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Offered for sale is a good clean pair of antique microscope top-hat eyepieces in brass – 6x magnification. The eyepieces are of good period quality and are unbranded but will be by a good English maker. Details: – approx 6x magnification– 33.6mm diameter fit – so fit Smith & Beck, Smith Beck & Beck and R & J Beck microscopes– 45mm depth of fit into optical tubes – suitable for Wenham binocular instruments Thanks for looking. Read More...

22 Aug

SOLD – Vintage W. Watson & Sons Ltd – Service Petrological Brass Microscope – c1933, Cased

By Arcboutant Scientific

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Watson Service Petrological Microscope – No. 53875 – circa 1933 Offered for sale is a lovely collectable inter-war Service petrological microscope in lacquered brass finish by W. Watson & Sons Limited of London. This example dates to 1933 based on the sequential Watson production number of 53875 which is engraved onto the main tube. This inter-war example is in all-original condition as far as I can tell and has been well looked after by its former custodians, presenting a great Read More...

22 Aug

C1810 SMPLE HAND HELD MICROSCOPE IN ORIG. CASE , ALL IN EXCELLENT COND.

By Opticalworld

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IMAGE IS SHARP AND CLEAR , LENS IS GOOD , IN VERY GOOD CONDITION, CASE CLOSES WELL WITH HEALTHY CLICK , A FINE QUALITY ITEM, BRASS MOUNTED Read More...

22 Aug

SOLD – Small size sextant – Cary, London. R.G.S. No 1.

By Scientific Inspirations

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SOLD – A small size brass sextant of 6″ radius, the silver scale reading from 0 – 150, the arc engraved, ‘Cary, London. No 909 A, Royal Geographical Society. R.G.S. No 1’. In very nice condition throughout, the mahogany handle with brass lug for tripod attachment. The case measures 21 x 21 cms and has two fastening hooks and brass handle. Cracks to the lid and one to the base. Lock missing. The case holds a short telescope, a sighting scope, Read More...

20 Aug

~EXCELLENT ADVANCED STUDENT PETROGRAPHIC MICROSCOPE-SWIFT~

By Scientifica Opticae Inc.

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Well equipped with 99% golden lacquer, this advanced student petrographic microscope was seldomly used. Slight scuffs to the anodized bronze horseshoe base numbered 12237, with an unusual centering nosepiece by Thos. Armstrong No.346, Manchester and Liverpool. Mechanically and cosmetically wonderful with micrometer fine focussing to the double objective nosepiece, tight rack and pinion coarse adjustment, fully rotating 360 degree tound stage with micrometer, blued steel stage clips, swing out substage for polariser, perfect double sided mirror and a good Read More...

14 Aug

ADIE BOX SEXTANT

By MikeRead

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SHIPPING BY FEDEX, DHL, DPD, ETC. FULLY TRACKED. Contact Email: michaelread060@gmail.com Read More...

14 Aug

Exquisite Double-Frame Quintant by Troughton & Simms

By Antiques Le Saint Georges

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Exquisite Double-Frame Quintant by Troughton & Simms c.1850 Presented here is a superb double-frame quintant by Troughton & Simms, the foremost English instrument makers of their era. This exceptional piece, engraved “Troughton & Simms, London” , exemplifies the pinnacle of 19th-century nautical craftsmanship. Designed by Edward Troughton, this instrument features a 140-degree arc, technically classifying it as a quintant. Crafted from solid brass—a material prized for its strength and precision—it represents the evolution of maritime navigation instruments. Double-frame sextants (or quintants) were far rarer than their single-frame counterparts due to their Read More...

11 Aug

Marine telescope with case & stand – Dobson & Baker.

By Scientific Inspirations

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A 19th century two draw marine telescope signed, ‘Dobson & Baker, Chiswell St, London’. There were several Dobsons working between 1822 – 1866. This was probably made as a display piece as there is a large engraving to the collar reading, ‘Improved Day or Night’. Fully extended the telescope measures 38″ (96 cm) and when closed 16″ (40 cm). Each end has a sliding protective cover. There is a spare eye-piece which gives powers of 12 and 18 x. In very nice condition Read More...

11 Aug

~RARE WATSON METALLURGICAL BINOCULAR MICROSCOPE~

By Scientifica Opticae Inc.

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Numbered 2591 and as described in the Watson company records as No. 2 binocular with swinging substage and bronze foot (11 and 10 GBP), this rare microscope is a one of a kind. Rarely used with 99.9% of it’s original golden lacquer, it features many accessories (twice as many as will fit in the case) for metallurgical and polarising work. Round rotating mechanical stage, swing out racked substage with a full range of brass objectives (8) ranging from 1/4 Read More...

07 Aug

TORTOISE SHELL FOLDING 4 LENS SPECTACLES EXCELLENT CONDITION

By Opticalworld

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IN EXCELLENT CONDITION, ALL HINGES FIRM, LENSES NO POWER TINTED GREEN , NO SPLITS, 115 mm WIDE. I THINK SEMI HARD LEATHER CASE IS ORIGINAL TO SPECTACLES Read More...

07 Aug

Collection of 19th century microscope slides

By Beautiful Old England

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A collection of 58 Victorian histological microscope slides in their original case. 11 of the total measure 75 x 37mm (3″ x 1.5″), the remaining 47 slides measure 75 x 25mm (3″ x 1″). Six of the large slides are signed and dated by W. Davidson 1880 and are human tissue. The remainder of the collection are human and animal samples almost all with hand inscribed and initialled labels of the subject. The set is housed in the wooden Read More...

06 Aug

Neu-Vita Oculizer: Quack Sight Improver

By M and R Gordon

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A near-mint and boxed example of Lacy’s Neu-Vita Oculizer, a quack device the claimed to improve the vision of those who employed it. It was patented by Leonard Lacy in 1931 and was still in production in the1950s, as evidenced by this example’s instruction booklet having a 1954 date. The Antikey Chop site notes: “When marketing the Oculizer, Lacy falsely claimed that regular massaging of the eyeballs with the Oculizer, for just a few minutes daily at dusk or dawn, a Read More...