SKINNER presents a Gallery Walk

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Seederer-Kohlbusch Inc. Balance Scale, Englewood, New Jersey,
brass and steel scale housed in a wood and glass case with sliding
front and rear doors, hinged doors on each end, and scale mounted on
black glass, ht. 18 in.
Provenance: Dr. Brian O’Brien.
$100-150
142.
F.G. Schmidt Barograph, New York, the mahogany and beveled glass
cased instrument with lacquered brass drum, aneroid barometer, pen,
maker’s plate and lower drawer with instructions for the barograph and
thermograph, lg. 14 3/4 in.
$200-400
143.
Taylor Instrument Barograph and a Three-Power Compound
Microscope, a mahogany and glass case, 4-in. dia. drum with paper
recording scale, pressure disc, and recording arm; the three-power
French microscope in a maple wooden box with original pamphlet,
instrument ht. 6 in.
$300-500
144.
Silvertown Coherer/Decoherer, Silvertown, London, mahogany case
with quarter-round base molding on block feet, gutta-percha bed
marked Telegraph Receiver Silvertown-London, Patent, brass terminal
screw knobs, glass capsule with metal filings between two metal
electrodes, electro magnetic coils, upper platform marked No. 195
Telegraph Works Silvertown London Patent, with bridge terminals and
gutta-percha and brass contact points, wd. 16 in.
$1,500-2,500
145.
Edison Type 3-A Universal Stock Ticker, D & H Precision Tool Co.,
Newark, New Jersey, with brass supports stamped with maker’s name
and place and 5776 flanking telegraphic receiving mechanism, twin
alpha-numeric rollers and a tape-feed mechanism over twin electromagnets,
on a circular cast iron base with glass dome, ht. 10 in.
$6,000-8,000
146.
Elliot Bros Galvanometer, London, No. 987, the brass and glass
cased instrument with directing magnet, electrical connections, and
leveling feet, all in the original carrying case with maker’s printed label.
Note: This instrument was used in the Jas. W. Queen & Co. Physics
and Chemistry Department.
$300-500
147.
Hottinger and Co. Gauge No. 1111, Zurich, with convex mirrored
center and two stems projecting from body, with a velvet-lined case, ht.
2 3/4 in.; a Brown and Sharp Combination Square, with protractor and
angle attachments, 12-in. blade.
Provenance: Dr. Brian O’Brien.
$100-150
148.
Brass-cased Pressure Gauge, U.S. Gauge Co., New York, c. 1953,
11-in. dia. case with screw-on bezel, 8-in. dia. dial calibrated 0-4000,
with original box.
$200-300
149.
Chrome-plated Manganese Bronze Focalscope, Air Force issued,
used to check the focus of 9 x 9 and 9 x 18-in. aerial cameras, both
plates marked 24 volt, eyepiece mounts in either plate, housed in a
green painted wooden box.
Provenance: Dr. Brian O’Brien.
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$150-250
150.
Tyler Standard Screen Scale, Cleveland, Ohio, assortment of twelve
brass screens ranging from 3 to 270 mesh per inch, ht. stacked 28 1/2
in.
$100-150
151.
Curta Type II Calculator, Liechtenstein, c. 1960, eleven digits for
data entry or “setting slides,” eight-digit revolution counter, fifteen-digit
result counter, marked on bottom in part Type II No. 525844 Made
in Liechtenstein by Contina LTD Mauren, housed in a black aluminum
case, ht. 4 1/4 in.
$300-400
152.
Two Brass Sealer’s Rules, c. 1840, the first a gauge for checking
yardsticks, the distance between the two protruding sections being
exactly 36 in., overall lg. 38 7/16; the second a reference standard yard
marked “Wawaonda Orange N.Y.” with a stamped eagle, 36 x 3/4 x
1/2 in.
$700-900
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