Used Measuring Instruments

This is a fantastic and rare 19th century physics instrument used to measure the angle of light being reflected in the mirrors.

Telescoping surveyors measuring staff made of wood with brass fittings. Marked 'Houghton-Butcher Mfg. Co. Ltd., London 1918 N0. 1.195'. Lovingly cared for, it is in working condition...

Telescoping surveyors measuring staff made of wood with brass fittings. Marked 'Houghton-Butcher Mfg. Co. Ltd., London 1918 No. 1.173'. Lovingly cared for, it is in working conditio...

This item is an exceptional unrestored vintage Motorola Model 68L11 (1948) tape measure radio in very nice condition. Complete except for dry cell battery. This unit is untested and ...

Testut was a French company manufacturing and marketing measuring instruments (weighing and counting). It was founded around 1850 by Charles Rodolphe Testut.  

Artistic and Historical Significance This clock is far more than a time-measuring instrument; it is a true sculptural masterpiece, illustrating the refinement and technical mastery o...

The Walker’s Excelsior IV Patent Log is a nautical instrument for measuring a vessel’s speed and distance travelled.

This scale offers optimal legibility, making the Cosmograph Daytona the ideal instrument for measuring speeds up to 400 units per hour, expressed in kilometers or miles.

This scale offers optimal legibility, making the Cosmograph Daytona the ideal instrument for measuring speeds up to 400 units per hour, expressed in kilometers or miles.

This scale offers optimal legibility, making the Cosmograph Daytona the ideal instrument for measuring speeds up to 400 units per hour, expressed in kilometers or miles.

Stick barometer, oak wood, antique measuring instrument made in UK in the mid-19th century and signed by Negretti & Zambra, with thermometer and nonius reading the atmospheric changes.

La Filotecnica Ing A. Salmoiraghi Milan Centesimal tacheometer 133 b normal N. 55858 Catasto Italiano model of the second half of the 19th century, of burnished brass, complete with ...

Measuring instrument made of boxwood and brass divided into four parts and placed in its original leather case; it was used to verify the measures of distillates in barrels and the s...

In perfect working order. Measures: Height 35 cm, 14.5 inches, telescope length 37 cm, 13.7 inches.

An anemometer is an antique instrument to measure air flux and it is used to survey and measure speed of air masses.

Ammeter, bakelite wood and brass instrument, used to measure the intensity of electric current, made by S.I.P.I.E.

Very good condition. Measures: cm 23 x 14 H 13.5 - inches 9 x 5.5 H 5.3.

Evangelista Torricelli (1608-1647), mathematician and physicist, Galileo’s disciple, was the fist one in 1643 to make an instrument for measure changes of air pressure. Man, as farm...

Evangelista Torricelli (1608-1647), mathematician and physicist, Galileo’s disciple, was the fist one in 1643 to make an instrument for measure changes of air pressure. Man, as farme...

Refractor polarimeter made of painted brass with cast iron tripod base by Steindorff & Co. Berlin D.R.P. Germany, 1920s. It is an antique instrument used to determine the concentrati...

Evangelista Torricelli (1608-1647), mathematician and physicist, Galileo’s disciple, was the fist one in 1643 to make an instrument for measure changes of air pressure. Man, as farm...

Engraved boxwood diptych sundial with brass hinges, book-shaped, English manufacture, first decade of the 19th century. The sundial is equipped with a compass for orientation inserte...

Washington logarithmic circular slide rule model H 39 n. 298 of the thirties, Italian patent n. 1680, in its original octagonal box. Worldwide patented tool for the quick and safe ca...

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....

Aneroid or holosteric brass barometer made at the end of the 19th century, signed Negretti & Zambra n. I 699, complete with semicircle thermometer with engraved and silver-plated bra...

Metronome system Johan Maelzel (1772-1838) early 1900s. It is an instrument used to measure the tempo of music, the sound of the pendulum accurately signals the speed of execution.

Metronome system Johan Maelzel (1772-1838) of the early 1900s. It is an instrument used to measure the tempo of music, the sound of the pendulum accurately signals the speed of execu...

An anemometer is an antique instrument to measure air flux and it is used to survey and measure speed of air masses.

Measures: Height 134 cm, width 36.7 cm, thickness 10 cm.

Rare large barometer complete with clock signed J. Walden Jersey Warranted dating from around 1810-1820. Mahogany wood case and finely worked mahogany burl with double threaded edges...

Brass spirit level signed J. Rabone & Sons Birmingham made in England Warrented correct, complete with adjustment screw and made in the second half of the 19th century. Excellent con...

It is an ancient time measuring instrument whose orientation is given by the magnetic compass located at the base and allows you to orient the sundial, while two levels and three lev...

Very good condition and in order. Measures: Diameter 4,8, height 1,7. The altimeter is an antique instrument for measure the height above sea level, according with principle of Pasc...

Scales for babies made of cast iron with depictions of flowers. The scale is equipped with a double scale: on one side from 0 to 15kg, on the other side from 0 to 10 hg. Counterweigh...

Sand hourglass, brass container with circular base and tapered columns in the center and blown glass cruet. Duration 45 minutes. English manufacture of the early 1900s. Measures he...

Very good condition. Measures: Height 16 cm, diameter 8 cm. It's an antique measuring instrument including a brass cylindrical box, with eight levels for draw alignments at 45 ° or m...

Shipping is insured by Lloyd's London; our gift box is free. It’s an antique measuring instrument having an element sensitive to pressure, a metal box, named barometric capsule.

Evangelista Torricelli (1608-1647), mathematician and physicist, Galileo’s disciple, was the fist one in 1643 to make an instrument for measure changes of air pressure.

Measure instrument cm 13x42 H 33, inches 5.1x16.5 H 13.

Turn-of-the-century brass astronomical measuring instrument used to determine latitude and longitude at sea.

Land-surveyor squaring, measuring instrument made of brass, Italian manufacture, from the second half of the 19th century, complete with original walnut box.

It is a scientific instrument used in terrestrial observations to measure horizontal and vertical angles.

Barometer signed Joseph Solcha Hull Warranted, active between 1851 and 1855, antique measuring instrument made of mahogany wood, with cedar wood thread on the outer edge.

It consists of a base, a telescope, two graduated circles, one horizontal and one vertical, small microscopes for reading the circles and double nonius for the centesimal reading of ...

A rich in character 19th century measuring instrument used on trees, wonderful as a wall-mounted sculpture for it's rustic yet beautiful combination of wooden shapes including a whee...

Fine quality hydrometer made by farrow and jackson of london.  This is a measuring instrument used for measuring the alcohol content in water.

A vintage Selmer Bundy Resonite ebonized clarinet with nickel plated keys and accompanying case, Selmer Bundy, 20th century Measures: Instrument 26.75" H x 3" W x 3" D , 1.25" diam;...

Small theodolite, antique measuring instrument made of grey painted metal signed by Filotecnica Salmoiraghi Milano Made in Italy n. 65142 in the fifties and placed in its original me...

Evangelista Torricelli (1608-1647), mathematician and physicist, Galileo’s disciple, was the fist one in 1643 to make an instrument for measure changes of air pressure. Man, as farme...

Length 22.4 cm, width 2.5 cm, height 2.5 cm. It is an ancient measuring instrument used to determine the slope of a surface in comparison to the horizontal reference plane.

It is an ancient measuring instrument used to determine the slope of a surface in comparison to the horizontal reference plane.

Scleroscope shore instrument & MFG New York Pat. June 1910, Dec 15 1914 and sept 25 1915 N. 11315.

Colorimeter antique measuring instrument signed F. Hellige & Co Freiburg i.

Pasquale Cittelli was one of the most appreciated Italian scientific instrument makers at the beginning of the 19th century, and received awards and medals; his workshop possessed on...

Placed just above, a smaller version of the scale leads the eye upwards toward the exquisite brass bull, holding the measuring instrument in its mouth. The ensemble is composed as a ...

French sliding early 1900's elevation stick

At highest measure: 139 1/4"H
At smallest measure: 84 1/2"H

English mahogany stick Barometer with a broken arch pediment, brass urn finial, Satin wood string inlay, hinged glass door revealing a numeral steel engraved dial with original mount...

Antique travel microscope in unrestored found condition. The brass should be polished and the glasses cleaned. All parts appear to be complete, no guarantee, see photos.

This is a Keuffel & Effer Co. military transit surveyor. It consists of a compass and a telescope. Inside the center of the compass is hallmarked Keuffel & Esser. Also over the front...

This is a vintage surveyor's level. An English, brass scientific instrument with enamelled finish, dating to the mid 20th century, circa 1950. Appealing dumpy level with quality m...

A late 18th century brass lacquered Culpepper design microscope by Adams, London in the original mahogany case. The two drawers contain a good selection of lenses and accessories. Th...

This is an antique scientist's field microscope. An English, brass, pocket instrument, dating to the Edwardian period, circa 1910. Appealing brass instrument with fine colour, ide...

LE MAIRE FILS, PARIS. AN EARLY 18TH CENTURY FRENCH SILVER 'BUTTERFIELD' TYPE POCKET SUNDIAL AND COMPASS. the octagonal plate dial engraved a sundial with four alternating rings of r...

An antique English banjo barometer, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1880. This scientific instrument is presented in a finely figured rosewood case, characterized by its t...

This exceptional "La Commedia dell'Arte" table lamp represents a prestigious collaboration between the Piero Fornasetti and the avant-garde Milanese lighting house Antonangeli Illumi...

This is a wonderful piece of 19th century historical memorabilia.

Tiffany & Company and George Paulding Farnham, A rare, lavish and monumental sterling silver centerpiece with original mirrored-glass sterling silver plateau, circa 1900. Museum...

Set of 12 fine French Art Deco silver plated knife rests designed by Marcel Sandoz for the Gallia collection of Christofle. All 12 animals are different. Original case. Hallmark ” Ga...

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A very large and impressive 19th century Empire style gilt and patinated bronze malachite mantel clock depicting 'Psyche Crowning Cupid.' Psyche crowning Cupid with a flower wreath, ...

As exceptionally scarce as it is fascinating, this autochange disk player by the Polyphon Musikwerke in Leipzig, Germany can change between six disks and play with the incredibly rar...

English Mahogany 19th Century Stick Barometer by Tarone Classic traditional English mahogany stick Barometer. Excellent and original feather veneered mahogany Barometer. All tubes a...

This exceptional Georgian barometer by the leading London instrument-maker John Bennett strongly reflects the prevalent furniture style and architectural elements of the time in its ...

J. M. Pagani Barometer From the 19th Century in Walnut Case A large liquid barometer with a thermometer, dated to the 2nd half of the 19th century, signed by J.M. Pagani from Gronin...

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...

This exceptional English stick barometer is a classic example of these intriguing meteorological instruments. Crafted by the esteemed Worthington & Allan, bow-fronted instrument ...