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Antonius Thomas, Synopsis Mathematica, Second Part, 1685
lot 451 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science, 19th Nov, 2021)
12mo book, rebound in calf retaining original boards, full title 'Synopsis Mathematica Complectens Varios Tractus Quos Huju Scientiae Tyronibus ... read more
Estimated at £600 - £800 More details 11
lot 452 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science, 19th Nov, 2021)
Observatoire De Besancon, book of plates for corrections to the Meridian telescope with a good mounted albumen print of the grand telescope in use, ... read more
Estimated at £300 - £500 More details 3
lot 454 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science, 19th Nov, 2021)
Leichenstein, manufactured August 1970, serial number 558567 grey, mint condition, no signs of use, with case, instruction booklet and original card ... read more
Sold for £1,178 Result plus buyers premium More details 5
lot 455 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science, 19th Nov, 2021)
English, late 19th century, unsigned, in lacquered and ebonised brass with enamelled iron feet, complete with telescope, collimator with slit, glass ... read more
Sold for £521 Result plus buyers premium More details 4
A Fine Collection of Polariscope Selenite Slides
lot 456 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science, 19th Nov, 2021)
English, c.1890, unsigned, consisting of a two geared slide holders both in polished mahogany frames with a sprung clip to hold the circular disks, ... read more
Sold for £1,984 Result plus buyers premium More details 3
A Collection of Polariscope Selenite Slides
lot 457 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science, 19th Nov, 2021)
English, c.1890, unsigned, in mahogany frames, images include an elaborate six-pointed star, a delicately executed thistle with a banner which reads ' ... read more
Sold for £211 Result plus buyers premium More details 8
A Joseph Whitworth & Co Steel & Brass Bench Micrometer
lot 458 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science, 19th Nov, 2021)
English, third quarter 19th Century, signed in script to the top of the tailstock 'Joseph Whitworth & Co Limited, Manchester' on heavy cast iron bed, ... read more
Sold for £719 Result plus buyers premium More details 7
2 3/4" 18th Century Reflecting Telescope Body By Martin, London
lot 459 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science, 19th Nov, 2021)
English, c.1860, signed to the side of the eyepiece 'B Martin Fleet St London' tube covered in fine black leather, long focus rod to secondary mirror ... read more
Sold for £744 Result plus buyers premium More details 3
A Rare Thomson's Lunar Corrector Slide Rule by Robert Bate
lot 460 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science, 19th Nov, 2021)
English, c. 1818-1820, an early version of this three-foot rule in boxwood and brass, double sided with numerous finely divided logarithmic scales ... read more
Sold for £1,240 Result plus buyers premium More details 5
lot 461 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science, 19th Nov, 2021)
English, dated 1903, to observe radium decay, engraved to the side of the lacquered brass body, 'Spinthariscope, W. Crookes 1903, with viewing lens ... read more
Sold for £198 Result plus buyers premium More details 4
A Unique Collection of Architects Plans for the Science Museum, South Kensington
lot 462 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science, 19th Nov, 2021)
English, the first plan dated 5th December 1912, linen backed paper with printed plan with handwritten notes and descriptions of rooms and exhibits, ... read more
Sold for £1,488 Result plus buyers premium More details 5
An important Kelvin-Pattern Electrostatic Machine, the ‘Replenisher’
lot 463 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science, 19th Nov, 2021)
English, c.1875, signed to the lacquered brass top ‘Elliot Bros, London’, with brass top holding an insulated conductor, in the centre is a spindle ... read more
Estimated at £2,000 - £2,500 More details 4
A Fine Collection of Polariscope Selenite Magic Lantern Slides
lot 464 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science, 19th Nov, 2021)
English, c.1890, collection of 21 selenite images in black paper borders titles include Selenite Irregular, Quill, Mica Irregular, Mica Crossed, ... read more
Estimated at £600 - £800 More details 9
A Demonstration of Forces Apparatus
lot 465 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science, 19th Nov, 2021)
English, c. 1790-1800, in mahogany and brass, a simple demonstration of equal horizonal and vertical forces, the brass ball moving diagonally across ... read more
Sold for £223 Result plus buyers premium More details 4
Three Large Electrostatic Discharge Tubes
lot 466 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science, 19th Nov, 2021)
English, 19th century, unusually large tubes in glass and lacquered brass, red wax seals, one tube complete with stand and tap for the introduction ... read more
Estimated at £400 - £600 More details 3
A Large X-Ray or Laboratory Induction Coil
lot 467 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science, 19th Nov, 2021)
English, early 20th century, unsigned, the large secondary coil with celluloid covering between vulcanite supports with vulcanite spark barrier in ... read more
Sold for £471 Result plus buyers premium More details 3
A French Telegraph Morse Code Ticker Machine
lot 468 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science, 19th Nov, 2021)
French, c.1900, signed to the front of the clockwork ‘La Société Industrielle des Téléphones, Paris’, mahogany plinth supporting the heavy clockwork ... read more
Sold for £322 Result plus buyers premium More details 3
A DC Bipolar Hand Cranked Generator
lot 469 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science, 19th Nov, 2021)
American (?), c.1880, unsigned, Polished mahogany plinth supports the cast iron body, with lacquered brass bearing supports to the internal rotor, ... read more
Sold for £186 Result plus buyers premium More details 5
A Fine 4-inch Reflecting Telescope by Watkins & Smith
lot 470 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science, 19th Nov, 2021)
English, c.1770, in lacquered brass with speculum metal mirror, with starfinder and two eyepices, on high quality alt-azimuth mount with ... read more
Sold for £5,580 Result plus buyers premium More details 5
A Geodetic Theodolite by Ponthus & Therrode
lot 471 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science, 19th Nov, 2021)
French, c. 1910, in laquered brass with silver scales, 19cm horizontal circle divided to one arc-minute, reading to one arc-second by twin ... read more
Sold for £5,208 Result plus buyers premium More details 6
A Transit Theodolite by Starke & Kammerer, Vienna
lot 472 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science, 19th Nov, 2021)
Austrian, c.1920, in ebonised brass,16cm covered horizontal circle engraved ' Starke & Kammerer Wien, No. 10721', with twin levels divided to 20 ... read more
Sold for £161 Result plus buyers premium More details 6
A Surveyor's Circle or Simple Theodolite
lot 473 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science, 19th Nov, 2021)
French, late 19th century, in lacquered brass, staff mounted 17cm circle divided to half a degree, reading to 1 arc-minute by vernier with micrometer ... read more
Sold for £198 Result plus buyers premium More details 4
lot 474 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science, 19th Nov, 2021)
retailed in England, c.1860-1890 for students of anatomy, in compartmentalised cylindrical card case with trade label for Millikin & Lawley, 165 ... read more
Sold for £620 Result plus buyers premium More details 5
A 19th Century Prosthetic Hand
lot 475 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science, 19th Nov, 2021)
an unusually finely carved wooden hand, probably for an adult female, the thumb with sprung articulation against first and second fingers, operated ... read more
Sold for £521 Result plus buyers premium More details 5
Indonesian Doctors Female Model
lot 476 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science, 19th Nov, 2021)
Indonesian, c.late 19th / early 20th century, unmarked, detailed wooden carving of reclining female
Sold for £186 Result plus buyers premium More details 5
Taxidermy - A Victorian 'Chinese Muff Dog' Diorama
lot 477 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science, 19th Nov, 2021)
English, c.1870, three 'muff dogs' posed in painted brickwork scenery in curved papiermache glazed case, each 'fully grown dog' with a body length of ... read more
Sold for £8,060 Result plus buyers premium More details 4
Taxidermy - A Victorian 'Chinese Muff Dog'
lot 478 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science, 19th Nov, 2021)
English, c.1870, a muff dog mounted in in case with glass dome and mahogany base, the creature, bout 16cm in length not including the tail, having ... read more
Sold for £3,844 Result plus buyers premium More details 6
Taxidermy - A 'Chinese Muff Dog'
lot 479 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science, 19th Nov, 2021)
English, c.1870, the creature approximately 12cm long, seated on a velvet cushion with painted sky background behind, in glazed oak case, case 24cm ... read more
Sold for £3,224 Result plus buyers premium More details 2
A Collection of Stereoscopic Photographs of Crystal Models With Provenance
lot 480 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science, 19th Nov, 2021)
consisting of 29 stereo images of crystal structures and crystallographic instruments to illustrate the results of X-ray crystallography by Sir ... read more
Sold for £2,976 Result plus buyers premium More details 5
An Exceptionl & Large Model of An Australian Gold Mine Stamp Mill
lot 481 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science, 19th Nov, 2021)
Australian, c.1890, signed to the stamp mill casting 'IVANHOE GOLD CORPORATION FOUNDRY' with two stamp mills fed by a single metal lined hopper at ... read more
Sold for £21,700 Result plus buyers premium More details 5
Platinum Prints of Geological Formations
lot 482 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science, 19th Nov, 2021)
being issues I, II and III from the British Association for the Advancement of Science Geological Photographs Committee, August 1902- January 1904, ... read more
Sold for £992 Result plus buyers premium More details 15
Prize-winning 19th Century Geological Photographs
lot 483 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science, 19th Nov, 2021)
A Collection of six late Victorian geological photographs from the Coventry and Midland Photographic Society, presented as magic lantern slides. Each ... read more
Estimated at £100 - £150 More details
A Collection of 100 English & Scottish Minerals By James R Gregory, London
lot 484 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science, 19th Nov, 2021)
English, C.1860, each specimen with labels for 'James R Gregory of 15 Russell Street, Covent Garden, London', the case with samples from across the ... read more
Sold for £2,232 Result plus buyers premium More details 6
Collection of 13 Minerals From Cornish Mines
lot 485 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science, 19th Nov, 2021)
including x3 Biotite Containing 1.5% Lithium, from Trelavor Downs Nr. St. Day, Cornwall; Tourmaline with Molybdenite, From Higston Down, Gunnislake, ... read more
Sold for £87 Result plus buyers premium More details 1
lot 486 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science, 19th Nov, 2021)
Cubic Pyrite on Matrix, Spain, the largest crystal 3cm, on original matrix with other cubic crystals, dimensions (cm) 12.5 x 11 x 10
Sold for £298 Result plus buyers premium More details 6
Native Silver from Siscoe Silver Mine, Northern Ontario, Canada
lot 487 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science, 19th Nov, 2021)
A thin leaf-like specimen of silver on quartz matrix, with original collection label which reads ‘’Native Silver Number Six Shaft, Siscoe Silver Mine, ... read more
Sold for £298 Result plus buyers premium More details 3
lot 488 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science, 19th Nov, 2021)
The mass of small purple cubic interpennetrant crystals entirely covering the matrix. Weardale, County Durham, England, dimensions (cm) 15.3 x 10.7 x ... read more
Sold for £124 Result plus buyers premium More details 4
lot 489 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science, 19th Nov, 2021)
The large nodule polished across the surface. Castleton area, Derbyshire, England, dimensions (cm) 14.6 x 12.6 x 5.4 Footnote: The moniker 'Blue John' ... read more
Sold for £322 Result plus buyers premium More details 4
lot 490 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science, 19th Nov, 2021)
The pair of very pale blue interpenetrant twinned cubic crystals above a number of smaller crystals on a druzy quartz matrix, WhiteHeaps Mine, ... read more
Sold for £43 Result plus buyers premium More details 3
lot 491 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science, 19th Nov, 2021)
The transparent cubic crystal lightly dusted with sub-surface pyrite inclusions. Hilton Mine, Scordale, County Durham, England, dimensions (cm) 3 x 2. ... read more
Sold for £136 Result plus buyers premium More details 2
lot 492 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science, 19th Nov, 2021)
The small green cubic crystals scattered over a crust of quartz. Weardale, County Durham, England, dimensions (cm) 9.9 x 7.3 x 1.8
Sold for £112 Result plus buyers premium More details 3
lot 493 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science, 19th Nov, 2021)
The blue-violet interpenetrant cluster of transparent crystals showing phantom growth zoning on the two larger crystals, the largest measuring 22.4 ... read more
Sold for £161 Result plus buyers premium More details 4
lot 494 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science, 19th Nov, 2021)
A polished slice of Blue John from Castleton, Derbyshire, England, dimensions (cm) 6.9 x 4.7
Estimated at £80 - £120 More details 2
lot 495 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science, 19th Nov, 2021)
The small, well-formed transparent blue-green pairs of interpenetrant twinned crystals in localised clusters across the matrix. Middlehope Shield ... read more
Sold for £335 Result plus buyers premium More details 5
Calcite "Butterfly Twin" Crystal, Together with a Baryte Crystal
lot 496 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science, 19th Nov, 2021)
The translucent twinned calcite crystal with remnants of the hematite matrix, together with a prismatic baryte crystal, with broken terminations and ... read more
Sold for £558 Result plus buyers premium More details 3
lot 497 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science, 19th Nov, 2021)
A group of double-terminated tabulated blue baryte crystals together with a prismatic group, dusted with hematite across several faces, dimensions ... read more
Sold for £322 Result plus buyers premium More details 3
lot 498 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science, 19th Nov, 2021)
The cluster of small prismatic transparent crystals entirely covering the limonitic matrix. Pallaflat Mine, Bigrigg, Copeland, Cumbria, England, ... read more
Sold for £186 Result plus buyers premium More details 4
Calcite "Butterfly Twin" Crystal
lot 499 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science, 19th Nov, 2021)
The transluscent to transparent twinned calcite crystal with remnants of the hematite matrix. A fine and attractive example, dimensions (cm) 8.4 x ... read more
Sold for £298 Result plus buyers premium More details 2
lot 500 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science, 19th Nov, 2021)
the small stubby prismatic green crystals cover the entire matrix, specimen noted as sourced from the Roughten Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, ... read more
Sold for £496 Result plus buyers premium More details 3
Specular Hematite (Specularite) and Quartz
lot 501 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science, 19th Nov, 2021)
the clusters of doubly terminated quartz crystals contrasting with the reflective platy black specularite between, on a hematite matrix. Beckermet ... read more
Sold for £149 Result plus buyers premium More details 2