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4in Reflecting Table Telescope, Bate, London, English, c.1800, engraved to the back plate ‘BATE London’ and to the trade label in the lid ‘Mathematical Instrument Maker to the honourabel board of excise Hydrometer maker for the Revenue of the United Kingdom R. B. Bate Mathematical, Optical & Philosophical Instruments…. 17 Poultry Lane London’ the telescope on a table top folding tripod with cabriole legs, compass joint to the top with 2 threaded nuts to hold the telescope body, with threaded focus screw acting on the secondary mirror, star finder mounted to the side, with 2 eyepieces and the dust cover, all in the original fitted French polished mahogany case with folding handles and catches case 71cm wide Provenance: paperwork relating to a valuation of £3-£5000 on the BBC Antiques Roadshow in 2000; paperwork relating to a repair to the eyepiece when it was owned by Negretti & Zambra in 1950
Thomas Harris & Son: a George III mahogany wheel barometer, c.1830, with 12" dial, cross banded with boxwood edge and line inlay, brass urn finial with a swan neck pediment, above a hydrometer, thermometer and a small convex mirror, large silvered dial, and a spirit level at the base engraved 'T Harris & Son London', 35.5 x 6.3 x 126cms high.Notes: Thomas Harris & Son were opticians to the Royal family and had branches across London from 1806 to after 1900. They occupied the premises at 52 Great Russell Street (opposite the British Museum) between 1817-1887. PROVENANCE: The Graham Smith Retirement Auction - 50 years in the Antiques Trade.
A modern contemporary brass cased barometer, hydrometer, clock and thermometer, with two further modern brass mantel clocks, largest 17cm (3). Condition Report: Each clock is not functioning, light wear to each, tarnishing Please note that this lot is not suitable for our in-house postage service.We would recommend booking a collection slot for this lot or contacting Pack & Send for postage of this lot: Pack & Send (Salford Quays) Email: salfordquays@packsend.co.uk Website: www.packsend.co.uk/salfordquays Tel: 0161 393 5740
Nicholson,R.: Anweisung zur Kenntniß, Prüfung, Anwendung und Verfertigung aller Arten Thermometer, Barometer, Hygrometer, Pyrometer, Aräometer, Hydrometer... 2. verm. u. verb. Aufl. Quedlinburg u. Lpz., Basse 1833. Mit 106 Abb. auf 6 gefalt. lithogr. Taf. IV, 188 S. Hldr. d. Zt. mit Rsch. (Best. u. berieb., tls. beschabt). Engelmann, Mechan. 268. - Die Tafeln zeigen meteorologische Instrumente und ihre Fertigung. Gegenüber der dt. EA von 1832 (nur 37 Abb.) bedeutend vermehrt. - Tafeln knittrig u. mit kl. Fehlstellen (geringer Bildverlust), stellenweise etw. gebräunt u. fleckig. Marginalien.
An early 20th century hydrometer - in a mahogany box marked 'Kemp Town Brewery', containing float, weights and glass beaker, together with four other boxed hydrometers, a thermometer and two books of spirit tables. (8) Note: Kemp Town Brewery was based in Brighton and eventually closed in 1964.
A George III mahogany banjo barometerEdwards, LlangollenWith hydrometer and alcohol thermometer, the silvered dial with black indices above a bubble level.101cm highCondition:Case good with some slight lifting of the veneer at the top. One door hinge replaced. Good clean mechanism. Reservoir good with no air bubbles. Main dial has a few splashes of varnish which should be cleanable.
A 19th Century Sikes' Hydrometer in mahogany and bone strung fitted case 8in x 4 1/4in, a Dring & Fage Ltd. Sikes' Hydrometer, a Wilson and Gillie Hydrometer Ball in case and an Allan's Saccharometer in fitted mahogany case 9in x 4in; together with a 1916 edition of Tables to be used with Sikes's Hydrometer
A 19th Century Sikes' Hydrometer by Lumley & Co. in brass bound coromandel case with contents in fitted interiors 10in W x 5in and another Sikes' Hydrometer by T.O. Blake in satinwood fitted box 5 1/4in x 4in, together with an 1870 edition of Sikes's Tables of the Concentrated Strengths of Spirits
Japanese Porcelain Bowl, with a figure in a garden setting, six character mark, 'Abbeydale' Imari plate, miniature Satsuma vase, brass mounted spirit level, three draw leather bound brass telescope 'Buss 33 Hatton Garden' mahogany cased Sikes hydrometer, Schraders balloon tyre gauge etc:- One Tray.
A 'Sewills of Liverpool' Sealord Chronometer in brass case, subsidiary seconds dial along with thermometer, hydrometer, barometer, alarm, and tide indicator, strike and silent, and repeat alarm function, battery operated, W 15 cm H 15 cm x D 13 cm, together with a Smiths Enfield mantel Clock(2)
THE MARITIME / MARINE / NAVAL CLUB HOUSE: SEWILLS OF LIVERPOOL SEALORD BRASS CASED MULTI-DIAL SHIP'S CLOCK, subsidiary seconds dial along with thermometer, hydrometer, barometer, alarm, tide indicator, strike, silent and repeat alarm functionProvenance: deceased estate CarmarthenshireComments: wear overall commensurate with age, ticking, not tested long term, viewing recommended
A LATE REGENCY ROSEWOOD AND BRASS-INLAID WHEEL BAROMETERWith ‘onion’ top, above hydrometer dial and bow-front removable thermometer, 8in silvered dial, with brass setting hand, above a brass-outlined level at the base97cm high***Please note this object contains mercury. CONDITION REPORTThe tube is not broken but the mercury is punctuated with air gaps. This and the mechanism will require attention. The case has been repolished. There is no glass to the hydrometer dial. The silvered level dial is misshapen.
An eclectic mixed lot, comprising a microscope by Prior of London, serial no. 10104, an ebonised desk stand, Mauchline ware box (Coldingham Priory), a small Sikes Hydrometer by Buss of Hatton Garden, military pocket watch (no. 33801), desk magnifier, assorted pocket knives, hipflasks etc. Condition Report:Available upon request
A COLLECTION OF SCALES, MEASURING EQUIPMENT, WEIGHTS, ETC, to include a large Avery Tobacco Scale, an early 20th century 'Haspy & Co' protectograph cheque writing machine, a green vintage cast iron set of scales, a 'Sikes Buss Hydrometer,' small hand tools and individual weights, (Condition Report: Varying degrees of rust, dust, untested)
Scientific and Engineering - an Otis King's Patent Calculator, Carbie Limited, London, cased; a Sikes' Hydrometer, mahogany case, 25cm wide; an ERKA Dopplelfarbstab - Haemometer, cased; a Moore & Wright micrometer, cased with charts; a set of JW Towers & Co.Ltd. Widnes, graduated brass metric weights, mahogany case (5)
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