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Late 19th Century English surveyor's or architect's protractor by Elliott Brothers, London
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...
Large 19th Century English boxed scale with the original set of weights
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 sc...
19th Century Irish brass sundial by Yeates & Son, Dublin
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", consi...
Good quality small desk-top telescope by Thomas Harris & Son, London
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 differi...
Early 19th century mahogany
Early 19th century mahogany "waywiser," a surveyor's measuring device
Surveyors today use a waywiser (also known as an odometer or a perambulator) to measure linear distances on the ground. This elegant English example in mahogany dates from the early 19th century, and the dial measures in yards (the longer of the two ...
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