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Charles Elcock's Personal Effects
lot 251 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)
From the previous lot but not related to his microscopy, a manuscript journal concerning the ... a brass printers block for Elcocks business card, ... read more
Sold for £75 Result plus buyers premium More details 8
lot 252 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)
English, c.1880, engraved to teh face 'J Casartelli, Manchester Patent 238' originally a survey compass fitted in a box with gimbals, tripod mount ... read more
Sold for £212 Result plus buyers premium More details 5
lot 253 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)
English, c.1780, unsigned, delicatly engraved silvered compass rose, blued steel needle brass bezel holding glass in place, in mahogany case 16.2cm ... read more
Sold for £188 Result plus buyers premium More details 2
A Very Early Dent Pattern 24 Improved Liquid Azimuth Compass
lot 254 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)
English, c.1880, engraved 'E. DENT & Co LONDON NO44281, No.26' the 6.25" card also signed DENT, in its original French polished mahogany case with ... read more
Sold for £325 Result plus buyers premium More details 7
A Good 2 Day Marine Chronometer
lot 255 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)
English, mid 19th Century, the silvered face engraved 'W. WEBB JUNr 5 SUDELEY ST, Nelson Terrace City Rd London, and numbered 5021, in brass bound 3 ... read more
Sold for £2,000 Result plus buyers premium More details 5
lot 256 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)
English, c.1880, stamped to the top 'TIME TABEL DRING FAGE MAKERS 145 STRAND LONDON' with a dagger trade mark stamped inot the brass scale, length ... read more
Sold for £188 Result plus buyers premium More details 4
Early 18th Century Drawing Instrument Etui, Benjamin Scott
lot 257 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)
English, early 18th Century, the rule & Protractor engraved 'Ben Scott, Londini Fecit' the small wooden etui covered in black leather, withe metal ... read more
Estimated at £1,500 - £2,500 More details 3
A Cased Pantograph By Berge, Late Ramsden
lot 258 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)
English, c. 1790, engraved 'Berge London Late Ramsden' lacquered brass with lead weight, one arm engraved ' in original polished mahogany case, case ... read more
Sold for £100 Result plus buyers premium More details 5
Mahogany & Brass Beam Compass, by W & S Jones
lot 259 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)
English, c.1800, impressed to the boxwood scale 'W & S Jones, 30 Holborn London' with printed trade label to the inside of the lid, the beam compass ... read more
Sold for £112 Result plus buyers premium More details 2
19th Century Swing Arm Protractor, Berge
lot 260 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)
English, c.1840, engraved to the edge of the scale 'Berge London' protractor of typical form with sale engraved 0-180 in both directions, arm with ... read more
Sold for £150 Result plus buyers premium More details 3
Aneroid Barograph With Plinth By Negretti & Zambra
lot 261 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)
English, c.1900, engraved to the brass baseplate 'NEGRETTI & ZAMBRA, LONDON, No. 30150', the barograph mounted on a brass baseplate with silvered ... read more
Sold for £225 Result plus buyers premium More details 2
Negretti & Zambra Weather Watch
lot 262 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)
English, c.1900, engraved to the silvered face 'Negretti & Zambra' , the weather watch pocket barometer with three concentric silvered dials, outer ... read more
Estimated at £500 - £700 More details 5
A Very Fine Table Barograph By Callaghan
lot 263 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)
English, c.1900, engraved to the top plate ''CALLAGHAN & Co, 23 New Bond Street, Corner of Conduit Street, London' the barograph with clockwork ... read more
Sold for £500 Result plus buyers premium More details 7
lot 264 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)
English, c.1900, unsigned, 4 bellows stack with lacquered brass linkage and mechanism to arm, drum with clockwork mechanism (running but untested for ... read more
Sold for £250 Result plus buyers premium More details 3
lot 264A (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)
English, c.1950, marked to the base 'MICRO-BAROGRAPH BY SHORT & MASON London MADE IN ENGLAND, No. H8360', the barograph on cast metal base with black ... read more
Sold for £100 Result plus buyers premium More details 3
Victorian Induction Coil, Alfred Apps
lot 265 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)
English, c.1890, plaque for 'APPS, 433 Strand, London,. Patent 863' the coil on a large French polished mahogany plinth base, with spark gap ... read more
Sold for £325 Result plus buyers premium More details 2
Large X-Ray Induction Coil, Cox
lot 266 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)
English, c.1890, with plaque for Harry W Cox Ltd, the large French polished mahogany cabinet opening to reveal a vulcanite top to accept the 2 spark ... read more
Sold for £650 Result plus buyers premium More details 5
An Irish Spectroscope, Yeates Dublin
lot 267 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)
Irish, c.1880, engraved along on of the arms 'YEATES & SON DUBLIN', standing on a cast iron base with brass pillar support, prism housing in the ... read more
Sold for £400 Result plus buyers premium More details 3
An Early First Form, Wollaston Pattern Crystallographic Goniometer, Thomas Jones
lot 268 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)
English, c.1810, engraved to the front 'Thomas Jones, 62 Charring Cross' the goniometer on a turned French polished wooden base with supporting 'A' ... read more
Sold for £7,500 Result plus buyers premium More details 7
lot 269 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)
English, circa 1860, with the base engraved in copperplate script 'Trinity House London' complete with geared top and silvered reflective balls on ... read more
Estimated at £400 - £600 More details 5
Large 16" Ramsden Pattern Electrostatic Machine
lot 270 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)
English, c.1900, plaque to the front for 'PHILIP HARRIS & CO LTD, Scientific Instrument Specialists Birmingham', the machine on a recangular mahogany ... read more
Estimated at £400 - £600 More details 5
lot 271 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)
English, c.1900, with ivorine* plaque 'Brady & Martin Ltd Newcastle Upon Tyne' polished oak base with large vulcanite covered secondary coil, ... read more
Sold for £162 Result plus buyers premium More details 3
lot 272 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)
German, c.1920, unmarked, with phosphorescent painted mica vanes on a wooden stand, 28cm long
Sold for £200 Result plus buyers premium More details 4
lot 273 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)
including 2 platinum target tubes used to show the heating effects of cathode rays, a Pressler gas discharge tube on a stand with a label that reads ' ... read more
Sold for £475 Result plus buyers premium More details 1
Document Concerning Lean Foucault's Gyroscope
lot 274 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)
‘In the month of September 1852, Mr. Foucault presented to the Academy of Sciences another physical demonstration of the Earth's rotational momentum. ... read more
Estimated at £200 - £300 More details 3
A Good Lord Kelvin Multicellular Voltmeter
lot 275 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)
English, c.1910, engraved to the solvered plaque at the top 'Lord Kelvin's Patents, Multicellular Voltmeter No.1506, James White Glasgow', the ... read more
Estimated at £200 - £300 More details 7
A Speculum Diffraction Grating & Others
lot 276 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)
a small diffraction gratting engraved on cast speculm in a brass surround, the grating with pencil marks the the back 'Cove?? 5/4/90 A. Hilger', ... read more
Sold for £188 Result plus buyers premium More details 1
lot 277 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)
German, unmarked, the tube containing a small pressed metal figure of a man, the tube with brass terminals on a later turned wooden stand, tube ... read more
Sold for £250 Result plus buyers premium More details 3
2 Large Precision Laboratory Diffraction Gratings
lot 278 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)
2 Large Precision laboratory diffraction gratings for optical experiments possibly for use with astronomy, the large diffraction gratings both by ... read more
Sold for £1,100 Result plus buyers premium More details 5
4in Reflecting Table Telescope, Bate, London
lot 279 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)
English, c.1800, engraved to the back plate ‘BATE London’ and to the trade label in the lid ‘Mathematical Instrument Maker to the honourabel board of ... read more
Sold for £2,250 Result plus buyers premium More details 5
4in Reflecting Table Telescope, Tulley
lot 280 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)
English, c.1800, engraved to the back plate ‘TULLEY’ , secondary mirror also marked ‘C. Tully’ the telescope on a table top folding tripod with ... read more
Sold for £2,750 Result plus buyers premium More details 4
Astronomical Transit Instrument, Schmalcalder, London
lot 281 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)
English, c. 1840, signed in script along the vernier arm ‘Schmalcalder 82 Strand, London’, standing on a delicate brass frame with fine height ... read more
Sold for £3,375 Result plus buyers premium More details 6
Large 4" Four Drawer Telescope, Dollond London
lot 282 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)
English, early 19th Century, engraved in script to the eyepiece drawertube 'Dollond London', brass body with achromatic doublet, lens cap, 4 drawer ... read more
Sold for £650 Result plus buyers premium More details 2
A Miniature Astronomical Telescope Model
lot 283 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)
c.1900, unmarked, engineers or aprentice model of an astronomical telescope mounted on a French polished turned wooden base with astronomical support ... read more
Sold for £562 Result plus buyers premium More details 4
3in Astronomical Telescope By Dollond
lot 284 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)
English, c.1900, engraved to the back plate 'DOLLOND LONDON 7643' with a presentation engraving to the barrel for 'PRESENTED TO MR JAMES WILLIAMSBY ... read more
Sold for £500 Result plus buyers premium More details 5
lot 285 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)
2 rought iron levels stamped 1/2 Bushel & Peck, used to level off grain in capacity measures, 45cm long
Sold for £162 Result plus buyers premium More details 4
Standard Yard Measure, Yeates & Son, Dublin
lot 286 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)
Irish, engraved 1878, engraved YEATES & SON DUBLIN' and 'STANDARD YARD AT 62 FAHT', the yard constructed of hollow brass square sectioned tubing on ... read more
Sold for £438 Result plus buyers premium More details 5
lot 287 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)
including medieval weights, a Roman weight, lead weights, bronze weights, and others a lot
Sold for £125 Result plus buyers premium More details 13
A Set of U.S. Standard Weights
lot 288 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)
American, c.1900, the large 4lb weight stamped 'H. KOHLBUSCH NEW YORK' and stamped 'U. S. STANDARD' all in a fitted mahogany case with blue velvet ... read more
Sold for £438 Result plus buyers premium More details 5
Large Laboratory Set of Metric Weights
lot 288A (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)
English, c.1920, the case stamped 'OERTLING LIMITED LONDON 10kg to 1g ST3/790129' large polished wood case opening to reveal velvet lined interior ... read more
Sold for £500 Result plus buyers premium More details 4
Medieval Bronze Weight, Northern Europe
lot 289 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)
Northern Europe, Medieval Period, cast bronze stylised figure with a spear riding a horse, the horses head with stamped marks (106g), 52.96mm tall, ... read more
Estimated at £3,000 - £5,000 More details 7
Set of 8 Imperial Enamel Weights, Wedgewood
lot 290 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)
English, c.1880, stamped to the base Wedgewood, with stamps to the lead base of 3 sabers in a sheild, possibly for the couny of Essex, to include ... read more
Sold for £1,750 Result plus buyers premium More details 10
Mr Henry's Patent Balance & Gauge
lot 291 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)
English, c.1780, the base stamped 'S. HENRY INVENTOR' below a crown, the balance with swing out steel coin gauge with a stamp for 'GR' (Gerogius Rex) ... read more
Sold for £900 Result plus buyers premium More details 6
Georgian Imperial Bushel Measure for Darlington, 1826
lot 292 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)
English, dated 1826, heavily engraved to the front 'DARLINGTON COUNTY OF DURHAM, 1826' and to the rear 'Bushel Imperial', bronze with cast bronze ... read more
Sold for £2,125 Result plus buyers premium More details 3
Collection of 2 Octagonal Bronze Avoir Weights
lot 293 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)
comprising of a 50lb weight engraved 'ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL' with multiple exchequer marks, and a smaller 20lb weight engraved 'BOROUGH OF PAISLEY' ... read more
Sold for £138 Result plus buyers premium More details 3
Borough of Manchester, Set of 9 Victorian Imperial Standard Capacity Measures, 1846
lot 294 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)
English, Dated 1846, each measure engraved 'BOROUGH OF MANCHESTER, DE GRAVE, SHORT & FANNER, LONDON' and numbered 953, each measure with multiple ... read more
Sold for £6,500 Result plus buyers premium More details 5
County of Lancaster Manchester, Capacity Measure, 1825
lot 295 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)
English, dated 1826, engraved 'MANCHESTER 1825, COUNTY OF LANCASTER 1869' & the the reverse 'in copperplate 'Imperial Quart' with echequer mark for ... read more
Sold for £438 Result plus buyers premium More details 6
lot 296 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)
shaped weights 1 with a hole through the top, weights 29g,35g 47g, 65g,
Estimated at £80 - £120 More details 2
Set of 7 Avoirdupois Globe Wights
lot 297 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)
English, dated 1903, engraved 'COUNTY OF HEREFORD, 2726, Avery Birmingham' with multiple exchequer marks, weights 56lb, 28lb, 14lb, 7lb, 4lb, 2lb, ... read more
Sold for £1,000 Result plus buyers premium More details 3
City of Birmingham, Set of 5 Avoirdupois Globe Wights
lot 298 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024)
English, dated 1903, engraved 'CITY OF BIRMINGHAM W & T Avery Birmingham' with multiple exchequer marks, weights 56lb, 28lb, 14lb, 7lb, 4lb, Footnote: ... read more
Sold for £650 Result plus buyers premium More details 2