Auction: Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments - 2345Location: BostonDate / Time: July 29, 2006 10:00AM
Description:
Lacquered-Brass Gyroscope by Newton & Co., engraved Newton & Co., 3 Fleet St., London, with 3-inch dia. flywheel on steel axis, brass ring with screw-thread positioning, and adjustable pillar on circular base, ht. 10 in., in fitted mahogany case with two weights, handle and green maker's label of Newton & Co., Opticians and Scientific Instrument Makers, 3 Fleet St., London.
Estimate $1,000-1,500