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Surgeon's Set
Lot: 156Sold for: $2,115$1,800Surgeon's Set, probably England, first half 19th century, with cross-hatched ebony handles, capital saw, metacarpal saw, five Liston knives by Helmold and Wiegand & Snowden, part gigli saw, more ...
Sikes Hydrometer
Lot: 158Sold for: $176$150Sikes Hydrometer, by Loftus, London, with weights and thermometer in mahogany case, a pair of proportional dividers and other drawing more ...
Graduated Set of Seven Pewter Standard Measures
Lot: 159Sold for: $353$300Graduated Set of Seven Pewter Standard Measures, France, 19th century, with maker's mark of Maison Lesseigneur, Deverre Sucr., Caen, for liter through centiliter, with hinged lids, handles and more ...
Set of Six Standard Tin Fluid Measures
Lot: 160Sold for: $206$175Set of Six Standard Tin Fluid Measures, 19th century, by Chavagnat, Paris, liter through centiliter, ht. to 7 1/2 more ...
British Lacquered-Brass Standard Metre
Lot: 161Sold for: $235$200British Lacquered-Brass Standard Metre, by Reverifications Ltd., Aylesbury, No. 11522, for the County Borough of Hastings, with engraved scale, magnifier on rail, and twin handles, in carrying more ...
Oak Personal Weighing Machine by W. & T. Avery Ltd.
Lot: 162Sold for: $176$150Oak Personal Weighing Machine by W. & T. Avery Ltd., Birmingham, with brass arm divided 0-14 lb., small arm divided 4-16 oz., side mounted circular pan, hinged weight shelf, telescoping brass height more ...
Precision Balance by Sartorius
Lot: 163Sold for: $176$150Precision Balance by Sartorius, No. 51324, with exterior control rod and glazed case, wd. 15 1/2 in., and a cased set of more ...
Hanging Spring-Scale by John Chatillon & Sons, New York
Lot: 164Sold for: $176$150Hanging Spring-Scale by John Chatillon & Sons, New York, with painted dial, 30-pound capacity, 1884 patent date, and suspended circular white enamel pan, ht. 34 more ...
McGrew Computing Scale
Lot: 166Sold for: $118$100McGrew Computing Scale, St. Louis, c. 1900, No. 4465, with marble square pan, scoop pan, and three scale arms with sliding and hanging weights, on marbleized metal base, wd. 18 more ...
Avery Counter-Top 1-Pound Shop Scale
Lot: 167Sold for: $206$175Avery Counter-Top 1-Pound Shop Scale, No. 50061, with black-painted body, brass pan and bubble level; and a Chatillon advertising spring-scale for more ...
Fairbanks Grain Scale
Lot: 168Sold for: $499$425Fairbanks Grain Scale, with patent date of 1898, with brass un-equal arm divided 0-950 lbs. by 50s and hanging weights on wood base with twin cast-iron fluted column supports, wd. 63 more ...
Various Instruments
Lot: 169Sold for: $235$200Various Instruments, including a chemist's portable scale in mahogany case and a dental gas more ...
Standard Beam Balance by Gurley
Lot: 170Sold for: $118$100Standard Beam Balance by Gurley, with silver-painted aluminum frame, scale to 100 oz., folding tripod stand with 1913 patent date, and eight fitted nickeled weights, in fitted carrying case, wd. 16 more ...
Two "Lyre-Top" Balances
Lot: 171Sold for: $353$300Two "Lyre-Top" Balances, one by Avery, with brass column support on cast iron base, ht. 33 in.; the other of cast-aluminum with baluster support and wood more ...
Avery 10-Pound Balance
Lot: 172Sold for: $264$225Avery 10-Pound Balance, with circular ceramic and brass pans, brass lattice beam and column support with cast-iron lyre top and circular base, ht. 34 more ...
Brass Balance by Avery
Lot: 173Sold for: $118$100Brass Balance by Avery, England, early 20th century, with circular pans and baluster-turned support, on mahogany base, wd. 20 more ...
Brass Balance by DeGrave & Co.
Lot: 174Sold for: $499$425Brass Balance by DeGrave & Co., London, c. 1840, with lattice beam, twin circular pans, each with Arabic inspection stamps, setting lever, pillar support, and tripod stand with inswept feet, ht. 24 more ...
Silver-Plated Postal Scale
Lot: 177Sold for: $47$40Silver-Plated Postal Scale, by Wilcox, with circular pan and dial for 10 oz., (plate worn, lacking adjustment knob),ht. 3 1/2 more ...
Folding Guinea Balance
Lot: 178Sold for: $59$50Folding Guinea Balance, England, early 19th century, with fold-over weight, sliding cursor, and instructions, in hinged mahogany case, (lacking pan),wd. 5 1/2 more ...
French Pocket Balance
Lot: 179Sold for: $176$150French Pocket Balance, late 18th/early 19th century, with brass balance, weights, and chamois-lined fitted and shaped leather case, wd. 5 1/2 more ...
Nest of Nuremburg Cup Weights
Lot: 180Sold for: $382$325Nest of Nuremburg Cup Weights, 17th century, with Pascal Lamb mark of S. Kuntzel and possible date stamp of (16)89, for 128 French Crowns, the swing handle in the form of two beast heads, the more ...
Nest of Cup Weights
Lot: 181Sold for: $323$275Nest of Cup Weights, dated 1791, but possibly 19th century, the keeper with geometric designs, the lid stamped with numerous letters, containing ten weights, ht. 6 more ...
Wrought-Iron Steelyard
Lot: 183Sold for: $323$275Wrought-Iron Steelyard, probably German, 17th/18th century, with beast-head ends, and ornately wrought hooks, divided 3-10-40 and 40-0-100-150, lg. 22 in.Provenance: The Higgins Armory Museum, more ...
Various Wrought-Iron Tools
Lot: 183ASold for: $59$50Various Wrought-Iron Tools, including a 43-inch long balance arm, a 47-inch long steelyard arm, another steelyard, and shears.Provenance: The Higgins Armory Museum, Worcester, more ...
A Diagram Exhibiting the Difference of Time Between the Places Shown & Washington
Lot: 184Sold for: $235$200A Diagram Exhibiting the Difference of Time Between the Places Shown & Washington by A.A. Johnson, New York, hand-colored lithograph, depicting a watchface for Washington surrounded by one hundred more ...
Turner, A.J.
Lot: 185Sold for: $118$100Turner, A.J., The Time Museum, Time Measuring Instruments, Rockford, Illinois, 1985, more ...
Eleven Books on Sundials
Lot: 186Sold for: $353$300Eleven Books on Sundials, including Zinner and more ...
Approximately Twenty-five Books on Horology.
Lot: 187Sold for: $264$225Approximately Twenty-five Books on more ...
Bank Vault Timer Mechanism
Lot: 188Sold for: $118$100Bank Vault Timer Mechanism, No. 2337, with spring movement and circular enamel wheel for 72 hours, ht. 3 more ...