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Late 19th Century English surveyor's or architect's protractor by Elliott Brothers, London
This protractor is 6 1/8 inches in diameter, nickel-plated brass, and in immaculate condition. It is in its original mahogany velvet-lined box. The full 360 degree scale is graduated to one half of a degree.
The firm of Elliott Brothers produced a wide range of instruments over many years. The founder, William Elliott, began practice in about 1795 and was joined by his sons Frederick and Charle...
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Large 19th Century English boxed scale with the original set of weights
This scale is in very nice original condition, still retaining its original set of cup weights. The steel arm, stand, and pans dismantle for carrying in the drawer of the mahogany box, and there is a compartment in the drawer for the weights. Such scales were made for commercial use, in everything from selling spices to pigments for paint. The nine brass weights are in Troy ounces, from 30 down to...
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19th Century Irish brass sundial by Yeates & Son, Dublin
This is a fine horological instrument as well as an attractive garden sundial. It is engraved with a full month-by-month equation of time table around the circumference, in addition to the hours of the day. The gnomon is set at latitude 54° 2", considerably north of Dublin where the dial was made.
From the center, the bands of decoration & information are:
(1) a very nice eight-point compass s...
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Good quality small desk-top telescope by Thomas Harris & Son, London
This is a very pretty 19th century brass telescope, all complete, original, and in working order.The original fitted mahogany storage box is only 21" long.The telescope includes a Barlow extension for terrestrial viewing, and two eyepieces of differing field widths. Barrel diameter is 2.25 inches at the objective lens, and the overall length with the Barlow extension fitted is 26 inches. Height is...
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