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Two W. & L.E. Gurley Geologist's Compasses
Lot: 350Sold for: $492$400Two W. & L.E. Gurley Geologist's Compasses, Troy, New York, c. 1892-1910, both with 4-in. engraved aluminum base and 3 1/2-in. engraved compass, dual spirit levels, one with dual sighting vanes and more ...
Five W. & L.E. Gurley Field Compasses
Lot: 351Sold for: $369$300Five W. & L.E. Gurley Field Compasses, Troy, New York, three plastic-cased examples, two with engraved lids reading in red "Gurley," and two magnetic hand-held compasses. Provenance: The more ...
Unmarked Cased Anemometer
Lot: 352Sold for: $554$450Unmarked Cased Anemometer, lacquered brass instrument with silvered geared wheel calibrated 0-90, propeller blade and directional blade, housed in a fitted mahogany box. Provenance: The more ...
William Gurley's Personal Copy of American Engineer's & Surveyor's Instruments and Two Other Notebooks
Lot: 353Sold for: $861$700William Gurley's Personal Copy of American Engineer's & Surveyor's Instruments and Two Other Notebooks, leather-bound copy with Gurley's gilt embossed name from 1873, and two other factory more ...
Five 1850s W. & L.E. Gurley Manuals
Lot: 354Sold for: $4,920$4,000Five 1850s W. & L.E. Gurley Manuals, from 1855, 1856, 1857, and two 1858. Provenance: The collection of William H. Skerritt. more ...
Miniature Edmund Draper Pillar Transit
Lot: 355Sold for: $1,845$1,500Miniature Edmund Draper Pillar Transit, 3-in. silvered dial engraved "Edmund Draper/Philada," dual spirit levels and vernier read out, and scale, 3 1/2-in. vertical engraved circle calibrated in more ...
Wm. J. Young Engraved Brass Sundial
Lot: 356Sold for: $1,046$850Wm. J. Young Engraved Brass Sundial, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. c. 1840-50, 10 1/4-in. engraved plate marked "Wm J. Young Maker Philadelphia," gnomon angle set at 40 degrees for the center of more ...
Rare W. J. Young Railroad Goniometer
Lot: 357Sold for: $2,583$2,100Rare W. J. Young Railroad Goniometer, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, two independently rotating 9-in. scopes with fine focusing, 4 1/4-in. engraved slivered dial reading "W.J. Young/Maker more ...
Edward Draper Transit
Lot: 358Sold for: $1,968$1,600Edward Draper Transit, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 7 1/4-in. main plate calibrated in four quadrants, rotating 6-in. dia. silvered dial engraved as above, A-frame supports with a 9-in. scope and more ...
Box of Spider Web Instruments for Producing Crosshairs
Lot: 359Sold for: $677$550Box of Spider Web Instruments for Producing Crosshairs, iron U-shaped tools for gathering spider webs, chalk inscription on top reading in part "Sept 16-4," wd. 10 1/2, lg. 10 1/2, ht. 8 1/2 in. more ...
John Alfred Brashear Telescope and Signed Photomechanical Reproduction
Lot: 360Sold for: $738$600John Alfred Brashear Telescope and Signed Photomechanical Reproduction, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, no. 45, army green-painted 3 1/2-in. scope with ocular end engraved "J.A. Brashear & Co. more ...
Edmund Draper Lacquered Brass Wye Level
Lot: 361Sold for: $554$450Edmund Draper Lacquered Brass Wye Level, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 15 1/2-in. scope with under mount level, mounted on two small "A"-frame supports, 6-in. dia. rotating horizontal plate engraved more ...
Wm. J. Young Surveyor's Transit
Lot: 362UnsoldWm. J. Young Surveyor's Transit, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 10-1/2 in. scope mounted to two "A"-frame supports, 6-in. dia. engraved horizontal dial marked "Wm. J. Young/Maker/Philadelphia," unusual more ...
Rare Heller & Brightly "Small" Mining or Reconnaissance Transit
Lot: 363Sold for: $984$800Rare Heller & Brightly "Small" Mining or Reconnaissance Transit, 7 1/4-in. telescope with spirit level below, sixty-degree vertical arc with dual verniers reading to single minutes, 3 1/2-in. black more ...
Young & Sons Mountain Solar Transit
Lot: 364Sold for: $2,460$2,000Young & Sons Mountain Solar Transit, no. 8010, c. 1907, 8 1/2-in. telescope with spirit level mounted to underside, vertical arc with mounted Smith solar attachment marked "Young & more ...
William J. Young Surveyor's Compass
Lot: 365Sold for: $492$400William J. Young Surveyor's Compass, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, lacquered brass instrument with 5 1/2-in. dia. dial marked "Wm. J. Young/Maker/Philadelphia," blued-steel needle with needle lifter more ...
James Reed & Co. No. 550 Gimbaled Surveyor's Compass
Lot: 366Sold for: $738$600James Reed & Co. No. 550 Gimbaled Surveyor's Compass, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, c. 1850, 5 1/2-in. rotating silvered dial engraved as above with interior vernier aperture and spirit level, mounted more ...
James M. Davenport Surveyor's Compass
Lot: 367Sold for: $584$475James M. Davenport Surveyor's Compass, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, c. 1830, 6 1/2-in. engraved silvered dial marked "Jams. M. Davenport Maker/Philada," blued-steel hand, eight-point rose with more ...
Young & Sons Field Clinometer
Lot: 368Sold for: $154$125Young & Sons Field Clinometer, 43 North Seventh St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 8 1/4-in. brass base with foldout, hinged arm with mounted spirit level, and hinged folding arc calibrated 0-90, more ...
Kimber Cleaver's Improved Protractor
Lot: 369Sold for: $923$750Kimber Cleaver's Improved Protractor, made by William J. Young for George Walters, 6-in. lacquered brass instrument engraved as above, "X"-frame with circular central knob that rotates the engraved more ...
Benjamin Rittenhouse Surveyor's Compass
Lot: 370Sold for: $6,150$5,000Benjamin Rittenhouse Surveyor's Compass, c. 1786, 6-in. engraved silvered dial with fleur-de-lis representing north, eight-point floral engraved rose reading "Benjamin Rittenhouse/Fecit 1786," with more ...
Large Rittenhouse Surveyor's Compass for Thomas Williams
Lot: 371Sold for: $4,613$3,750Large Rittenhouse Surveyor's Compass for Thomas Williams, 18th century, 7-in. engraved silvered dial with fleur-de-lis representing north, central cartouche reading "Fecit for Tho's Williams. more ...
Unusual William J. Young Vernier Compass
Lot: 372Sold for: $492$400Unusual William J. Young Vernier Compass, no. 9917, lacquered brass instrument with 6-in. dia. gray-silvered dial marked "Wm. J. Young/Maker Philadelphia/9917/Meridian line on Compass answers to 10 more ...
William Dean Surveyor's Compass
Lot: 373Sold for: $2,952$2,400William Dean Surveyor's Compass, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, c. 1792-97, 5 1/2-in. engraved silvered compass with fleur-de-lis representing north, central cartouche reading "Dean Philad.," more ...
Amsler & Wirtz Field Clinometer
Lot: 374Sold for: $185$150Amsler & Wirtz Field Clinometer, 211 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 9 3/4-in. lacquered brass arm with two sighting vanes and spirit level with triple apertures, ball-and-socket more ...
Thomas Biggs Vernier Compass
Lot: 375Sold for: $677$550Thomas Biggs Vernier Compass, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, first quarter 19th century, lacquered brass instrument with 6-in. dia. silvered dial marked "Thomas Biggs/Philadelphia," (lacking more ...
William J. Young Vernier Compass
Lot: 376Sold for: $461$375William J. Young Vernier Compass, no. 3951, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, c. 1866, lacquered brass instrument with 6-in. dia. dial marked "Wm. J. Yung/Maker/Philadelphia/no 3951," blued-steel needle more ...
William J. Young Surveyor's Compass
Lot: 377Sold for: $492$400William J. Young Surveyor's Compass, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, c. 1830-40, lacquered brass instrument with 6-in. dia. brass dial marked "W.J. Young/Maker/Philadelphia/Patent," blued-steel needle more ...
Charles T. Amsler Vernier Compass
Lot: 378Sold for: $431$350Charles T. Amsler Vernier Compass, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 5 1/2-in. brass engraved dial marked as above, with outkeeper, (lacking needle),and glass housing, lg. 14 in. Note: Charles T. more ...
Wm. J. Young Improved Compass with Gimballed Vanes
Lot: 379Sold for: $1,476$1,200Wm. J. Young Improved Compass with Gimballed Vanes, no. 3539, c. 1860, stationary 6-in. dia. compass engraved "Wm. J. Young Maker/Philadelphia/3539," internal vernier with scale reading to minutes, more ...