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Ramsden Brass Reflecting Telescope, London, late 18th century,<br />
inscribed Ramsden London at eyepiece end, rack-and-pinion fine<br />
focusing adjuster, 2-in. subject lens and 7/8-in. single-draw tube, two<br />
additional screw-fit lenses, all on folding tripod base, lg. 15 in.<br />
$3,000-5,000<br />
202.<br />
Brass Mountain Barometer by Cary, London, mid-19th century, 38-in.<br />
brass tube with scale calibrated from 15-32, brass-cased thermometer<br />
calibrated in both Fahrenheit and centigrade, brass-mounted mahogany<br />
tripod that also serves as carrying case, ht. mounted 57 in.<br />
$2,000-4,000<br />
203.<br />
Nachet et Fils Brass Compound Microscope, 17 Rue St. Severin,<br />
Paris, with U-shaped base inscribe as above, single-tube rack focus,<br />
rectangular stage, condenser and planar mirror, and mahogany carrying<br />
case, approximate ht. of instrument 12 in.<br />
$300-500<br />
204.<br />
Bausch & Lomb Optical Company Brass Compound Microscope,<br />
Rochester, New York, no. 31838, with U-shaped base engraved<br />
Bausch & Lomb Optical Co., Rochester, N.Y., rack focus, three-lens<br />
objective, rectangular stage, condenser, an additional eyepiece and<br />
objective, and carrying case, ht. 12 3/4 in.<br />
$200-300<br />
205.<br />
R. & J. Beck Brass Binocular Microscope, No. 9366, London,<br />
c. 1855, tripod base with one leg marked R.&J. Beck, London &<br />
Philadelphia, rack focus with thumb-screw adjustment, circular stage<br />
and planar mirror holder, ht. approximately 12 in.<br />
$150-250<br />
Automata & Mechanical Music<br />
206.<br />
The Lord’s Supper Automaton, attributed to Henry Phalibois, c.<br />
1890, the automaton based on Da Vinci’s The Lord’s Supper, features<br />
Jesus and the twelve Apostles in period clothing moving as if in serious<br />
conversation at a long table set with pewter dishes and goblets,<br />
complex gearing and drives all powered by two 110 and 220 volt<br />
60-cycle motors, lg. 69, ht. 30, dp. 22 in.<br />
Note: This automaton was part of the traveling London Mechanical<br />
and Electrical Exhibition touring England, Europe, Australia, and<br />
reaching New Zealand in the 1920s. Details of this exhibition are<br />
featured in Rod Cornelius, Mechanical Music, July/August 2011, pp.<br />
32-35. To view the automaton in action, see: http://www.youtube.com/<br />
watch?v=sJia3eTF80c<br />
$10,000-15,000<br />
online bidding at www.skinnerinc.com<br />
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