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England Early 1900 Brass Galvanometer Antique Physic Measuring Instrument
By Philip Harris Ltd.
Located in Milan, IT
Moving coil brass galvanometer with three-screw base, instrument signed Philip Harris Ltd
Category
Early 20th Century British Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
Stick Barometer Mahogany Board Antique Weather Measuring Instrument J. Ramsden
By Jesse Ramsden
Located in Milan, IT
fist one in 1643 to make an instrument for measure changes of air pressure.
Man, as farmer or
Category
Antique 1780s Scientific Instruments
Materials
Wood
H 39.38 in W 4.34 in D 1.58 in
19th Century Mahogany Barometer F Somalvico Antique Weather Measuring Instrument
Located in Milan, IT
disciple, was the fist one in 1643 to make an instrument for measure changes of air pressure.
Category
Antique 1810s British Scientific Instruments
Materials
Mahogany
H 48.43 in W 14.18 in D 3.35 in
Refractor Polarimeter Physic Measuring Instrument Made by Steindorff & Co 1920s
Located in Milan, IT
D.R.P. Germany, 1920s. It is an antique instrument used to determine the concentration of sucrose and
Category
Vintage 1920s German Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
H 7.09 in W 14.18 in D 8.67 in
Galvanometer Antique Measuring Instrument Used for Telegraph Cables 1850 circa
Located in Milan, IT
Vertical mirror galvanometer made in 1850 circa, oak and glass, three adjustable screws at the base. Tool constituted by a magnet bar movable inside a coil and connected to a needle....
Category
Antique 1850s British Scientific Instruments
Materials
Wood
H 11.42 in W 5.12 in D 2.76 in
Actinometer Antique Measuring Instrument made by Griffin & Tatlock London in 30s
By Griffin & Tatlock ltd
Located in Milan, IT
instrument invented in 1825 by John Herschel and used for the measurement of the solar heat. Very good
Category
Vintage 1930s British Scientific Instruments
Materials
Wood
H 6.3 in W 15.75 in D 1.58 in
Italy 1930s Ing Ferrero Double Strain Gauge Original Box Measuring Instrument
Located in Milan, IT
, in its original box complete with accessories and magnifying glass.
It is an instrument used to
Category
Vintage 1930s Italian Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
H 3.15 in W 10.95 in D 8.67 in
19th Century Wooden English Barometer Antique Forecast Weather Instrument
Located in Milan, IT
Wooden barometer measuring instrument English manufacture made in the mid 19th century, silver
Category
Antique 1850s British Scientific Instruments
Materials
Wood
H 41.74 in W 12.21 in D 1.97 in
Italian Brass Land-Surveyor Instrument Made in 1860 with its Original Walnut Box
Located in Milan, IT
Land-surveyor squaring, measuring instrument made of brass, Italian manufacture, from the second
Category
Antique 1860s Italian Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
H 4.34 in W 4.34 in D 7.49 in
Louis XV Style Ormolu-Mounted Tortoiseshell Clock and Barometer Set by Gleizes
By E. Gleizes Paris
Located in London, GB
further measuring instruments for temperature etc, line the lengths. Beautifully shaped, with delighful
Category
Antique 19th Century French Rococo Scientific Instruments
Materials
Ormolu
H 45.28 in W 11.82 in D 2.76 in
Early 20th-Century English Sovereign Balance Scale by Harrison
Located in Atlanta, GA
piece of British numismatic history, this scale is perfect for collectors of antique measuring
Category
20th Century English Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
Measuring Stand
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This French early wooden measuring stand is a marvelous blend of utility and minimalistic design
Category
Antique Early 1900s French Scientific Instruments
Materials
Metal
Fine Circular Protractor by William Cary, London c.1810
By Cary
Located in Norwich, GB
including mechanical calculators, measuring instruments, telescopes, microscopes and navigation and
Category
Antique 1810s English Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
Pharmacy Child Measure Stand, Pitch Pine Measuring Stick or Somastometre
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Pharmacy Child Measure Stand, Pitch Pine Measuring Stick or Somastometre
Once these along with
Category
Antique 1890s Industrial Musical Instruments
Materials
Beech
Pharmacy Height Measure Stand, Pitch Pine Measuring Stick or Somastometre
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Pharmacy Height Measure Stand, Pitch Pine Measuring Stick or Somastometre
Once these along with
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Scientific Instruments
Victorian Bronze Imperial Standard Bushel Measure
Located in Essex, MA
Impressively large bushel measure for the County Of Gloucester, England. Inscribed
"Imperial
Category
Antique 1850s English Victorian Scientific Instruments
Materials
Bronze
Bronze Imperial Gallon Measure, Calcutta Mint
Located in Essex, MA
British controlled India weights and measures Imperial Gallon Measure. F.70 #78. With cover
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Indian Scientific Instruments
Materials
Bronze
Collection of Vintage Leather Measuring Tapes
Located in San Francisco, CA
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Collection of four vintage leather measuring tapes. Two have metal tape and two have cloth
Category
Early 20th Century Industrial Scientific Instruments
Materials
Metal
American Victorian Scale and Height Measure
Located in Queens, NY
American Victorian standing scale with mahogany center post and brass weight and height measure
Category
Antique Late 19th Century American Victorian Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
19th Century Italian Height Measuring Apparatus
Located in Atlanta, GA
An intriguing 19th century Italian apparatus for measuring one's height in centimeters. Soundly
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Scientific Instruments
Materials
Bronze, Iron
Compass with Pocket Sundial, with Case, Bronze, Butterfield, Michael '1635-1724'
Located in Madrid, ES
mathematician who made measuring instruments based in Paris from the last quarter of the 17th century who
Category
Antique Early 18th Century French Neoclassical Scientific Instruments
Materials
Metal, Bronze, Other
H 2.96 in W 3.35 in D 0.79 in
Surveyor's Poles/Logging Measuring Stick c.1940
By Keuffel and Esser Co. 1
Located in San Francisco, CA
measuring stick. The other wider all wood yellow surveyor pole is fixed. The logging measuring stick is
Category
Early 20th Century American Industrial Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
Copper & brass fuel measures by Sutherland Astell
Located in London, GB
Two copper and brass metric "Checkpump" fuel measures by Sutherland Astell, circa 1950.
Made for
Category
Mid-20th Century English Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass, Copper
Early 20th Century English Telescoping Surveyors Measure
Located in Burton, TX
Telescoping surveyors measuring staff made of wood with brass fittings. Marked 'Houghton-Butcher
Category
Early 20th Century English Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
Early 20th Century English Telescoping Surveyors Measure
Located in Burton, TX
Telescoping surveyors measuring staff made of wood with brass fittings. Marked 'Houghton-Butcher
Category
Early 20th Century English Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
1950s Olympic Tape Measure Peoples Republic of China
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Vintage Tricle Bakelite Olympic Tape Measure
made Peoples Republic of China
Cover made from
Category
Vintage 1950s Chinese Mid-Century Modern Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
Vintage Woman Figurine Lady Sewing Tailor Tape Measure
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Very charming small figurine of a lady that functions as a tape measure. This vintage piece was
Category
Early 20th Century German Folk Art Scientific Instruments
Materials
Plastic
Folding Boxwood & Brass Shoe Size Measure, circa 1880
Located in London, GB
A late 19th century folding cobbler's boxwood and brass shoe size measure, for the French market
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Scientific Instruments
Materials
Boxwood
Antique Telescope, Large, Single Draw Refractor, Cary London, circa 1820
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
equipment, mechanical calculators and measuring instruments.
Working out of The Strand, London, England
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Georgian Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
H 29.93 in W 2.21 in D 2.21 in
Vintage Stereoscope Bar Parallax, Scientific Instrument, JM Glauser, London
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage stereoscope bar parallax. An English, brass scientific instrument for measuring
Category
Vintage 1950s English Other Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
H 3.15 in W 2.56 in D 16.15 in
19th Century Feench Barometer Antique Scientific Instrument Weather Misure
Located in Milan, IT
fist one in 1643 to make an instrument for measure changes of air pressure.
Category
Antique 1850s French Scientific Instruments
Materials
Wood
H 37.01 in W 10.36 in D 2.37 in
Antique Pharmacist's Medicine Cup, English, Glass, Apothecary Measure, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique pharmacist's medicine cup. An English, glass and leather apothecary measure
Category
Antique Late 19th Century British Scientific Instruments
Materials
Glass
H 2.56 in W 2.76 in D 2.76 in
1860s Torricellian Barometer Oak Wood Negretti & Zambra Old Weather Instrument
Located in Milan, IT
, was the fist one in 1643 to make an instrument for measure changes of air pressure.
Man, as farmer or
Category
Antique 1860s British Scientific Instruments
Materials
Oak
H 38.59 in W 10.63 in D 1.97 in
System walking stick with grain measuring the function, France 1820.
Located in Milan, IT
System walking stick: stick with grain measuring function. Oak wood barrel, graduated on the
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass, Iron
1820-35 Large Clock Barometer by Silvani Brighton Antique Forecast Instrument
Located in Milan, IT
), mathematician and physicist, Galileo’s disciple, was the fist one in 1643 to make an instrument for measure
Category
Antique 1840s British Scientific Instruments
Materials
Mahogany
H 47.64 in W 14.18 in D 3.15 in
Alnmått (Cubit measure) in iron with gilded details. Baroque, dated 1731
Located in Knivsta, SE
Swedish Alnmått (Cubit measure) in iron with gilded details. Baroque, dated 1731. Provenance: Baron
Category
Antique 1730s Swedish Baroque Scientific Instruments
Materials
Iron
H 0.6 in W 28.35 in D 0.2 in
Alnmått (Cubit measure) in Birch with a Noble Crown. Gustavian, dated 1783
Located in Knivsta, SE
.
An instrument used for measuring, traditionally called Alnmått, consisting of curved work worked
Category
Antique 1780s Swedish Gustavian Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
H 0.6 in W 29.14 in D 1.19 in
Set of four imperial fuel standard measures by Gaskell & Chambers in case
Located in London, GB
A set of four copper and brass CHEKPUMP imperial fuel standard measures, by Gaskell & Chambers
Category
Early 20th Century English Industrial Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass, Copper
Antique Gilbert & Barker Red Self Measuring Type 208 Vintage Curbside Gas Pump
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Gilbert & Barker Red Self Measuring Type 208 Vintage Curbside Gas Pump. Item featured
Category
Antique Early 1900s Art Deco Scientific Instruments
Materials
Metal
H 56 in W 15 in D 15 in
Imperial Sand & Ballast Measure by De Grave Short & Co Ltd of London
By De Grave Short, Fanner & Co.
Located in London, GB
A rare sand and ballast measure by De Grave Short & Co Ltd of London, circa 1940.
Measures one
Category
Mid-20th Century English Industrial Scientific Instruments
Materials
Oak
Vintage 2-in-1 Pendant Map Measure, German, Navigational Tool, Mid Century, 1960
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage 2-in-1 pendant map measure. A West German, cast metal and glass navigational
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Scientific Instruments
Materials
Metal
H 3.15 in W 1.78 in D 0.4 in
18th Century antique primitive wooden measure box dated 1784
Located in Boden, SE
measuring instruments met the standard. Approved tools were stamped with special stamps.
Wooden measures, so
Category
Antique 1780s Swedish Folk Art Decorative Bowls
Materials
Pine
A Bronze Sculpture of a Seated Female Scholar, France Late 19th Century
Located in Lambertville, NJ
some remnants of gilt highlights with an ebonized wood base. The seated figure with orb and measuring
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Large Antique French Brass and Iron Balance Scale with Weights
Located in Mt Kisco, NY
, and weights.
Testut was a French company manufacturing and marketing measuring instruments (weighing
Category
Early 20th Century French Industrial More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Brass
Holland Circle by Baumann and Kinzelbach
Located in New Orleans, LA
surveying and is a precursor to the theodolite, an optical instrument for measuring angles. Baumann and
Category
Antique 19th Century German Scientific Instruments
Materials
Bronze
Fine Hardwood Drum
Located in Bridgeport, CT
several wood peg inserts to achieve tension. The Drum excellent sound. A Rare and extraordinary Instrument
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Tribal Musical Instruments
Materials
Leather, Hardwood
Antique Spectacle Lenses Eye Glass Optometrist tool set
Located in Norwalk, CT
Salmon Bros London, A beautiful cased instrument for measuring the sight to determine the need for
Category
Early 20th Century English Scientific Instruments
Materials
Glass
Dutch 19th Century Carved Wooden Barometer
Located in Delft, NL
scene of fruits and scrolls
A barometer is a scientific instrument used to measure air pressure in a
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Dutch Scientific Instruments
Materials
Wood
Anemometer 1950 Coal Mining Vintage Science Equipment in Brass and Steel
Located in Miami, FL
an instrument that measures wind speed and wind pressure. Anemometers are important tools for
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass, Steel, Iron
H 4.5 in W 3.25 in D 1.14 in
Antique Terrestrial Globe Published in 1940s by Girard Barrère et Thomas, Paris
Located in Milan, IT
understand the world where they live, and they used all possible instruments to measure the space around and
Category
Vintage 1940s French Scientific Instruments
Materials
Wood, Paper
Late 19th Century J. H. Stewar Barometer and Thermometer Antique Weather Misure
Located in Milan, IT
disciple, was the fist one in 1643 to make an instrument for measure changes of air pressure.
Man, as
Category
Antique 1880s British Scientific Instruments
Materials
Wood
H 39.38 in W 7.01 in D 7.01 in
Early 20th Century French Carved Black Forest Hunting Barometer and Thermometer
Located in Birmingham, AL
. The central section features the barometer, known as an aneroid barometer, an instrument used for
Category
Antique Early 1900s French Black Forest Scientific Instruments
Materials
Walnut
H 29.5 in W 14.5 in D 3 in
20th Century Industrial Metal Box
Located in Dusseldorf, DE
used to store measuring instruments used in tramway construction and track laying.
Today it is a very
Category
20th Century German Industrial Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
"Musical instrument" by Robert Roesch
By Robert Roesch
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Robert Roesch (1946)
untitled "musical instrument"
Patinated bronze
Measure: Height 34.5 in
Category
Vintage 1980s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Early 19th Century Measuring Stick
Located in London, GB
sorts. Believed to be used as an instrument to measure bags of grain from the Tibetan regions. Both ends
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Tibetan Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Early Figure, Marble Sculpture by Tom von Kaenel
By Tom von Kaenel
Located in Geneve, CH
color, its structure is crystalline. No measuring instruments other than compasses and scales are used
Category
2010s Greek Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Abstraction, Naxian Marble Shelf Sculpture, Tom von Kaenel
By Tom von Kaenel
Located in Geneve, CH
measuring instruments other than compasses and scales are used in the production of an object. The eye
Category
2010s Greek Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Unique Marble Wall Lamp by Tom von Kaenel
By Tom von Kaenel
Located in Geneve, CH
is crystalline. No measuring instruments other than compasses and scales are used in the production
Category
2010s Greek Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Marble
Laokoon, 2018 Marble Sculpture by Tom von Kaenel
By Tom von Kaenel
Located in Geneve, CH
-brown color, its structure is crystalline. No measuring instruments other than compasses and scales are
Category
2010s Greek Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Comedy and Tragedy of the Animal, Marble Sculpture by Tom von Kaenel
By Tom von Kaenel
Located in Geneve, CH
white, grey or yellow-brown color, its structure is crystalline. No measuring instruments other than
Category
2010s Greek Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Marble
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A measuring instrument can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $1,453, while the lowest priced sells for $25 and the highest can go for as much as $685,000.