26th Apr, 2019 12:00
Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science & Medicine
A Rotating Cylinder Calculating Machine
c.1890, English/American, embossed with 'THE YAXLEY NUMEROMETER PAT. APPLIED FOR', constructed of black polished wood with tin plate back, glazed front with embossed brass frame with windows for numbers, each column rotatable via ebonite knobs to base, with 5 cylinders of numbers and one cylinder of fractions, 18cm wide
Sold for £240
Result plus buyers premium
c.1890, English/American, embossed with 'THE YAXLEY NUMEROMETER PAT. APPLIED FOR', constructed of black polished wood with tin plate back, glazed front with embossed brass frame with windows for numbers, each column rotatable via ebonite knobs to base, with 5 cylinders of numbers and one cylinder of fractions, 18cm wide
Auction: Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science & Medicine, 26th Apr, 2019
