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SOLD Lot 151 - 2 Pewter Air Ministry Quarter Gill Spirit Measures

2 Pewter Air Ministry Quarter Gill Spirit Measures

lot 151 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 29th Nov, 2023)

English, c.1940/41, stamped to the base with a crown and 'AM 21C/1596 377499/40 GASKELL & CHAMBERS Ltd BIRMINGHAM' to one and 'AM 21C/1596 H562082/41 ... read more

Sold for £94    Result plus buyers premium More details 2  

SOLD Lot 152 - Custom Officers Standard Meter Measure

Custom Officers Standard Meter Measure

lot 152 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 29th Nov, 2023)

English, date stamped for 1902, engraved along the top 'Standard meter 0C, LANCASHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL, DE GRAVE & CO LTD MAKERS, LONDON, 2678', with ... read more

Sold for £262    Result plus buyers premium More details 4  

SOLD Lot 153 - A Pair of Brass & Copper Checkpump Measures

A Pair of Brass & Copper Checkpump Measures

lot 153 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 29th Nov, 2023)

comprising of 2 measures, English, c.1930, both engeaved 'COUNTY BOROUGH OF BLACKPOOL, SOUTHERLAND ASTELL' with one engraved 20 LITRE and the other ... read more

Sold for £138    Result plus buyers premium More details 4  

SOLD Lot 154 - Collection of 4 Victorian Avoir Dupois Bell Weights

Collection of 4 Victorian Avoir Dupois Bell Weights

lot 154 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 29th Nov, 2023)

including one engraved '28lb, BOROUGH OF PRESTON, W & T Avery, Birmingham' numbered 2683 with multiple exchequer stamps the earliest dated 1902, ... read more

Sold for £600    Result plus buyers premium More details 6  

SOLD Lot 155 - A Collection of 6 County Inspectors Scales

A Collection of 6 County Inspectors Scales

lot 155 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 29th Nov, 2023)

comprising of a large set engraved 'COUNTY OF LANCASTER SOUTH LONSDALE DEVISION, CAPACITY 7LB' and on the other side of the beam 'Thos Cheshire, ... read more

Sold for £150    Result plus buyers premium More details 4  

SOLD Lot 156 - Lancashire County Council Working Avoirdupois Bell Weights

Lancashire County Council Working Avoirdupois Bell Weights

lot 156 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 29th Nov, 2023)

English, dated 1902 English, weights engraved 'LANCASHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL' and numbered 2670, with many calibration verification and Exchequer marks, ... read more

Sold for £1,225    Result plus buyers premium More details 5  

SOLD Lot 157 - Lancashire County Council Working Avoirdupois Bell Weights

Lancashire County Council Working Avoirdupois Bell Weights

lot 157 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 29th Nov, 2023)

English, dated 1902 English, weights engraved 'LANCASHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL' and numbered 2659, with many calibration verification and Exchequer marks, ... read more

Sold for £900    Result plus buyers premium More details 4  

SOLD Lot 158 - County Borough of Blackpool, Standard Check Pump Petrol Measures

County Borough of Blackpool, Standard Check Pump Petrol Measures

lot 158 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 29th Nov, 2023)

English, by Gaskill & Chambers, Birmingham, each engraved 'COUNTY BOROUGH OF BLACKPOOL, CHECKPUMP' with calibration standard stamps on a soft solder ... read more

Sold for £362    Result plus buyers premium More details 3  

SOLD Lot 159 - Lancashire County Council Standard Checkpump Petrol Measures

Lancashire County Council Standard Checkpump Petrol Measures

lot 159 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 29th Nov, 2023)

English, dated 1931, by Gaskill & Chambers, Birmingham, each engraved 'LANCASHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL, CHECKPUMP, SERIAL NUMBER 227' with calibration ... read more

Sold for £1,875    Result plus buyers premium More details 4  

SOLD Lot 160 - County Council of Middlesex, Checkpump

County Council of Middlesex, Checkpump

lot 160 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 29th Nov, 2023)

English, c.1931, engraved around the central brass band 'COUNTY COUNCIL OF MIDDLESEX, ONE GALLON 26F CHECKPUMP', constructed of copper and brass, ... read more

Sold for £262    Result plus buyers premium More details 2  

SOLD Lot 161 - A Small Set of Assay Scales

A Small Set of Assay Scales

lot 161 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 29th Nov, 2023)

English, c.1900, the base of the pillar engraved 'C Wolters & Sons London', the scale fitted fro travel contained in a French polished mahogany case ... read more

Sold for £250    Result plus buyers premium More details 4  

SOLD Lot 162 - Negretti & Zambra Weather Watch

Negretti & Zambra Weather Watch

lot 162 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 29th Nov, 2023)

English, c.1900, engraved to the silvered face 'Negretti & Zambra' , the weather watch pocket barometer with three concentric silvered dials, outer ... read more

Sold for £1,000    Result plus buyers premium More details 4  

A Victorian Vidie-Pattern Aneroid Barometer

lot 163 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 29th Nov, 2023)

English, pre 1853, the silvered face engraved 'E. J. DENT, Paris, 3255' the silvered register calibrated in barometric inches with usual annotations ... read more

Estimated at £400 - £600 More details 1  

SOLD Lot 164 - A Very Early Lucian Vidi Type Aneroid Barometer by Dent, London

A Very Early Lucian Vidi Type Aneroid Barometer by Dent, London

lot 164 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 29th Nov, 2023)

English, c.1840, delicately engraved to the silvered face 'E. J. DENT Paris, 55' the scale engraved in barometric inches with typical weather ... read more

Sold for £600    Result plus buyers premium More details 2  

SOLD Lot 165 - Negretti & Zambra O.S. Pocket Barometer

Negretti & Zambra O.S. Pocket Barometer

lot 165 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 29th Nov, 2023)

English, c.1860, the silvered dial engraved 'Negretti & Zambra, LONDON, 740' the case with beveled glass window with turning bezel with single ... read more

Sold for £200    Result plus buyers premium More details 2  

SOLD Lot 166 - Very Fine Negretti & Zambra Weather Forecaster

Very Fine Negretti & Zambra Weather Forecaster

lot 166 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 29th Nov, 2023)

English, dated 1915, engraved to the face'NEGRETTI & ZAMBRA, LONDON, PATENT 6276 1915' the lacquered brass circular dial in an A frame stand in ... read more

Sold for £200    Result plus buyers premium More details 3  

SOLD Lot 167 - A Fine Table Barometer by Negretti & Zambra

A Fine Table Barometer by Negretti & Zambra

lot 167 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 29th Nov, 2023)

English, c.1860, engraved to the silvered dial, 'NEGRETTI & ZAMBRA, 4 Hatton Garden, London Aneroid Barometer' the silvered dial engraved in ... read more

Sold for £200    Result plus buyers premium More details 1  

SOLD Lot 168 - A Bourdon Barometer with case & Stand

A Bourdon Barometer with case & Stand

lot 168 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 29th Nov, 2023)

French, c.1860, the white face printed 'Bourdon & Richards Patent, Paris Gold Medal Exhibition 1849' the barometer printed scale showing 28 to 31 ... read more

Sold for £188    Result plus buyers premium More details 2  

SOLD Lot 169 - Tunbridge Ware Combination Thermometer & Compass

Tunbridge Ware Combination Thermometer & Compass

lot 169 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 29th Nov, 2023)

Tunbridge Ware Combination Thermometer & Compass, English, c.1880, the thermometer scale engraved 'H HOLLAMBY, TUNBRIDGE WELLS' the octagonal body ... read more

Sold for £188    Result plus buyers premium More details 5  

SOLD Lot 170 - A Table Barograph

A Table Barograph

lot 170 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 29th Nov, 2023)

English, c.1920, unsigned, the barograph mechanism mounted on a brass base plate with 10 bellows stack, 8 day clckwork drum, french polished stained ... read more

Sold for £162    Result plus buyers premium More details 2  

SOLD Lot 171 - A Good Table Barograph

A Good Table Barograph

lot 171 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 29th Nov, 2023)

English, c.1900, with an ivorine* plque engraved 'SHORT & MASON Ltd LONDON' barograph with aneroid bellows inside the plinth base with 8 day ... read more

Sold for £125    Result plus buyers premium More details 5  

SOLD Lot 172 - Richard Freres Barograph

Richard Freres Barograph

lot 172 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 29th Nov, 2023)

French, c.1900, engraved to the brass plate 'BREVETES S.G.D.G. R.F.' with 8 bellow stack, clock work mechanism, in polished fruitwood case with brass ... read more

Sold for £150    Result plus buyers premium More details 2  

SOLD Lot 173 - Harods Barograph - Used to Record 'Great Storm of 87'

Harods Barograph - Used to Record 'Great Storm of 87'

lot 173 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 29th Nov, 2023)

English, c.1980, with brass retail plaque for 'Harrods' wooden case with drawer below containing a number of papers including one detailing the ... read more

Sold for £212    Result plus buyers premium More details 2  

SOLD Lot 174 - Barograph by Reynolds & Wardale, London

Barograph by Reynolds & Wardale, London

lot 174 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 29th Nov, 2023)

English, dated 1941 (from records), the base plate engraved 'Reynolds Son & Wardale Ltd, London' and engraved 'MO No.3871/41' constructed of polished ... read more

Sold for £138    Result plus buyers premium More details 2  

SOLD Lot 175 - Fishermans Aneroid Barometer, Dollond, London

Fishermans Aneroid Barometer, Dollond, London

lot 175 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 29th Nov, 2023)

English, c.1900, printed to the cream ceramic face 'FISHERMANS ANEROID BAROMETER, ISSUED BY THE ROYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITUTION, No.2689, DOLLOND ... read more

Sold for £150    Result plus buyers premium More details 2  

SOLD Lot 176 - Fisherman's Aneroid Barometer, Negretti & Zambra, London

Fisherman's Aneroid Barometer, Negretti & Zambra, London

lot 176 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 29th Nov, 2023)

English, c.1900, the enameled face printed 'FISHERMAN'S ANEROID BAROMETER, ISSUED BY THE ROYAL NATIONAL LIFEBAOT INSTITUTION, No.1074 NEGRETTI & ... read more

Sold for £162    Result plus buyers premium More details 2  

SOLD Lot 177 - Set of 3 Perigal Kinoscopes

Set of 3 Perigal Kinoscopes

lot 177 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 29th Nov, 2023)

English, circa 1860, with the lid of 1 engraved in copperplate script 'Perigals Kinescope, Velocities equal producing 1st & 2nd Bicirdoids, Elliott ... read more

Sold for £1,500    Result plus buyers premium More details 2  

SOLD Lot 178 - A Large & Unusual French Arc Lamp

A Large & Unusual French Arc Lamp

lot 178 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 29th Nov, 2023)

Austrian, c.1880, with engraved brass plaque for 'W J HAUCK K. K. HOF MECHANIKIR WIEN IV. KETTENBRUCKGASSE 20', mounted on a mahogany baseboard, with ... read more

Sold for £400    Result plus buyers premium More details 3  

SOLD Lot 179 - A Very Large & impressive 4" Refracting Telescope

A Very Large & impressive 4" Refracting Telescope

lot 179 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 29th Nov, 2023)

English, original bill of sales dated 24 August 1956, with metal label to the stand for 'W OTTWAY & Co Ltd, EALING LONDON' the telescope finished in ... read more

Sold for £4,375    Result plus buyers premium More details 7  

SOLD Lot 180 - An Early Louis Breguet ABC Telegraph Receiver & Transmitter

An Early Louis Breguet ABC Telegraph Receiver & Transmitter

lot 180 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 29th Nov, 2023)

French, the reciever marked on the printed dial 'BREGUET' numbered 6039 and stamped to the front 'PO 12', presumably for Post Office, constructed of ... read more

Sold for £775    Result plus buyers premium More details 4  

SOLD Lot 181 - Collection of 9 German Didactic Scientific Posters

Collection of 9 German Didactic Scientific Posters

lot 181 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 29th Nov, 2023)

all paper printed with linen backing on wooden supports titles include Echinodermata Stachelhauter, Vermes Wurmer, Coelenterata Holthiere, Arthodpoda ... read more

Sold for £225    Result plus buyers premium More details 10  

SOLD Lot 182 - Collection of 9 German Didactic Scientific Posters

Collection of 9 German Didactic Scientific Posters

lot 182 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 29th Nov, 2023)

all paper printed with linen backing on wooden supports titles include Vertebrata Wirbelthiere, Vermes Wurmer, Coelenterata Hohl-oder and others, ... read more

Sold for £300    Result plus buyers premium More details 10  

SOLD Lot 183 - Collection of 10 German Didactic Scientific Posters

Collection of 10 German Didactic Scientific Posters

lot 183 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 29th Nov, 2023)

all paper printed with linen backing on wooden supports titles include Arthodpoda, Protozoa, Vertebrata, Tunicata, and others, most printed by Druck ... read more

Sold for £300    Result plus buyers premium More details 11  

SOLD Lot 184 - Collection of 10 German Didactic Scientific Posters

Collection of 10 German Didactic Scientific Posters

lot 184 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 29th Nov, 2023)

• all paper printed with linen backing on wooden supports titles include Coelenterata Holthiere,Protazoa, Arthopoda, Echinodermata, and others, most ... read more

Sold for £350    Result plus buyers premium More details 11  

SOLD Lot 185 - Collection of 10 German Didactic Scientific Posters

Collection of 10 German Didactic Scientific Posters

lot 185 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 29th Nov, 2023)

all paper printed with linen backing on wooden supports titles include Echinodermata, Moluska Arthodpoda and others, most printed by Druck und ... read more

Sold for £275    Result plus buyers premium More details 11  

SOLD Lot 186 - Collection of 10 German Didactic Scientific Posters

Collection of 10 German Didactic Scientific Posters

lot 186 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 29th Nov, 2023)

all paper printed with linen backing on wooden supports titles include Echinodermata Stachelhauter, Vermes Wurmer, Coelenterata Holthiere, Arthodpoda ... read more

Sold for £275    Result plus buyers premium More details 12  

SOLD Lot 187 - An Important Butterfly & Moth Collection & Archive of Dr.T. H. C. Taylor

An Important Butterfly & Moth Collection & Archive of Dr.T. H. C. Taylor

lot 187 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 29th Nov, 2023)

The cabinet, English, c.1880, constructed of French polished mahogany with panelled sides, plinth base on bun feet, with tall glazed door with key ... read more

Sold for £4,375    Result plus buyers premium More details 31  

SOLD Lot 188 - An Unusual Set of 'Burma Timber Samples'

An Unusual Set of 'Burma Timber Samples'

lot 188 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 29th Nov, 2023)

English, c.1880, unsigned but with engraved brass plaque for 'BURMA TIMBER SAMPLES' with brass handle to front, each sample number stamped 1 - 16, ... read more

Sold for £350    Result plus buyers premium More details 9  

SOLD Lot 189 - Large Folio Print of Robert Boyle

Large Folio Print of Robert Boyle

lot 189 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 29th Nov, 2023)

large period folio print of Robert Boyle with 2 pages of text, the engraving titled at the bottom 'Geo. Vertue del & Sculpt, 1739, IN the collection ... read more

Sold for £88    Result plus buyers premium More details 2  

The Double Helix, James D Watson Signed Copy

lot 190 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 29th Nov, 2023)

The Double Helix, James D Watson, 1980 paperback edition first published in the USA in January 1968, Atheneum, New York, with all four printings ... read more

Estimated at £300 - £500 More details 3  

The Third Man of the Double Helix, Maurice Wilkins, Signed Copy

lot 191 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 29th Nov, 2023)

The Third Man of the Double Helix, The Autobiography of Maurice Wilkins, Oxford University Press first ed. 2003, signed to the inside of the cover ... read more

Estimated at £100 - £200 More details 2  

SOLD Lot 192 - An Important Collection of 18 Papers documenting The History of DNA

An Important Collection of 18 Papers documenting The History of DNA

lot 192 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 29th Nov, 2023)

An important collection of 18 papers documenting one of the most important scientific milestones of the twentieth century, recording the discovery of ... read more

Sold for £2,000    Result plus buyers premium More details 25  

Pasteur, Louis, on His Rabies Vaccine

lot 193 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 29th Nov, 2023)

Comptes Rendus des Seances de L´Academie des Sciences, 1884, PHYSIOLOGIE EXPEREMENTALE. - Nouvelle Communication sur la rage; par M. Pasteur, avec la ... read more

Estimated at £600 - £800 More details 6  

2 Folio Engravings of William Harvey M.D.

lot 194 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 29th Nov, 2023)

folio engraving of William Harvey, titled at the bottom 'Bemmel pinx, In the collection of Dr. Mead, Impensis J & F Knapton London 1739, J Houbraken ... read more

Estimated at £80 - £120 More details 2  

SOLD Lot 195 - Maclise, Joseph, Surgical Anatomy

Maclise, Joseph, Surgical Anatomy

lot 195 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 29th Nov, 2023)

Maclise, Joseph, Surgical Anatomy, first edition, with 24 lithographed plates with partial hand-colouring by Hanhart after Maclise, some with light ... read more

Sold for £238    Result plus buyers premium More details 5  

SOLD Lot 196 - Richard P. Feynman - An original Program for the 1965 Nobel Prize for Physics

Richard P. Feynman - An original Program for the 1965 Nobel Prize for Physics

lot 196 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 29th Nov, 2023)

Titled ‘Traduction Des Discours A La Fete Nobel, 1965, for the 1965 Nobel prize for physics, for Professor Sin-itiro Tomonga (Japan), Julian ... read more

Sold for £500    Result plus buyers premium More details 7  

Stephen Hawking - The Elusive Theory of Everything

lot 197 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 29th Nov, 2023)

Stephen Hawking, The Elusive Theory of Everything Physicists have long sought to find one final theory that would unify all of physics. Instead they ... read more

Estimated at £300 - £500 More details 2  

Spare Lot

lot 198 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 29th Nov, 2023)

Spare Lot

Estimated at £1 - £5 More details

SOLD Lot 199 - Maps of Brussels & Ghent

Maps of Brussels & Ghent

lot 199 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 29th Nov, 2023)

comprising of A map of Brussels, cartouch reads 'Brussels a large and beautiful city in the Dutchy of Brabant....' titled 'Brussels. for Mr. Tindals' ... read more

Sold for £88    Result plus buyers premium More details 2  

SOLD Lot 200 - 1783 Russell Map of the United States

1783 Russell Map of the United States

lot 200 (Fine Instruments of Science & Medicine, 29th Nov, 2023)

map titled in oval cartouch 'A Map of the United States of America, According to the Treaty of Peace of 1783' and at the top 'Engraved for Gutheries ... read more

Sold for £375    Result plus buyers premium More details 2