Philips 10 Inch Challenge Globe

Edwardian terrestrial Geographia tabletop globe. Edwardian terrestrial Geographia 10 inch tabletop globe standing on a raised stained mahogany stand....

Edwardian Mahogany Barograph by Hamilton and Inches, Edinburgh Edwardian mahogany Barograph housed in a bevelled glass display case with satin...

George III longcase clock George III oak longcase clock standing on a double stepped base with long trunk door and brass escutcheon. Integ...

George III stick barometer in a finely figured mahogany case with canted corners and architectural pediment surmounted by a central ivory finial. Exposed mercury tube with bulb ciste...

Pre World War I Nautical Compass by E.S.Ritchie Nautical compass mounted by a brass gimbal into a copper brass bound case with sloping glazed aperture with heavily bevelled glass. Flat brass bezel with five holding screws signed ‘E.S.Ritchie’ and numbered 5779. Side opening compartment for a lighted wick with drawer beneath. The compass is mounted in a heavy painted brass bowl with very fine copper pivot supporting the floating direction card. A diaphragm is located in the base of the bowl for temperature compensation. c.1910 E.S.Ritchie founded the business in 1850 to manufacture mechanical, electrical and scientific instruments. In 1857 he turned his attention to navigational instruments and begun making marine bearing compasses for the U.S.Navy before the American civil war. At the time the British admiralty dry mounted nautical compasses were considered by all navies and commercial shipping companies as the highest technological standard of the day, however, in 1860 Ritchie had received a US patent for the first successful and practical liquid-filled marine compass for general use. A major step forward in the technology of the compass. With the damping provided by the liquid, together with gimbal mounting, the floating card of the Ritchie compass...

Edwardian polished oak cased barograph with bevelled glass panels. Brass base plate stamped ‘Regent, Jewelled movement supporting the ten vacuum chambers linking the ink pen pointer ...

A substantial 14 inch gesso terrestrial globe by Philips of London on brass inclined plain mount attached to original turned wooden based upright with axes secured at the top by a br...

Gorgeous antique Replogle globe, handmade, circa 1940, on metal base. Incredible patina; please review images and inquire for additional con...

Very beautiful Terrestrial Globe made by Philips Londre based on the maps of Taride Paris Boulevard Saint Germain The Terrestrial Globe has a very beautiful cast iron base decorated...

A stylish celestial globe on a brass inclined plain mount attached to original square bakelite base and secured at the top by a brass acorn finial. By George Philip and Son; circa 1935...

John and William Cary Updated by George and John Cary Terrestrial Globe London, 1840 lb 22 (kg 10) Slight surface abrasions due to use. A small crack on the horizon circle. The globe rests in its original Dutch style stand with four supporting turned wood columns. It measures 26 in in height x 23.6 in in diameter with the diameter of the sphere measuring 18 in; 66 cm in height x 60 cm in diameter with the diameter of the sphere measuring 45.72 cm. The 18 inch...

A Rand, McNally & Co. twelve inch terrestrial globe on cast iron base, first quarter 20th century. 15 inches wide by 12 inches deep by 23 inches tall