Antique Physics
Late 19th Century Physics Teaching Wheel
Located in Santa Monica, CA
These educational wheels, with copper and black painted surfaces, were used by Physics teachers in
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19th Century American Antique Physics
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Copper, Brass
Academic Costumes; a Pensioner of Trinity Hall, a Doctor of Physics & Law, 1815
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Pensioner of Trinity Hall - Common Dress of the Doctor in Law & The Doctor in Physic'.
Portraits of three men in academic costumes; a Pensioner of Trinity H...
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1810s Antique Physics
Materials
Paper
H 10.83 in W 13.59 in D 0 in
Antique Cast Iron & Lacquered Brass Max Kohl Type Didactic Balance Device
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
19th / 20th century didactic balance device, probably made for use in a physics laboratory or
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Late 19th Century German Victorian Antique Physics
Materials
Brass, Iron
Bust of Sir Isaac Newton, Pearlware, Ralph & Enoch Wood, circa 1790
By Ralph Wood Pottery
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
physics and the key figure in the scientific revolution of the 17th century. Newton's most famous work
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Late 18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Physics
Materials
Pearlware
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H 9.25 in W 4 in D 4 in
Original 1924 Soviet Union Public Scientific Journal Flint vintage poster
Located in Spokane, WA
magazine was a public scientific journal that dealt with the electrical revolution, biology, physics
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1920s Academic Antique Physics
Materials
Lithograph
H 26.5 in W 21 in D 0.05 in
Mid 19th Century French Globe on Carved Walnut Base Signed Ch. Perigot, Paris
Located in Dallas, TX
Lycee Saint Louis", and drawing by Mouraux. The paper globe with physics, politics and history, rotates
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Physics
Materials
Brass
Edouard Marcel Sandoz, Seated cat, circa 1920
By Edouard-Marcel Sandoz
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
giving him notoriety.
His hobbies were very diverse: painting, decoration, engineering, physics
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1920s French Art Deco Antique Physics
Materials
Bronze
Alexandre Bigot Stoneware Patriotic Singing Frog Figure
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
Bigot was a chemistry and physics instructor who was inspired by Chinese porcelain at the Exposition
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Late 19th Century French Antique Physics
Materials
Stoneware
Decorative Antique Map of Central Asia
Located in Langweer, NL
, physics, and geography in Paris. In 1773, Bonne succeeded Jacques-Nicolas Bellin as Royal Cartographer to
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Late 18th Century Antique Physics
Materials
Paper
Antique Map of the Eastern Mediterranean and the Balkans
Located in Langweer, NL
subsequent years Bonne became one of the most respected masters of mathematics, physics, and geography in
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Late 18th Century Antique Physics
Materials
Paper
Joh. Jak. Scheuchzer, Bible Engraving, Noah’s Ark, Folio, Hand Coloured
Located in Norwich, GB
of paleobotany and European paleontology, as well as a professor of mathematics and physics. He
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Early 18th Century German Antique Physics
Materials
Paper
H 14.97 in W 9.45 in D 0.04 in
Pliny, Gaius Secundus: HISTORIE OF THE WORLD
Located in Middletown, NY
incomplete. It comprises thirty-seven books dealing with mathematics and physics, geography and astronomy
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Early 17th Century English Antique Physics
Materials
Leather, Paper
Decorative Antique Engraving of Suillus and Agaricus Mushrooms, c.1800
Located in Langweer, NL
material science, physics, chemistry and technology as well as the natural history of animals.
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18th Century Antique Physics
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Paper
Original Antique Copper Engraving of the Plant Named Dudaim Melon, 1731
Located in Langweer, NL
initiated a major project to explain Biblical events in terms of physics, medicine, and natural history. His
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1730s Antique Physics
Materials
Paper
Antique Print of King Solomon’s Gold Fleet from Ophir by Scheuchzer, '1731'
Located in Langweer, NL
Biblical events in terms of physics, medicine, and natural history. His aim was to prove the existence of
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Mid-18th Century Antique Physics
Materials
Paper
H 14.97 in W 9.45 in D 0.02 in
Antique Map of Brazil of Southern Brazil, Uruguay, and Northern Argentina, c1780
Located in Langweer, NL
the subsequent years Bonne became one of the most respected masters of mathematics, physics, and
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1780s Antique Physics
Materials
Paper
H 9.85 in W 15.16 in D 0 in
Mid-19th Century French Terrestrial Globe with Brass Frame Signed Ch. Perigot
Located in Dallas, TX
Mouraux. The paper globe with physics, politics and history, rotates on a calibrated brass basket frame
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Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Physics
Materials
Brass
Antique Map of Southern Brazil by Bonne, c.1780
Located in Langweer, NL
the subsequent years Bonne became one of the most respected masters of mathematics, physics, and
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18th Century Antique Physics
Materials
Paper
Old Scene from Genesis in the Old Testament; Eve is made from Adam's Rib, 1731
Located in Langweer, NL
, of the world. He initiated a major project to explain Biblical events in terms of physics, medicine
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1730s Antique Physics
Materials
Paper
H 15.12 in W 9.38 in D 0 in
Large Picture containing Six Different Engravings of Grouping of Birds
By Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
Located in Downingtown, PA
, including what would now be called material science, physics, chemistry and technology as well as the
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1780s French Georgian Antique Physics
Materials
Paper
Antique Print Showing an Ice Skating Scene to Illustrate Psalm 147, in Year 1731
Located in Langweer, NL
history, of the world. He initiated a major project to explain Biblical events in terms of physics
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1730s Antique Physics
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Paper
H 14.18 in W 12.37 in D 0 in
Exquisite 19th Gothic Revival Mantle Clock of Young Girl Holding Spire by Pons
By Honoré Pons
Located in Palma de mallorca, IB
…" were "known in the sciences of astronomy and physics…". Pons was an exceptionally resourceful maker of
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Early 19th Century French Gothic Revival Antique Physics
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Ormolu
H 15.75 in W 9.85 in D 5.91 in
Flower Garden
By Ramon Chirinos
Located in Delray Beach, FL
professor of physics at the Pedagogical Institute of Barquisimeto, a profession he held for a time until he
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1880s Impressionist Antique Physics
Materials
Oil, Cotton Canvas
French 18th-19th Century Copper Overlaid Relief Medallion of Antoine Lavoisier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
important in advancing chemistry to the level reached in physics and mathematics during the 18th century
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Early 1800s French Directoire Antique Physics
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Copper
H 49 in W 31 in D 18.75 in
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1914 Oak Victrola Victor Talking Machine Record Player + 5 Records
By Victor Talking Machine Company
Located in New York, NY
Original 1914 Model VV-VI Victor Talking Machine 78 speed record player housed in the original oak case with two doors that open to control the volume. Includes five 78 speed records...
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1910s American Industrial Antique Physics
Materials
Metal
19th Century English Leather Bound and Gilt Holy Bible by John Brown Dated 1864
Located in Dallas, TX
This beautiful antique Holy Bible was printed in the United Kingdom by Blackie and Son dated 1864. Black leather bound, the bible flaunts an engraved and embossed gilt covering with ...
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Mid-19th Century British Antique Physics
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Leather, Paper
H 12.5 in W 10.5 in D 4.5 in
Industrial Era Enterprise Mfg. Co. (Philadelphia) Iron Grinder
By Enterprise Manufacturing Company
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A very well made Grinder from Philadelphia dating to the late 19th/ Early 20th Century. By Enterprise Mfg. Co., Phil, U.S.A. With a hand crank and footed base.
Dimensions: H. 20", ...
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Early 20th Century Industrial Antique Physics
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Iron
Antique and Rare Solid Beech Wood Three Tier Small Bookcase a.k.a. A Book Trough
Located in Lisse, NL
Stylish and seperable/demountable antique bookcase.
This rare, three-tier and free standing bookcase could be the perfect finish to a small area for reading, rest and relaxation. Ho...
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Early 20th Century British Art Deco Antique Physics
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Wood, Beech
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H 35.7 in W 24.2 in D 10 in
Scandinavian Modern Pair of Heart Shaped Holmegaard Vases by Per Lutken
By Per Lutken for Holmegaard, Holmegaard
Located in London, GB
A pair of Danish Mid-Century Modern heart shaped vases in light blue hand blown art glass. Both vases are intact and in beautiful colour and bright condition. By designer and artisti...
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1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Antique Physics
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Blown Glass
H 3.55 in W 3.15 in D 2.37 in
Moroccan Caftan Floral Brocade Multicolored Embroidered Kaftan 1970s
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Gorgeous vintage hostess gown, floral multicolored brocade Kaftan, circa 1970s.
Exotic oriental floral long maxi caftan dress with wide arm and long sleeves in shimmering brocade fab...
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1970s Moroccan Moorish Antique Physics
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Brocade, Braid
Handsome Letter Opener, Magnifying Glass with Alligator Handles, Sterling Mounts
Located in Buchanan, MI
Handsome letter opener, magnifying glass with alligator handles, sterling mounts.
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Early 20th Century European Antique Physics
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Silver, Stainless Steel
H 10 in W 4 in D 0.5 in
Antique Late 19th Giltwood Oil on Canvas Portrait of a Gentleman
Located in Victoria, BC
The gentleman depicted in this antique oil painting has a genteel aura about him. And not just the elegant thin-rimmed spectacles, but also the books in the background identify him a...
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19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Physics
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Historical American Civil War Era Wire Frame Magnifying Eye Glass Spectacles
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A delicate pair of handmade magnifying wire rim eye glasses from the American Civil War era, circa 1860.
A great looking historical conversation piece or decor item. Use this pair ...
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Mid-19th Century American American Classical Antique Physics
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Metal
H 1.25 in W 5.5 in D 7 in
Pair Large Blue and White Spode Greekware Platters England C-1810 Neoclassical
By Spode
Located in Katonah, NY
Spode made these fabulous Greekware platters circa 1810.
They are decorated in the neoclassical "Greek" pattern with classical figures and mythological scenes based on ancient Greek ...
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Early 19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Physics
Materials
Earthenware
H 1.75 in W 20 in D 15.5 in
Pair of antique Victorian Staffordshire figures
Located in Ipswich, GB
Pair of antique Victorian Staffordshire figures having a pair of antique Victorian Staffordshire figures hand painted in lovely orange, green, red and white colours, raised on circul...
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Early 19th Century Early Victorian Antique Physics
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Ceramic
Antique Pair of English Staffordshire Porcelain Dogs C1870
By Staffordshire
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique Pair of English Staffordshire Porcelain Dogs C1870
Measures- 1: 7.25''H x 3.5''W x 5.5''D; 2: 7''H x 3.25''W x 5''D
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Late 19th Century English Antique Physics
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Keuffel & Esser 75 ft Linen Measure Measuring Tape Leather Case 5"
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique early 20th century Keuffel & Esser Company Popular Warranted Linen retractable measuring tape / tape measure featuring a round leather wrapped case and end tab, linen tape me...
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Early 20th Century Antique Physics
Materials
Leather, Linen
French artist's studio easel
Located in London, GB
A late 19th century French oak hand cranked rise and fall articulating artist's easel, circa 1890.
Bronze cranking handle.
Minimum height: 85 inches - (218 cm).
Maximum height: 11...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Physics
Materials
Iron
Moroccan Traditional Moorish Light Pendant
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Very nice craftsmanship Moroccan glass light fixture, could be used as a table lamp or hanging light fixture. Multicolored glass in blue, green, amber and purple, Moorish arches on e...
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20th Century Moroccan Bohemian Antique Physics
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Metal
Magnifying Glass on Stand, 19th Century
Located in Vosselaar, BE
Magnifying glasses are already recorded as far back as the Ancient Greeks. Troughout history they were reserved for scientists, nobility and monks. During the Renaissance and culmina...
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19th Century Italian Victorian Antique Physics
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Softwood, Walnut
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Late 19th Century Physics Instrument
Located in Seattle, WA
This is a fantastic and rare 19th century physics instrument used to measure the angle of light
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Late 19th Century Czech Antique Physics
Materials
Zinc
Steam Age Kenotometer by Brady and Martin
By Brady & Martin Ltd. 1
Located in Bransby, GB
(some interesting physics to explore here).
An interesting and rare piece of old world technology
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1920s English Antique Physics
Materials
Brass
Denny Dent Albert Einstein Oil Painting 75x57, Street Art signed memorabilia
Located in Minneapolis, MN
physicist who developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics, Einstein is also
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Late 19th Century Modern Antique Physics
Materials
Oil
H 75 in W 57 in D 2 in
Cubistic Village
By Renato Paresce
Located in Wien, AT
, and even enrolled in the Physics program of the University of Bologna, but ended up completing his
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1910s Cubist Antique Physics
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of Literate, Giuseppe Bezzuoli Oil on Canvans Poet Writer, 19th Century
By Giuseppe Bezzuoli
Located in Rome, Italy
falling bodies for the Tribune of Galileo, in the Museo La Specola (Physics and Natural History). Various
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1830s Italian Antique Physics
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Canvas
H 18.12 in W 14.57 in D 0.79 in
Sacred Physics Prints
By Johann Jakob Scheuchzer
Located in London, GB
Sacred Physics by Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, original copper-engraved prints published, 1731
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1730s Antique Physics
1920s Vintage Czech Scientific Physics Instrument
Located in Hook, Hampshire
1920s vintage Czech scientific physics instrument
1920s vintage physics instrument from the Czech
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1920s Czech Antique Physics
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Metal
1920s Original Vintage Czech Scientific Physics Instrument
Located in Hook, Hampshire
1920s original vintage Czech scientific physics instrument
1920s vintage physics instrument from
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1920s Czech Antique Physics
Materials
Metal
French, 18th Century Color Print Ben Franklin
Located in Santa Monica, CA
of physics for his discoveries and theories regarding electricity.
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Late 18th Century French Antique Physics
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Walnut, Paper
Art Nouveau Silver Overlay Porcelain Pitcher
By Alfred & Manfred Veyhl
Located in New York, NY
advances in chemistry, physics and electronics in the early 20th century. The arts movements of the day
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Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Physics
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Porcelain
Hand-Colored Astronomical Engravings by Louis Charles Desnos, 1766
By Louis Charles Desnos
Located in Kinderhook, NY
: Neoclassical, classical, science, scientific, astronomy, planets, planetary, weather, mathematics, physics
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Mid-18th Century French Rococo Antique Physics
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Glass, Wood, Paper
Pair of Mechanical and Geometrical French, 18th Century Framed Renderings
By Bernard Direx
Located in Atlanta, GA
for mechanics, is the branch of physics, whose object is the study of movement, deformation or
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18th Century French Antique Physics
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Wood, Paper
Antique Grand Tour Bronze Sculpture of Aristotle, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
made important contributions to logic, criticism, rhetoric, physics, biology, psychology, mathematics
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1810s French Antique Physics
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Bronze
Rare George III Painted and Chinoiserie Longcase Clock
Located in Lymington, GB
clocks).
*See G.H. Baillie (Fellow of the Institute of Physics), 'Watchmakers And Clockmakers Of The
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18th Century British George III Antique Physics
Materials
Brass
Early 20th Century French Terrestrial Globe with Brass Frame Signed Forest Paris
By J. Forest
Located in Dallas, TX
patinated brass finish. The paper globe with physics, politics and history, rotates on a calibrated brass
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Early 20th Century French Antique Physics
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Brass
H 22 in Dm 17 in L 22 in
Sandoz Animal Silver Knife Rests with Salt and Pepper Two Boxes for Christofle
By Edouard-Marcel Sandoz
Located in Oakland, CA
Deco Style and his career included work in chemistry, physics and invention. Sandoz had a special
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1920s French Art Deco Antique Physics
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Silver Plate
Set of 3 Phillips Phililite Pendant Light, circa 1926
Located in London, GB
, Philips launched its famous NatLab, a research center dedicated to exploring physics and chemistry to
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1920s German Victorian Antique Physics
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Blown Glass
Monumental Swiss Brass Telescope by Perrelet
By Perrelet
Located in New Orleans, LA
distinctive interest in astronomy, physics and the sciences, and under his direction, the company branched out
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19th Century European Other Antique Physics
Celestial Maps, Set of Four, Ignace Gaston Pardies
By Ignace Gaston Pardies
Located in Pasadena, CA
harmonic vibration), form part of a general work on physics which he had planned. Traité complet d'Optique
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17th Century French Baroque Antique Physics
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Paper
Very Rare Large Gothic Revival Charles Frodsham Clock Maker to Queen Victoria
By Charles Frodsham
Located in GB
, originally installed at the Solar Physics Observatory in South Kensington. In addition to the production of
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Mid-19th Century English Gothic Revival Antique Physics
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Walnut
H 20.16 in W 13 in D 7.88 in
French XVIII Portrait De Franklin by Jaurat
Located in Santa Monica, CA
. As a scientist, he was a major figure in the American Enlightenment and the history of physics for
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1770s French Antique Physics
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Canvas, Wood
19th Century Antique Chinese Tao Philosopher Statue
Located in Somis, CA
established physics, science of light and geometry. He is quite a Renaissance man. His philosophy is ahead of
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19th Century Chinese Antique Physics
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Wood
A very early and rare watercolour documenting the first Aero Montgolfiere flight
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
-Francois Pilatre de Rozier was a chemistry and physics teacher who was one of the first pioneers of
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Antique Physics
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Gouache, Board
H 5 in W 7.38 in D 1 in
Fausta Mengarini, Medusa, Art Deco Bronze Bas-Relief Medallion, circa 1926
By Fausta Vittoria Mengarini
Located in New York, NY
scientist in the fields of electricity, physics and astronomy, and grew up in the milieu of great artists
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1920s Italian Art Deco Antique Physics
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Bronze
"Sunflowers upon pink cover" - Still Life
By Annot Jacobi
Located in Soquel, CA
professor of theoretical physics at the University in Berlin and her mother a professional singer. Her
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Antique Physics
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Canvas, Oil
H 25.5 in W 21.25 in D 0.75 in
Rare 19th Century Bronze Statue of Benjamin Franklin
Located in Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire
JP Morgan to Vassar College later stood outside the Sanders Physics Building.
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1880s European Antique Physics
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Bronze
Stoneware With Metal Mount Vase by Alexandre Bigot
By Alexandre Bigot
Located in New York, NY
(1862-1927), a physics and chemistry teacher who became a ceramist in c1894, created architectural
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19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Physics
Materials
Metal
Antique Craftsman Softwood Display Cabinet, circa Late 19th Century
By Gustav Stickley, Greene & Greene, Harvey Ellis
Located in Alhambra, CA
and crafts/ craftsman style piece from the physics lab at California's historic Stanford University
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19th Century American Arts and Crafts Antique Physics
Le Spectacle De La Nature Framed Pairs of circa 1743 Celestial Chart Engravings
By Jacques-Philippe Le Bas
Located in Bedford, Bedfordshire
in the realms of natural history, physics, astronomy and botany.
Jacques-Philippe Le Bas or Lebas
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1740s French Louis XV Antique Physics
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Paper
H 17 in W 15.25 in D 0.25 in
Good circa 1885 French Terrestrial Table Globe; “Globe Terrestre” J Forest Paris
Located in Bedford, Bedfordshire
globe concerned with physics, politics and history, rotating in a calibrated brass basket frame with
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1880s English High Victorian Antique Physics
Materials
Brass
Cubist Still Life
By Renato Paresce
Located in Frankfurt, DE
. He held a doctorate in physics and was a journalist, writer and painter. The story of his all-too
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1920s Antique Physics
8.5 Foot Tall 17th Century Portrait Oil Painting of Sir Christopher Wren
By Sir Peter Lely
Located in Gallatin, TN
building in continuous use in the United States.
Educated in Latin and Aristotelian physics at the
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17th Century Academic Antique Physics
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Canvas, Oil
H 103 in W 74 in D 5.5 in
Chubb Leather Covered Trunk circa 1890- 1911
By Chubb & Son
Located in Solebury, PA
This distinctive Chubb luggage was owned by the famous physics professor , J.G. Bullen. Covered in
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Early 20th Century British Antique Physics
French Books-Encyclopedia d' Enseignement Moderne, 1922
Located in Austin, TX
features geology, botanical, anatomy, philosophy, maths, geometry, physics and chemistry. Tome two has
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1920s French Antique Physics
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Leather, Paper
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