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SOLD Lot 201 - A Large Cabinet of Geological & Chemical Microscope Slides

A Large Cabinet of Geological & Chemical Microscope Slides

lot 201 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)

A Large Cabinet of Geological Microscope Slides with 5 drawers containing chemical samples, Cabinet, English, c.1920, with a label for 'BECK LONDON ... read more

Sold for £10,625    Result plus buyers premium More details 30  

SOLD Lot 202 - A Large Cabinet of Microscope Slides

A Large Cabinet of Microscope Slides

lot 202 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)

A Large Cabinet of Microscope Slides, Cabinet, English, late victorian, unsigned but in the style of 'Smith & Beck (note handle design), with 28 ... read more

Sold for £9,000    Result plus buyers premium More details 30  

SOLD Lot 203 - A Microscope Slide Cabinet Containing an Extensive collection of A. C. Cole Slides

A Microscope Slide Cabinet Containing an Extensive collection of A. C. Cole Slides

lot 203 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)

English, 3/4 19th Century, unsigned but similar to ones signed by Smith & Beck, constructed of French polished mahogany on plinth base, glazed door ... read more

Sold for £6,000    Result plus buyers premium More details 29  

SOLD Lot 204 - A Collection of J. T. Normans Original Microscope Specimens

A Collection of J. T. Normans Original Microscope Specimens

lot 204 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)

Comprising of two wooden cases the first containing dry specimens to be mounted and made up into microscope slides, consisting of various glass ... read more

Sold for £375    Result plus buyers premium More details 5  

SOLD Lot 205 - A Collection of 24 Microscope Slides

A Collection of 24 Microscope Slides

lot 205 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)

the set comprising of various slides and 11 microphotographs all by Andrew Reeve (A.R.) including the Lords Prayer Containing 280 Letters; Nothing ... read more

Sold for £500    Result plus buyers premium More details 1  

SOLD Lot 206 - Three Rare Autochrome Photomicrograph Glass Stereoviews

Three Rare Autochrome Photomicrograph Glass Stereoviews

lot 206 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)

c.1915, attributed to H Taviner, a rare combination of these three technologies; arranged scales of sole, no label; a mite of some species, Latin ... read more

Sold for £225    Result plus buyers premium More details 1  

SOLD Lot 207 - An Victorian Microscopist's Slide Preparation Set

An Victorian Microscopist's Slide Preparation Set

lot 207 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)

c.1865-1867, by Smith Beck & Beck/R & J Beck, fitted mahogany case with lock and key, containig hand-blown bottles with ground glass cover stoppers ... read more

Sold for £625    Result plus buyers premium More details 2  

SOLD Lot 208 - A Powell & Lealand Brass Objective Lens

A Powell & Lealand Brass Objective Lens

lot 208 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)

English, c.1870, the objective engraved 'Powell & Lealand', objective with RMS thread and correction collar, in can engraved 1/12

Sold for £150    Result plus buyers premium More details 1  

SOLD Lot 209 - A Large Aplanatic Microscope Bench Condenser

A Large Aplanatic Microscope Bench Condenser

lot 209 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)

English, c.1900, unsigned but identical to the ones produced by Watson & Sons, 313 High Holborn, London, on heavy lead filled brass base with ... read more

Sold for £200    Result plus buyers premium More details 1  

SOLD Lot 210 - A Substantial Brass Microscope Lamp

A Substantial Brass Microscope Lamp

lot 210 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)

English ,c.1880, unsigned, standing on a large cast brass foot with tall column supporting the lamp on geared adjustment for height and side to side ... read more

Sold for £562    Result plus buyers premium More details 4  

Physics Glassware

lot 211 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)

English, c.1900, heavy-gauge hand-blown glass bulb with label which reads ' For demonstration of I2 fluorescence bulb diameter 11.5cm Footnote: this ... read more

Estimated at £60 - £80 More details 1  

SOLD Lot 212 - A Brass Telescope (?) Micrometer Eyepiece

A Brass Telescope (?) Micrometer Eyepiece

lot 212 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)

English, c.1890, engraved 'A Hilger London', geared movement with two micrometer wheels, adjustment wheel to rear, glass window to inside of ... read more

Sold for £625    Result plus buyers premium More details 2  

SOLD Lot 213 - Very Large Field X-Ray Induction Coil

Very Large Field X-Ray Induction Coil

lot 213 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)

English, c.1910, signed on a plaque to the inside of the lid 'Harry W Cox Ltd, Actual Makers of X-Ray & Wireless Telegraph Apparatus, 9, 10 & 11 ... read more

Sold for £266    Result plus buyers premium More details 3  

SOLD Lot 214 - A Fine 19th Century Polariscope, Duboscq

A Fine 19th Century Polariscope, Duboscq

lot 214 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)

French, c.1860, signed in script J Duboscq a Paris, polariscope body with large goniometer eyepiece silvered scale long lacquered brass body with ... read more

Sold for £350    Result plus buyers premium More details 3  

SOLD Lot 215 - A Victorian Induction Coil

A Victorian Induction Coil

lot 215 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)

English, c.1890, signed 'APPS, 433 Strand, LONDON, PATENT 683' blue velvet-covered secondary coil with vulcanite ends, lacquered brass terminals and ... read more

Sold for £438    Result plus buyers premium More details 5  

SOLD Lot 216 - A Collection of Crookes Tubes

A Collection of Crookes Tubes

lot 216 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)

comprising of 2 Maltese Cross tubes, a Crookes tube and a railway Tube (4)

Sold for £212    Result plus buyers premium More details 1  

SOLD Lot 217 - A  Wimshurst Electrostatic Machine by Bing

A Wimshurst Electrostatic Machine by Bing

lot 217 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)

c.1900, German, unsigned, enamelled cast iron base, glass leyden jars, belt-driven 21cm contra-rotating twin ebonite disks with all nickel plated ... read more

Sold for £375    Result plus buyers premium More details 1  

SOLD Lot 218 - A Collection of Prisms & Liquid Prisms in Two Cases

A Collection of Prisms & Liquid Prisms in Two Cases

lot 218 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)

the two polished wooden cases each with four velvet-lined compartments containing various prisms along with a liquid prism held together with brass ... read more

Sold for £225    Result plus buyers premium More details 3  

SOLD Lot 219 - A Quartz Spectrograph Camera, by Hilger, London

A Quartz Spectrograph Camera, by Hilger, London

lot 219 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)

English, c.1900, signed along the collimator tube 'ADAM HILGER LTD LONDON ENGLAND', on a cast iron base painted in grey lacquer with three brass ... read more

Sold for £375    Result plus buyers premium More details 3  

SOLD Lot 220 - A Rare 'Dr. G. Johnstone Stoney's Improved Heliostat', By Watson & Sons

A Rare 'Dr. G. Johnstone Stoney's Improved Heliostat', By Watson & Sons

lot 220 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)

English, c.1890, signed to a plaque on the base 'W. Watson & Sons, Manufacturers, 313 High Holborn, London', the base constructed of French polised ... read more

Sold for £750    Result plus buyers premium More details 6  

SOLD Lot 221 - An Abbe Pattern Spectrometer by Carl Zeiss Jena

An Abbe Pattern Spectrometer by Carl Zeiss Jena

lot 221 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)

German, c.1900, signed on the body telescopes and micrometers 'CARL ZEISS JENS' and numbered 1510, on a large and heavy cast iron base with brass ... read more

Sold for £525    Result plus buyers premium More details 5  

SOLD Lot 222 - A "South Kensington Type" No.1 Table Spectrometer, by Hilger, London

A "South Kensington Type" No.1 Table Spectrometer, by Hilger, London

lot 222 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)

English, c.1900, signed to the edge of the divided circle 'A Hilger London', on large cast-iron tripod, with 6" diameter divided scale with vernier ... read more

Sold for £94    Result plus buyers premium More details 2  

SOLD Lot 223 - An Unusual Item for Focusing a Spectroscope Collimator, by Hilger

An Unusual Item for Focusing a Spectroscope Collimator, by Hilger

lot 223 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)

English, c.1900, engraved 'A. HILGER LONDON' and engraved to the top 'TELESCOPE' constructed of lacquered brass with two glass prisms held in place ... read more

Sold for £162    Result plus buyers premium More details 2  

SOLD Lot 224 - Brass Dip Circle

Brass Dip Circle

lot 224 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)

English, c.1900, signed to the base 'BECKER, HATTON WALL, LONDON', on three adjustable screw feet, base with single spirit level, vertical dial with ... read more

Sold for £400    Result plus buyers premium More details 1  

SOLD Lot 225 - A Demonstration Polariscope and slides

A Demonstration Polariscope and slides

lot 225 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)

English, c.1900, unmarked, case opens and forms the base of the apparatus, with fold up brass bound Nicol Prism on a stand facing a glass stack ... read more

Sold for £200    Result plus buyers premium More details 1  

SOLD Lot 226 - A Cased Crookes' Spinthariscope

A Cased Crookes' Spinthariscope

lot 226 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)

English, c.1903, engraved to one side of the lacquered body, 'Spinthariscope, W. Crookes' and 'W Watson & Sons Ltd, London' to the other, with ... read more

Sold for £125    Result plus buyers premium More details 1  

SOLD Lot 227 - X-Ray Tube & Holder

X-Ray Tube & Holder

lot 227 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)

German, c.1900, the hand blown X-ray tube unmarked, articulated wooden stand stamped 'F E Beker, 14 Maiden Lane, London W.C.',tube length

Sold for £250    Result plus buyers premium More details 2  

SOLD Lot 228 - Induction Coil Electromagnetic Breaker

Induction Coil Electromagnetic Breaker

lot 228 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)

German, c.1910, plaque signed 'Paul Shultz, Kothen-Anh', on cast iron & lacquered brass stand, wooden board with electromagnetic breaker, 23cm tall

Sold for £162    Result plus buyers premium More details 1  

SOLD Lot 229 - A Large Geissler Tube Rotating Electric Motor

A Large Geissler Tube Rotating Electric Motor

lot 229 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)

German, C.1900, unsigned, turned wooden base with terminals for low voltage to motor and high voltage to Geissler tube, brass column supports soft ... read more

Sold for £1,150    Result plus buyers premium More details 2  

SOLD Lot 230 - Electrical Experiment Set, Meiser & Mertg

Electrical Experiment Set, Meiser & Mertg

lot 230 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)

German, c.1895, the wooden box with lithographed trade label applied to the lid opening to a variety or electrostatic apparatus including a ... read more

Sold for £1,250    Result plus buyers premium More details 5  

SOLD Lot 231 - A Large and Impressive Laboratory Burning Glass

A Large and Impressive Laboratory Burning Glass

lot 231 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)

French, c.1880, unsigned, on large tri-form cast iron foot, with tall upright column finished in lacquered grey oxide, with single drawer and locking ... read more

Sold for £812    Result plus buyers premium More details 4  

SOLD Lot 232 - An Early 18th Century Lignum Vitae Telescope

An Early 18th Century Lignum Vitae Telescope

lot 232 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)

English, c.1750, unsigned, body turned from Lignum Vitae, fixed focus with lenses held in situe with brass clips, with later replacement brass caps ... read more

Sold for £325    Result plus buyers premium More details 3  

A Didactic Galilean Telescope

lot 233 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)

late 19th century, adjustable concave eyepiece and convex objective lens in lacquered brass mounts, on printed representation of the lenses and light ... read more

Estimated at £250 - £350 More details 1  

SOLD Lot 234 - 2in Library Telescope

2in Library Telescope

lot 234 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)

English, c.1820, engraved around the eyepiece 'Gilbert & Son, London' telescope with mahogany body with internal rack and pinion focusing, lens cap, ... read more

Sold for £525    Result plus buyers premium More details 3  

SOLD Lot 235 - A 2in Library Brass Telescope

A 2in Library Brass Telescope

lot 235 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)

English, c.1860, unsigned but with a letter of instructions pasted to the inside of the case lid for Negretti & Zambra, the telescope constructed ... read more

Sold for £338    Result plus buyers premium More details 1  

SOLD Lot 236 - A Large 2 3/4in Brass Library Telescope

A Large 2 3/4in Brass Library Telescope

lot 236 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)

English, c.1840, engraved around the eyepiece 'CARY LONDON' the telescope with rack and pinion focusing, star finder, adjustable support with rack ... read more

Sold for £562    Result plus buyers premium More details 2  

SOLD Lot 237 - 18th Century Reflecting Telescope

18th Century Reflecting Telescope

lot 237 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)

English, c.1780, the telescope with 2 1/2 inch tube with fine screw focus to the secondary mirror, 2 shaped wing nuts secure the body to the tripod ... read more

Sold for £1,375    Result plus buyers premium More details 4  

SOLD Lot 238 - A Fine Collection of Polariscope Selenite  Magic Lantern Slides

A Fine Collection of Polariscope Selenite Magic Lantern Slides

lot 238 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)

English, c.1890, collection of 21 selenite images in black paper borders titles include Selenite Irregular, Quill, Mica Irregular, Mica Crossed, ... read more

Sold for £500    Result plus buyers premium More details 9  

SOLD Lot 239 - Unusually Large early 19th Century Zograscope

Unusually Large early 19th Century Zograscope

lot 239 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)

English, c.1820, unmarked, constructed of French polished mahogany, large circular base with turned column, lens to front panel, mirror to rear with ... read more

Sold for £562    Result plus buyers premium More details 3  

SOLD Lot 240 - A Set of 12 Hand Painted Natural History Magic Lantern Slides

A Set of 12 Hand Painted Natural History Magic Lantern Slides

lot 240 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)

English, c.1860, unmarked, the slides in mahogany frames with 4 hand-painted images of animals, including a Dodo, Tiger, Rhino, Wolf, Elephant Lion ... read more

Sold for £94    Result plus buyers premium More details 2  

SOLD Lot 241 - A Set of 12 Hand Painted Astronomy Magic Lantern Slides

A Set of 12 Hand Painted Astronomy Magic Lantern Slides

lot 241 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)

English, c.1860, unmarked, the slides in mahogany frames with hand-painted images including a comet, Saturn, a slip-slide to show the process of a ... read more

Sold for £262    Result plus buyers premium More details 2  

SOLD Lot 242 - A Cosmorama Stereoscope

A Cosmorama Stereoscope

lot 242 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)

English, c.1855, unmarked but similar to those by Knight, Foster lane, London, in French polished mahogany, with ground glass screen and mirror for ... read more

Sold for £400    Result plus buyers premium More details 3  

SOLD Lot 243 - Large Zoetrope

Large Zoetrope

lot 243 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)

French(?), c.1880, unsigned, 32cm diameter tinplate drum finished in black paint, on turned polished wooden stand, with 10 picture reels, height 38cm

Sold for £300    Result plus buyers premium More details 11  

SOLD Lot 244 - An Anamorphic image and Silver Viewer

An Anamorphic image and Silver Viewer

lot 244 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)

English, the viewer hallmarked for London 1997, the viewer made from silver with turned wooden ends, the picture printed and lacquered, viewer height ... read more

Sold for £225    Result plus buyers premium More details 1  

French 19th Century Shadow Theatre

lot 245 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)

French, c.1880, by 'SAUSSINE, Editeur, PARIS' in paper covered wooden box with elaborate label to lid, stage with transparent fabric window, several ... read more

Estimated at £150 - £250 More details 1  

SOLD Lot 246 - Case of 20 Frith's Photoscopic Pictures

Case of 20 Frith's Photoscopic Pictures

lot 246 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)

English, c.1870, each printed to the front 'FRITHS' PHOTOSCOPIC PICTURES CONTINENTAL VIEWS' with the description in pen to the reverse, cards 19cm x ... read more

Sold for £325    Result plus buyers premium More details 1  

French Praxinoscope

lot 247 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)

French, c.1900, lable printed 'Le Praxinoscope Lebenstrad', the 22cm dia. black painted tinplate drum on a turned wood base with label, candle holder, ... read more

Estimated at £200 - £300 More details 2  

SOLD Lot 248 - A Very Large Zoetrope Built for an Exhibition

A Very Large Zoetrope Built for an Exhibition

lot 248 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)

English, c.1990, built for an exhibition, constructed of sheet steel painted and pop riveted on a large wooden stand, with two film reels, diameter ... read more

Sold for £150    Result plus buyers premium More details 2  

SOLD Lot 249 - Table Stereo Viewer

Table Stereo Viewer

lot 249 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)

French, c.1910, with plaque for 'Stereoscope Magnetique PLANOX, DEPOSE', stereoviewer with rack and pinion focusing to stereo eyepieces, internal ... read more

Sold for £525    Result plus buyers premium More details 3  

SOLD Lot 250 - An Achromatic Stereoscope

An Achromatic Stereoscope

lot 250 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)

English, c.1860, serial no. 913, signed around the eyepieces 'Achromatic Smith, Beck & Beck and Stereoscope, 6 Coleman St London', viewer with ... read more

Sold for £475    Result plus buyers premium More details 4  

SOLD Lot 251 - A Fine Pair of Newton & Co Phantasmagoria Dissolving Magic Lanterns

A Fine Pair of Newton & Co Phantasmagoria Dissolving Magic Lanterns

lot 251 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)

circa 1880, complete with two brass lenses, folding fan dissolve, two chimneys, two wooden slide changers and the original wooden box with mounting ... read more

Sold for £625    Result plus buyers premium More details 18  

SOLD Lot 252 - A Part Set of Mechanical Astronomical Magic Lantern Slides

A Part Set of Mechanical Astronomical Magic Lantern Slides

lot 252 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)

English, c.1880, stamped 'BAKER OPTICIAN, 244 HOLBORN, OPPOSIT DAY & MARTINS', the set consisting of slides labeled as No.1, The Solar System shewing ... read more

Sold for £850    Result plus buyers premium More details 1  

SOLD Lot 253 - A Lanternoscope Magic Lantern Slide Viewer, Adams

A Lanternoscope Magic Lantern Slide Viewer, Adams

lot 253 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)

English, c.1890, signed to a round ivorine ( a cellulose based artificial material) plaque 'THE PANTOSCOPE, ADAMS & CO LONDON, Rd, No182910', ... read more

Sold for £620    Result plus buyers premium More details 2  

SOLD Lot 254 - A Camera Obscura

A Camera Obscura

lot 254 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)

Possibly German, c.1770, unsigned, constructed of polished vernier over an oak body, pullout focusing pasteboard tube with lens in a turned fruitwood ... read more

Sold for £2,375    Result plus buyers premium More details 3  

SOLD Lot 255 - A Victorian Brass Kaleidoscope

A Victorian Brass Kaleidoscope

lot 255 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)

English, c.1860, unsigned constructed of lacquered brass with an eyepiece to one end, internal mirrors, coloured glass to the far end behind a ground ... read more

Sold for £500    Result plus buyers premium More details 8  

SOLD Lot 256 - A Small French Stereo Graphoscope

A Small French Stereo Graphoscope

lot 256 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)

French, c.1880, stamped 'BREVETE S.G.D.G.' the French polished case opening to reveal the viewer laying flat, with fold-up lens holder, support leg ... read more

Sold for £150    Result plus buyers premium More details 1  

SOLD Lot 257 - An Unusual Victorian Winding Panorama or Crankie

An Unusual Victorian Winding Panorama or Crankie

lot 257 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)

English, c.1850, unsigned, the French polished oak case with gothic brass strapping with hinged double-sided lid, with glass window above printed ... read more

Sold for £938    Result plus buyers premium More details 5  

SOLD Lot 258 - A Fine Gothic Brass Bound Brewster-Pattern Stereo Viewer

A Fine Gothic Brass Bound Brewster-Pattern Stereo Viewer

lot 258 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)

English, c.1860, plaque to underside but too worn to read, viewer constructed of French polished burr walnut with engraved gothic brass strapping to ... read more

Sold for £625    Result plus buyers premium More details 2  

SOLD Lot 259 - A Large Brass Camera Lucida, Harris

A Large Brass Camera Lucida, Harris

lot 259 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)

English, 1830, signed in script to the side of the clamp ,Thos Harris & Sons, Opticians to the Royal Family, 52 Gt Russel St Bloomsbury ', the lucida ... read more

Sold for £325    Result plus buyers premium More details 2  

SOLD Lot 260 - A Lanternoscope Magic Lantern Slide Viewer

A Lanternoscope Magic Lantern Slide Viewer

lot 260 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)

English, c. 1890, in mahogany and nickel-plated brass with leather bellows, with locking focus adjustment, plaque engraved ' Tylar's Leanternoscope ... read more

Sold for £812    Result plus buyers premium More details 3  

SOLD Lot 261 - A Brass Camera Lucida

A Brass Camera Lucida

lot 261 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)

English, c.1880, unsigned, the lucida constructed of lacquered brass with a screw table clamp, steadying rods, two drawer support rod, viewing prism ... read more

Sold for £275    Result plus buyers premium More details 4  

SOLD Lot 262 - A Camera Lucida

A Camera Lucida

lot 262 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)

English, c.1900, the lucida constructed of lacquered & black brass with a screw table clamp, steadying rod, two drawer support rod with rack and ... read more

Sold for £325    Result plus buyers premium More details 1  

SOLD Lot 263 - Frith's Cosmoscope Viewer

Frith's Cosmoscope Viewer

lot 263 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)

English, c.1860, unsigned but identical to others by Frith, the case exterior finished in French polished Figured walnut with an inlaid brass and MOP ... read more

Sold for £1,000    Result plus buyers premium More details 2  

SOLD Lot 264 - A Folder of Frith's Photo Pictures, Series. 1

A Folder of Frith's Photo Pictures, Series. 1

lot 264 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)

English, c.1880, title on the folder reads 'FRITH'S PHOTO PICTURES, SERIES. 1' comprising of a collection of  collection of 12 albumen print views ... read more

Sold for £238    Result plus buyers premium More details 2  

SOLD Lot 265 - A Camera Obscura

A Camera Obscura

lot 265 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)

French, mid 19th Century paper label to top reads 'Optisch Teekentoestel, Deventer A. Tjaden' a reflex camera obscura with grained paper-covered card ... read more

Sold for £1,000    Result plus buyers premium More details 4  

SOLD Lot 266 - Childs Toy Magic Lantern

Childs Toy Magic Lantern

lot 266 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)

German, c.1880, Jean Schoenner, tinplate construction with Brass cast feet, brass & tin chimney, lens and slides, in maker's fitted box with ... read more

Sold for £38    Result plus buyers premium More details 1  

SOLD Lot 267 - A Roul'Scope Praxinoscope

A Roul'Scope Praxinoscope

lot 267 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)

French, c.1900, the printed label to the top reads 'ROUL'SCOPE' the viewer constructed of painted tinplate, with a series of mirrors to the inside, ... read more

Sold for £625    Result plus buyers premium More details 1  

SOLD Lot 268 - A Victorian Brass Kaleidoscope

A Victorian Brass Kaleidoscope

lot 268 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)

English, c.1860, unsigned, constructed of brass with plane eyepice, internal mirrors, coloured glass behind etched window, length 17.8cm

Sold for £200    Result plus buyers premium More details 7  

A Victorian Mahogany & Pasteboard Kaleidoscope

lot 269 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)

possibly English, c.1860, unmarked, with turned mahogany ends, with conical pasteboard body covered in paper, the plane eyepiece, internal mirrors ... read more

Estimated at £100 - £150 More details 7  

SOLD Lot 270 - Late Victorian Wooden Conical Kaleidoscope

Late Victorian Wooden Conical Kaleidoscope

lot 270 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)

English, c.1900, unmarked, constructed of turned French polished mahogany with plane eyepiece, conical body, internal mirrors, couloured glass behind ... read more

Sold for £138    Result plus buyers premium More details 8  

SOLD Lot 271 - An Early Victorian Hexagonal Kaleidoscope

An Early Victorian Hexagonal Kaleidoscope

lot 271 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)

European, c.1840, unmarked, possibly constructed from French walnut, eyepiece made from turned wood, with Frenchpolished hexagonal body, internal ... read more

Sold for £200    Result plus buyers premium More details 2  

SOLD Lot 272 - A Small Collection of Novelty Stanhope Viewers

A Small Collection of Novelty Stanhope Viewers

lot 272 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)

comprising of a miniature pair of binoculars in a leather-covered silk-lined case marked 'Henry Pidduck, 24 St Anns Square, Manchester, with a view ... read more

Sold for £112    Result plus buyers premium More details 1  

A Vintage Ring-a-Ring of Roses Kaleidoscope

lot 273 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)

with polychrome embossed leather label featuring children at play, set in the lid of the original red leather case c.1900, the case 27.5 cm W

Estimated at £100 - £200 More details 3  

SOLD Lot 274 - A Collection of Surveying Equipment & Drawing Instrument Catalogues

A Collection of Surveying Equipment & Drawing Instrument Catalogues

lot 274 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)

Comprising Thirty-Second "P" Edition Catalogue of W. F. Stanley & Co Ltd, printed 1931, red cloth-covered boards with gold lettering, Octavo (8vo), ... read more

Sold for £62    Result plus buyers premium More details 1  

SOLD Lot 275 - A T. Cooke & Sons, Trade Catalogue

A T. Cooke & Sons, Trade Catalogue

lot 275 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)

title" T. Cooke & Sons', Limited, Illustrated Catalogue of Surveying Instruments Etc, 1902, also at Cape Town & Shanghai, printed by Ben Johnson & ... read more

Sold for £75    Result plus buyers premium More details 3  

SOLD Lot 276 - Crookes, William,Radiant Matter

Crookes, William,Radiant Matter

lot 276 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)

Crookes, Prof. William, Title '"Radiant Matter" A Resume of the Principle Lectures and Papers of Prof. William Crookes on the "Fourth State of Matter' ... read more

Sold for £250    Result plus buyers premium More details 8  

Deutsche medicinische Wochenschrift, 1896, The first papers on the application of Röntgen or X rays in medicine

lot 277 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)

Leather bound collection of Deutsche medicinische Wochenschrift journals for 1896 containing many original articles and countless communications ... read more

Estimated at £400 - £600 More details 11  

An Archive of Period Articles Concerning Madame Curie

lot 278 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)

Comprising of , Scientific American, printed New York, 5th Nov 1904, with an article by Daniel Bellet discussing the discovery of Radium, folio. ... read more

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Röntgen WC, Exner S. Uber eine Anwendung des Eiscalorimeters zur Besttimmung der intensität der Sonnenstrahlung

lot 279 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)

Offprint, Original yellow paper wrappers, , published ‘Wien, Aus Der, K. K. Hof – Und Staatsdruckerei, In Commisson Bei Gerold’s Sohn, Buchhandler ... read more

Estimated at £200 - £300 More details 5  

An Autographed Letter and Archive of Period Articles Concerning William Crookes

lot 280 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)

comprising: An autograph letter dated 25 November 1882, Signed to Mr Barrett concerning the return of his own son from Glasgow and their intended ... read more

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Dr. William D. Coolidge, Signed Image

lot 281 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)

card mounted article concerning Dr. William D. Coolidge from Modern Medicine, February 12th 1968 signed and dated below on the card backing, the ... read more

Estimated at £80 - £120 More details 1  

Eine neue Art von Strahlen [About a new kind of rays]

lot 282 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)

Offprint of Rontgen's announcement of the discovery of the X-ray, Original paper wrappers, first issue of the "2. Auflage," with the wrappers of the ... read more

Estimated at £2,000 - £5,000 More details 4  

SOLD Lot 283 - Pierre and Marie Curie in their laboratory, from Le Petit Parisien

Pierre and Marie Curie in their laboratory, from Le Petit Parisien

lot 283 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)

Front page of the newspaper "Le Petit Parisien" on January 10th 1904 with a drawing representing Pierre and Marie Curie in their laboratory, folio

Sold for £225    Result plus buyers premium More details 1  

An Archive of Period Articles Concerning X-rays

lot 284 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)

Comprising: The practical engineer, 1896. Vol 13. Jan-June. Manchester, article entitled “The new photography”. February the 21st of 1896. Talking ... read more

Estimated at £200 - £400 More details 2  

SOLD Lot 285 - Bacon's New Chart of the World

Bacon's New Chart of the World

lot 285 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)

1907, colour lithographic map, Mercator's projection, dissected and laid on linen as issued, folded into original hard covers, map inset with ... read more

Sold for £338    Result plus buyers premium More details 1  

SOLD Lot 286 - A Rare & Unusual Military Map For Palestine

A Rare & Unusual Military Map For Palestine

lot 286 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)

A Rare & Unusual Military Map of Palestine, dated 1942, title reads 'NOT TO BE PUBLISHED, Palestine North Sheet', map bordering Lebanon, Syria and ... read more

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SOLD Lot 287 - A Sculptural Gibeon Iron Meteorite

A Sculptural Gibeon Iron Meteorite

lot 287 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)

The naturally formed triangular body with thumb-sized shallow concavities extending across the whole shaped by both terrestrial and extra-terrestrial ... read more

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SOLD Lot 288 - A Rugged Sikhote-Alin Meteorite

A Rugged Sikhote-Alin Meteorite

lot 288 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)

this aesthetic meteorite example has a gunmetal patina with a rugged surface which is the result of the iron meteorite exploding high in the ... read more

Sold for £362    Result plus buyers premium More details 3  

SOLD Lot 289 - Campo del Cielo Meteorite

Campo del Cielo Meteorite

lot 289 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)

this aesthetic meteorite example has a gunmetal patina with a rugged surface which is the result of the iron meteorite exploding high in the ... read more

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SOLD Lot 290 - A Sculptural Campo del Cielo Meteorite

A Sculptural Campo del Cielo Meteorite

lot 290 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)

this Sculptural meteorite example with a rugged surface with several large regmaglypts (the scalloping that occurred as the meteorite passed through ... read more

Sold for £175    Result plus buyers premium More details 3  

SOLD Lot 291 - Minerals and Crystal Models

Minerals and Crystal Models

lot 291 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)

a large woodwn case, early 20th century, with four trays, assembled to order and sold by Gregory, Bottley & Co.; tray 1, a set of plaster-of-Paris ... read more

Sold for £812    Result plus buyers premium More details 5  

Withdrawn

lot 292 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)

Withdrawn

lot 293 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)

SOLD Lot 294 - Prize-winning 19th Century Geological Photographs

Prize-winning 19th Century Geological Photographs

lot 294 (Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022)

A Collection of six late Victorian geological photographs from the Coventry and Midland Photographic Society, presented as magic lantern slides. Each ... read more

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