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Cased Lacquered Brass Chart Compass
Lot: 331Sold for: $123$100Cased Lacquered Brass Chart Compass, 10-in. plate with beveled edges, one edge engraved with divided scale 0-110, rotating 4-in. glazed silvered compass with cardinal points in block lettering, and more ...
Cary Lacquered Brass "Captain Douglas" Pattern Protractor
Lot: 332Sold for: $800$650Cary Lacquered Brass "Captain Douglas" Pattern Protractor, London, first half 19th century, protractor scale engraved "Cary London" and "R.M. College," sector scale from 0-10, swing arm with more ...
Troughton Lacquered Brass Circumferentor
Lot: 333Sold for: $1,169$950Troughton Lacquered Brass Circumferentor, London, 6 1/4-in. dia. instrument with outer silvered scale divided 0-90 in four quadrants, 3-in. inset compass with dual bubble levels with corresponding more ...
French Compendium 7 1/4-inch Rule
Lot: 334Sold for: $185$150French Compendium 7 1/4-inch Rule, c. 1900, the Art Nouveau decorated paper-covered wood instrument with a meilograph used to measure chart distances, glazed compass, magnifying glass, metric chart more ...
John Browning Spectroscope
Lot: 335Sold for: $1,845$1,500John Browning Spectroscope, London, the horizontal disc engraved "John Browning, London," and calibrated 0-120, fine adjustment knob for vernier, dual prisms, 11-in. scope with rack-and-pinion more ...
Two Davis Derby "Biram's" Anemometers
Lot: 336Sold for: $1,169$950Two Davis Derby "Biram's" Anemometers, 19th century, a 6 1/4-in. instrument with brass fins, and frame, horizontal beam engraved "Biram's patent Anemometer/ Davis Derby 74," and dual dials, housed more ...
Two 19th Century Brass Surveyor's Transits
Lot: 337Sold for: $1,968$1,600Two 19th Century Brass Surveyor's Transits, both with 10-in. scopes, under mount levels, A-frames, dual vernier scales, and adjustable tripod mounts, housed in fitted boxes with retailer's labels, more ...
Browning & Son Lacquered Brass Theodolite
Lot: 338Sold for: $1,230$1,000Browning & Son Lacquered Brass Theodolite, Boston, first half 19th century, 12-in. dia. engraved pierced plate with outer scale from 0-360, fixed sights, marked "B. Marlin London," dual vials, more ...
Three Instruments
Lot: 339Sold for: $98$80Three Instruments, 19th/20th century, a leather-cased "H.W Hunter" dip needle, an unmarked brass 6-in. dia. protractor, and an early caliper marked "M.B." in script on the scale bar. more ...
French Military Field Compass Attributed to Houlliot
Lot: 340UnsoldFrench Military Field Compass Attributed to Houlliot, mid-19th century, 3 1/4-in. square mahogany case with scribed mirror, silvered inset compass with outer dial reading 0-360, and collapsible more ...
Four Staff or Cross-Heads
Lot: 341Sold for: $185$150Four Staff or Cross-Heads, 19th century, one with a 2 1/4-in. compass marked "Harris & Co. 50 Holborn, London," with manual adjustment knob below, a spherical-form unsigned instrument, a small 4-in. more ...
John M. Pool Surveyor's Wye Level
Lot: 342Sold for: $1,230$1,000John M. Pool Surveyor's Wye Level, Easton, Massachusetts, 16-in. scope with single bubble level mounted to underside, horizontal bar marked as above, rotating mount with four adjustable feet, in a more ...
L.J. Deleuil Folding Crystallographic Goniometer
Lot: 343Sold for: $3,444$2,800L.J. Deleuil Folding Crystallographic Goniometer, France, hinged brass protractor with divided degrees, blued-steel stabilizing arm on reverse, sliding horizontal beam with positioning arm, housed more ...
Three Cased Traveling Barometer Compendiums
Lot: 344Sold for: $554$450Three Cased Traveling Barometer Compendiums, 19th/20th century, vasiform compendium mounted to the leather-bound case marked "Jules Richard" on the barometer dial with compass above, and thermometer more ...
John Browning Lacquered Brass Spectroscope
Lot: 345Sold for: $246$200John Browning Lacquered Brass Spectroscope, 63 Strand, London, 19th century, 5-in. tube engraved as above on one side and on the other side "Grace's Spectroscope," with rack-and-pinion focusing more ...
Four 19th Century Cased Pocket Barometers
Lot: 346Sold for: $308$250Four 19th Century Cased Pocket Barometers, two with altimeter scales, a Negretti & Zambra, a Joseph Davis & Co, London, a Unger of Paris, and an unmarked example, all housed in their original more ...
Charles Augustus Schmalcalder's Telescopic Prismatic Compass
Lot: 347Sold for: $615$500Charles Augustus Schmalcalder's Telescopic Prismatic Compass, 82 Strand, London, 19th century, 3 1/2-in. dia. box with rotating or swiveling silvered scale, marked on underside name boss reading as more ...
Two Joseph Casartelli "Dickinson's" Anemometers
Lot: 348Sold for: $738$600Two Joseph Casartelli "Dickinson's" Anemometers, 43 Market St., Manchester, England, no. 485 and 498, lacquered brass instruments with silvered scale reading feet per minute, and engraved as above, more ...
French Sundial Compendium
Lot: 349Sold for: $338$275French Sundial Compendium, late 19th century, 4-in. boxwood and bone instrument marked "Brevete Cicile Larbre S.G.D.G." above the centimeter scale, hinged pinhole, inset spirit level, glazed more ...
Two Brass Heliochronometers
Lot: 350Sold for: $1,107$900Two Brass Heliochronometers, England and France, a lacquered brass instrument stamped "Pilkington & Gibbs Ltd., Preston," when month dial is rotated it swivels the single sighting vane, outer roman more ...
Elliott Bros. Geared Anemometer
Lot: 351Sold for: $584$475Elliott Bros. Geared Anemometer, 30 Strand, London, 19th century, 4 1/2-in. deep brass housing engraved as above, central shaft with geared clock-work mechanism with twin recording scales at one end more ...
Mahogany Inlaid and Beveled Glass Cased Barograph
Lot: 352Sold for: $461$375Mahogany Inlaid and Beveled Glass Cased Barograph, England, lacquered brass plate with clockwork mechanism in brass recording drum, brass-topped ink bottle, eight-cell aneroid barometer connected to more ...
Five Jules Richard's Anemometers
Lot: 353Sold for: $677$550Five Jules Richard's Anemometers, France, nickel-plated instruments with 3 1/2-in., eight-bladed fans, register dials, four housed in their original velvet-lined cases, lg. 8 to 10 in. more ...
Two Lacquered Brass French Graphometers
Lot: 354Sold for: $492$400Two Lacquered Brass French Graphometers, 19th/20th century, both with fixed sights, rotating alidades, inset compasses, and mounting staffs, one marked "Au Butterfield/Lerget/Paris," the other more ...
Unmarked Cast Iron and Brass Optical Bench
Lot: 355Sold for: $615$500Unmarked Cast Iron and Brass Optical Bench, bench consisting of a boxwood scale marked 1-37, parallel brass rods holding the six sighting pieces with different aperture and magnifying diameters, more ...
Three 19th Century Hygrometers
Lot: 356Sold for: $431$350Three 19th Century Hygrometers, London, an ivorine double scale signed at the top "Mason's Hygrometer/C.W. Dixey Optician to the Queen/3 New Bond St./London," with brass mount and lid attachment more ...
Three Negretti & Zambra Cased Hygrometers
Lot: 357Sold for: $123$100Three Negretti & Zambra Cased Hygrometers, London, 19th century, all with silvered engraved dials signed as above, the two mahogany-cased examples with collapsible mounting brackets. more ...
Seven Hydrometers and Two Boxed Spirit Beads
Lot: 358Sold for: $677$550Seven Hydrometers and Two Boxed Spirit Beads, 19th and 20th century, two Nicholson examples, an unmarked leather-cased 19th century brass example, two walnut cased spirit beads, one with interior more ...
Thomas Jones Hygrometer
Lot: 359Sold for: $461$375Thomas Jones Hygrometer, England, c. 1820, white enameled dial with outer scale reading 0-100, and reading "H. Katerinvt/Tho's Jones/124/Mount. St." lower subsidiary dial, and gold needle, housed in more ...
Two John Davis & Son's "Biram's" Boxed Anemometer
Lot: 360Sold for: $861$700Two John Davis & Son's "Biram's" Boxed Anemometer, England, 19th century, no. 943, and 379B, both with lacquered brass stands and carrying handles, silvered dials with six subsidiary dials, one with more ...