Phillips 12 inch Terrestrial Globe

Philips 10 inch challenge globe Philips 10 inch globe standing on a raised oak chamfered base and resting on a rectangular oak base incorporating a ribbon p...

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...

Lovely 19th century Erd Globus terrestrial globe Very beautiful little unusual model with a natural wooden base with a compass Globe in superb condition. No pock some traces of wea...

Antique 19th Century English terrestrial globe made by George Philips and Son. Set on a walnut stand. This piece makes a striking addition to any library or serves as a decorative ye...