Scientific Instruments

274: HORIZONTAL MICROSCOPE BY CHARLES CHEVALIER.

139: ELLIPSOMETER SPECTROMETER BY GRUNOW, NEW YORK.

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Scientific Instruments

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This sale features over two hundred lots of instruments from the 18th through 20th centuries by many important makers, some rarely encountered. Included is a very good selection of electrical instruments, microscopes, polarization instruments, coin scales, and early telephones.

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DIRECT VISION SPECTROSCOPE BYH HOFMANN, PARIS.: DIRECT VISION SPECTROSCOPE BYH HOFMANN, PARIS. 19th century, with brass body, rack focusing, slit and adjustable stand on cast iron tripod base Height: 13" Length: 19" *Condition: No Specific

0135: DIRECT VISION SPECTROSCOPE BYH HOFMANN, PARIS.Est. $150-$250

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DIRECT VISION SPECTROSCOPE.: DIRECT VISION SPECTROSCOPE. Probably by Heele, London, with green enamel finish and lacquered brass body tube, rack adjustment, slit and painted tripod base Height: 17" Length: 24" *Condition: No

0136: DIRECT VISION SPECTROSCOPE.Est. $300-$400See Sold Price

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BRASS DIRECT VISION SPECTROSCOPE.: BRASS DIRECT VISION SPECTROSCOPE. Probably French, late 19th century, with rack focusing, axis adjustment with vernier, rectangular central body, and slit, on adjustable stand Height: 11" Length:

0137: BRASS DIRECT VISION SPECTROSCOPE.Est. $300-$400See Sold Price

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DIRECT VISION SPECTROSCOPE BY G & S MERZ, MUNICH.: DIRECT VISION SPECTROSCOPE BY G & S MERZ, MUNICH. With oxidized finish, analyser divided 0-350, and eyepiece with vernier, in fitted mahogany case Length: 20" *Condition: No Specific Condition

0138: DIRECT VISION SPECTROSCOPE BY G & S MERZ, MUNICH.Est. $150-$250See Sold Price

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ELLIPSOMETER SPECTROMETER BY GRUNOW, NEW YORK.: ELLIPSOMETER SPECTROMETER BY GRUNOW, NEW YORK. circa 1880, signed William Grunow, New York, with telescope, micrometer occular, collimator with slit and rotating holder, the silvered scale with

0139: ELLIPSOMETER SPECTROMETER BY GRUNOW, NEW YORK.Est. $1,000-$1,500See Sold Price

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SPECTROMETER BY ADAM HILGER, LONDON.: SPECTROMETER BY ADAM HILGER, LONDON. Early 20th century, Constant Deviation Type, with prism, mirror, telescope with rack focusing and micrometer fine adjustment, pair of slits with adjustment

0140: SPECTROMETER BY ADAM HILGER, LONDON.Est. $300-$500

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ABBE SPECTROMETER BY CARL ZEISS.: ABBE SPECTROMETER BY CARL ZEISS. No. 33, circa 1890, with lacquered brass tubes, rack focusing, enclosed silver scale with twin micrometer adjusted magnifiers, circular prism holder and cast iron

0141: ABBE SPECTROMETER BY CARL ZEISS.Est. $500-$700See Sold Price

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LACQUERED BRASS SPECTROSCOPE.: LACQUERED BRASS SPECTROSCOPE. Probably English, circa 1900, with rack adjustment, prism, slit, quadrent scale with vernier and magnifier, on cast iron tripod base Height: 14" Length: 29"

0142: LACQUERED BRASS SPECTROSCOPE.Est. $300-$400

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SPECTROMETER BY BAUSCH & LOMB.: SPECTROMETER BY BAUSCH & LOMB. 1920s, black enameled, with enclosed body, rack adjustment and rotary scale, on three-screw base, with label for Arthur H. Thomas Co., Philadelphia, and a B & L

0143: SPECTROMETER BY BAUSCH & LOMB.Est. $200-$300

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CONSTANT DEVIATION SPECTROMETER BY HILGER, LONDON.: CONSTANT DEVIATION SPECTROMETER BY HILGER, LONDON. Early 20th century, brass tubes, four-sided prism, drum adjuster and three screw base Height: 16" *Condition: No Specific Condition Recorded -

0144: CONSTANT DEVIATION SPECTROMETER BY HILGER, LONDON.Est. $150-$200See Sold Price

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CONSTANT DEVIATION SPECTROSCOPE BY HILGER, LONDON.: CONSTANT DEVIATION SPECTROSCOPE BY HILGER, LONDON. 1920s, with brass tubeds, rack and micrometer adjustment, four-sided prism, and spectrograph attachment, on three screw base Height: 16"

0145: CONSTANT DEVIATION SPECTROSCOPE BY HILGER, LONDON.Est. $200-$300See Sold Price

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MAHOGANY AND BRASS SPECGTOGRAPH.: MAHOGANY AND BRASS SPECGTOGRAPH. circa 1900, with brass collimator, slit, sliding adjustment, prism, and geared plate holder Height: 15" Length: 22" *Condition: No Specific Condition Recorded -

0146: MAHOGANY AND BRASS SPECGTOGRAPH.Est. $100-$150See Sold Price

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SPECTROMETER BY WATSON & SONS, LONDON.: SPECTROMETER BY WATSON & SONS, LONDON. circa 1920, with brass tubes, sprung prism holder, enclosed scale with vernier, on cast iron base Height: 9" Length: 17" *Condition: No Specific Condition

0147: SPECTROMETER BY WATSON & SONS, LONDON.Est. $100-$150

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$THREE SPECTROMETERS.: THREE SPECTROMETERS. The first by American Optical/Sppencer, circa 1960, with black crackle finish, circular stage, chrome fittings, and difraction grating, 9-inches high, the second by Spencer, No.$

0148: THREE SPECTROMETERS.Est. $200-$300See Sold Price

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FOUR BUNSEN KIRCHOFF TYPE SPECTROMETERS.: FOUR BUNSEN KIRCHOFF TYPE SPECTROMETERS. Three-arm, all circa 1920, the first by Gaertner, Chicago, the others by W. Wilson, London, all black enamelled (one polished) Height: 12" *Condition: No

0149: FOUR BUNSEN KIRCHOFF TYPE SPECTROMETERS.Est. $300-$500

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$FOUR INSTRUMENTS.: FOUR INSTRUMENTS. Comprising three Zeiss Refractometers, one Abbe type research grade, a Student Model III, and a butter type, the first with instructions in makers case; and a Bausch & Lomb Duboscq$

0150: FOUR INSTRUMENTS.Est. $500-$600Lot Passed

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MICHELSON INTERFEROMETER BY GAERTNER & CO., CHICAG: MICHELSON INTERFEROMETER BY GAERTNER & CO., CHICAGO. circa 1910, with stationary and traversing platforms with mirrors and flats, micrometer adjuistment, on adjustable cast iron tripod stand; and a

0151: MICHELSON INTERFEROMETER BY GAERTNER & CO., CHICAGEst. $500-$700

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BRASS SPHEROMETER BY GAERTNER, CHICAGO.: BRASS SPHEROMETER BY GAERTNER, CHICAGO. No. 55, the horizontal dial divided 0-240 and vertical scale 0-50, on tripod stand Height: 5.5" *Condition: No Specific Condition Recorded - Sold As Is

0152: BRASS SPHEROMETER BY GAERTNER, CHICAGO.Est. $100-$150See Sold Price

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BRASS SPEROMETER.: BRASS SPEROMETER. No. 2, the horizontal dial divided 0-49 and vertical scale divided 0-50, on tripod stand Height: 5.5" *Condition: No Specific Condition Recorded - Sold As Is *Est. Sale Time:

0153: BRASS SPEROMETER.Est. $100-$150See Sold Price

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DIFRACTION GRATING BY W. A. ROGERS, CAMBRIDGE, MAS: DIFRACTION GRATING BY W. A. ROGERS, CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS. circa 1875, No. 21, on "Standard Inch" speculum, in maker's leather case. Rogers was a Professor of Astronomy at Harvard and its

0154: DIFRACTION GRATING BY W. A. ROGERS, CAMBRIDGE, MASEst. $100-$150See Sold Price

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ROWLAND DIFARCTION GRATING.: ROWLAND DIFARCTION GRATING. The 3 1/4-inch square speculum indistincly inscribed "Ruled on Rowland Engine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore Maryland, 1895...14435.....Plate polished...", on

0155: ROWLAND DIFARCTION GRATING.Est. $300-$400See Sold Price

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BRASS SLIT INSTRUMENT.: BRASS SLIT INSTRUMENT. Possibly English, circa 1900, with 1 1/4-inch appatrure, twin micrometer jaws (for two regions of differing widths) and length guide on reverse side 10" x 5" *Condition: No

0156: BRASS SLIT INSTRUMENT.Est. $100-$150See Sold Price

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HELIOSTAT BY ADAM HILGER, LONDON.: HELIOSTAT BY ADAM HILGER, LONDON. circa 1910, with spring motor to the 5-inch solar mirror, 5-inch reflection mirror and adjustable support on three-screw tripod stand, marked "Fanny R. M.

0157: HELIOSTAT BY ADAM HILGER, LONDON.Est. $600-$800See Sold Price

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WEBER TYPE PHOTOMETER BY FRANZ SCHMIDT & HAENSCH,: WEBER TYPE PHOTOMETER BY FRANZ SCHMIDT & HAENSCH, BERLIN. circa 1900, No. 116, with nickel plated tubes, lacquered brass fittings, prism, and instructions in German, in fitted wood case Width: 11"

0158: WEBER TYPE PHOTOMETER BY FRANZ SCHMIDT & HAENSCH,Est. $300-$500

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