Auction: Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments - 2502Location: MarlboroughDate / Time: May 01, 2010 10:00AM
Description:
Brass and Steel Pinion Drilling Engine, Germany, first half 19th century, lg. 11 1/2 in.
Note: This tool is discussed in detail in Crom #3, pp. 342-343, and pictured there in figures 700-702. Similar tools reside in the collection of the Uhren Museum in Vienna, Austria, and The Museum of the History of Science, in Oxford, England.
Estimate $300-500