result plus buyers premium More details 1
A Brewster-Pattern Pedestal Dioramic Stereoscope
lot 184 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 21st Sep, 2017)
by G. Lowden, Dundee, signed to oval ivory plaque on top 'PATENT DIORAMIC STEREOSCOPE, MADE BY G. LOWDEN, OPTICIAN, DUNDEE' and impressed with the ... read more
Sold for £4,200 Result plus buyers premium More details 1
lot 185 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 21st Sep, 2017)
by Henry Hughes & Son, with printed paper gores, brass meridian ring divided in degrees in quadrants, with a semi-circle set at right angles to the ... read more
Estimated at £400 - £600 More details 4
A Miniature Dutch Terrestrial Globe
lot 186 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 21st Sep, 2017)
12 paper gores on plaster, 19th century, 29mm diameter
Estimated at £750 - £1,000 More details 3
lot 187 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 21st Sep, 2017)
by JL & Co. London, on stand, lacquered brass meridian half circle, on wooden baluster turned column with triangular base, mid 19th century, 45mm ... read more
Sold for £1,500 Result plus buyers premium More details 3
A Newton & Son's New Terrestrial Pocket Globe
lot 188 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 21st Sep, 2017)
in turned wood case, domed lid with raised knob, with 12 hand-colored copper-engraved full gores over papier mâché and plaster, iron pivots at poles ... read more
Sold for £2,400 Result plus buyers premium More details 4
A Malby & Son 6in Terrestrial Table Globe
lot 189 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 21st Sep, 2017)
by Malby & Son, Houghton St Newcastle St. Strand London 184, an eight inch terrestrial table globe, circa 1848, on a turned French polished mahogany ... read more
Sold for £540 Result plus buyers premium More details 2
A Rare Zuccato's Patent Papyrograph
lot 190 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 21st Sep, 2017)
earliest form of stencil duplicating, invented in 1874 by Eugenio de Zuccato, an outfit including chemical bottles, transfer printed ceramic ... read more
Sold for £744 Result plus buyers premium More details 3
Late 19th Century Brass Mill Steam Engine
lot 191 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 21st Sep, 2017)
unsigned, constructed entirely of brass with polished brightwork, with 1 1/4in stroke, 4in diameter 6 spoke flywheel, gear driven boiler feed pump, ... read more
Sold for £456 Result plus buyers premium More details 5
A Telegraph Siphon Recorder By Muirhead & Co. Ltd, Westminster
lot 192 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 21st Sep, 2017)
by Muirhead & Co. Ltd, Westminster, numbered 32155, circa 1880, ebonised mahogany base with speed control to side for Froment electric motor, drawer ... read more
Sold for £960 Result plus buyers premium More details 7
lot 193 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 21st Sep, 2017)
By Robiquet, Boyveau & E. Pelletier,
Sold for £780 Result plus buyers premium More details 3
lot 194 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 21st Sep, 2017)
large fossil from the Middle Lutetian period of the Eocene (45 million years old), shell length 38cm, hight of specimen 38cm
Sold for £78 Result plus buyers premium More details 2
lot 195 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 21st Sep, 2017)
section of tree, late Triassic (215 million years old), Holbrook Arizona, 30cm across
Sold for £36 Result plus buyers premium More details 2
lot 196 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 21st Sep, 2017)
Pleistocene (100,000 years old) North Sea, 21cm across
Sold for £102 Result plus buyers premium More details 2
lot 197 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 21st Sep, 2017)
Cleoniceras cleon, both halves, Cretaceous (110 million years old), Mahajanga Province, Madagascar, diameter 20.2cm
Sold for £96 Result plus buyers premium More details 2
lot 198 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 21st Sep, 2017)
Pleistocene (10,000 years old) Tamyr, Siberia
Sold for £72 Result plus buyers premium More details 1
A Keichousaurus Hui Reptile Fossil
lot 199 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 21st Sep, 2017)
juvenile, Mid-Triassic (240 million years old), Guanlin, Guizhou Province, China, fossil 4.6cm, substrate rock 10.3cm
Estimated at £100 - £150 More details 2
An Ammonite, Perisphinctes sp. Fossil
lot 200 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 21st Sep, 2017)
Jurassic (200 million years old), Tullear, Madagascar, 15.8cm
Sold for £48 Result plus buyers premium More details 2