Fine Scientific Instruments

A Royal Gun Factory Torpedo Gyroscope, English, c.1902, stamped to the top '801, W & Co'(Whitehead & Co of Fiume) and to the front 451 RGF, (Royal...

A Huntington Texilscope French, c.1900, printed to the inside of the lid 'The Huntington Textilscope, Trade Mark Regd 441,307, - Marque Deposse Pa...

An Everard-type Excise Officer's Slide Rule, English, c. 1830, four-slide boxwood Imperial measure slide rule by Laban Cook, the stock stamped 'Co...

A Curta Calculator, Mark II, Liechtenstein, 1964, serial number 529305, retailed by Automatic Business Machines Ltd, London, in black and grey, in...

An Early Form of Fowlers Adding Machine or calculator , American, c.1863, engraved to the front 'FOWLERS ASSING MACHINE PATENTED JULY 14th 1863', ...

Lancashire County Council, Set of 13 Metric Standard Capacity Measures, 1900, English, Dated 1900, each measure engraved 'LANCASHIRE COUNTY COUNCI...

Accrington Corporation, 5 Gallon Checkpump, English, dated 1952, engraved around the brass bindings 'ACCRINGTON CORPORATION, FIVE GALLON 62º F, CH...

Standard Checkpump Petrol Measures, English, dated 1931, by Gaskill & Chambers, Birmingham, each engraved 'LANCASHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL, CHECKPUMP, S...

A Large Inspectors Beam Scale Set, English, dated 1897, with each of the 3 beam scales engraved 'County of Lancaster (Lower Blackburn Division), T...

A Set of 6 Standard Working Liquid Capacity Measures, English, c. 1931, engraved 'COUNTY BOROUGH OF PRESTON' W & T AVERY Ltd LONDON', each constru...

A Substantial Lancashire County Council Bullion Balance, English, c.1940, heavily engraved on the beam 'LANCASHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL TO WEIGH 56LB' a...

Lancashire County Council Standard Troy Weights, English, dated 1904, weights all numbered 2753, with many calibration verification and Exchequer ...

An Early 19th Century Merchant's Linear Comparison Rule, English, c.1800-1820, in boxwood giving 18 European and Middle Eastern linear scales on o...

An Imperial Four Gallon Working Standard Measure, English, dated 1893, engraved to the front 'IMPERIAL FOUR GALLON, COUNTY BOROUGH OF BURNLEY, 189...

A Cased Pair of Imperial Liquid Working Standard Measures, English, undated but c.1900, with one stamped to the front 'GALLON', and the other '1/2...

A Mid Victorian Custom Inspectors Travelling Set of 6 Capacity Measures, English, dated 1847, engraved 'COUNTY OF LANCASTER ORMSKIRK DIVISION, 184...

Preston Borough Standard Cylindrical Pattern Troy Bullion Weights, English, dated 1911, weights engraved 'COUNTY BOROUGH OF PRESTON, DE GRAVE & CO...

Lancashire County Council Standard Spherical Avoirdupois Weights, English, dated 1908, weights engraved 'LANCASHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL, 1908' and all ...

Borough of Blackpool Working Standard Avoirdupois Bell Weights, English, dated 1890, weights engraved 'BOROUGH OF BLACKPOOL' and numbered 2198, wi...

Two Georgian Capacity Measures English, dated 1826, bronze, the both engraved 'BLACKBURN HUNDRED LOWER DIVISION 1826' then in copperplate script '...

Imperial Half Bushel Measure, Burnley, Dated 1887, English, dated 1887, engraved to the front 'FOUR GALLONS, BOROUGH OF BURNLEY, 1887' with multip...

County Borough of Burnley, Standard Check Pump Petrol Measures, English, dated 1931, by Gaskill & Chambers, Birmingham, each engraved 'COUNTY BORO...

Borough of Blackpool, Full Set of 11 Imperial Standard Capacity Measures, 1888, English, Dated 1888, each measure engraved 'BOROUGH OF BLACKPOOL' ...

Lancashire County Council Imperial Standard Meter, 1929, English, Dated 1929, engraved ‘STANDARD METER 62F, LANCASHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL’ and ‘...

Corporation of Preston, Folding Standard Yard, 1908, English, date stamped 1908, engraved along the length 'CORPORATION OF PRESTON' and 'W & T Ave...

Township of Blackburn, Standard Imperial Yard, 1842, English, dated 1842, engraved 'Imperial Yard, TOWNSHIP OF BLACKBURN COUNTY OF LANCASTER 1842'...

Borough Of Preston, A Very Fine Set of Standard Apothecaries Weights, 1890, English, dated 1890, the case with a label for 'DEGRAVE SHORT & CO LON...

Borough Of Burnley, A Very Fine Set of Standard Troy Weights, 1891, English, dated 1891, with a label to the case for 'THOS CHESHIRE SCALE MAKER 1...

Lancashire County Council Standard Apothecary Measures, 1913, English, dated 1913, engraved to a brass plaque on the lid 'STANDARD APOTHECARIES ME...

German Silver 6in Protractor, Stanley, English, c.1920, engraved 'STANLEY LONDON' with trade label to the inside of the case lid, with magnifier, ...

A Fine German Silver 6in Swing Arm Protractor, Stanley, English, c. 1890, engraved 'Stanley, Gt Turnstile Holborn, London' of typical form with sw...

A Large 8in Brass Single Arm Protractor, English, c.1880, engraved 'C. T. COOPER, 86 Gt DOVER St LONDON', single arm with verner scale and locking...

A 6in Swing Arm Protractor, Heath, English, c.1880, engraved in copper plate script 'Heath, Plymouth, swing arm with vernier scale and sprung stee...

A Very Unusual Miniature 4.5in Swing Arm Protractor, Piggot, English, c.1880, signed in script 'Piggott, London' and with the owners name to the r...

A 6in Swing Arm Protractor, Elliot, English, c.1860, engraved in script 'Elliott, London' of typical form with geared adjustment, swing arms with ...

A Rare American Kimber Cleaver-Type Protractor, American, c.1850, unsigned but built to Kimber Cleaver's design, constructed of heavy guage brass,...

A Large 8in Swing Arm Protractor, Casartelli, English, c.1880, engraved in script 'J Casartelli, Manchester, of typical form, swing out arms on st...

A 6in Single Arm Protractor, Robson English, c.1880, signed 'F. Robson, 46Dean St, Newcastle on Tyne', of typical form constructed of heavy guage ...

A Fine 6in Single Arm Protractor, Cocking & Co, Yokohama, English but retailed in Yokohama, Japan, c.1890, engraved 'COCKING & Co, YOYOHAMA' of ty...

Ivory Folding Rule, Wood Late Abraham, English, c.1850, engraved 'WOOD LATE ABRAHAM LIVERPOOL' and with owners name 'J F Ramsbotham' delicatly con...

A Miniature Pocket Set of German Silver Drawing Instruments, Newman, English, c.1860, signed 'James Newman, 24 Soho Square' the set comprising of ...

Collection of 3 Pairs of Proportional Dividers, comprising of a pair engraved 'Archbutt, 20 Bridge Rd, Lambeth' in German silver in a polished mah...

Two Sets of Three Legged Dividers, comprising of an unmarked set in German silver with steel points and an unmarked set in brass with steel points...

A Fine Cased Set of Three Legged Dividers, Stanley, English, c.1900, marked Stanley to th instrument and the inside of the lid, case 19.5cm

A Fine Set of Proportional Dividers, Cary, English, c.1840, engraved to the front 'Cary, London', the dividers in brass with bled steel adjusting ...

Four Sets on Pocket Dividers, comprising of a set in German silver in a leather case marked 'KERN & Cie AARAU, SUISSE' the dividers with points, p...

Collection of Three Proportional Dividers, Stanley & Cooke comprising of a large set c.1880, engraved 'Stanley Gt Turnstile London W.C.' in a shap...

A Superbly Well Engineered Unusual Set of Proportional Dividers, English, c.1870, unmarked, finished in heavy guage German Silver with polished st...

An Unusual Set of German Silver Railway Engineers Curves, English, dated 1863, unmarked, label to the lid reads 'D BROWNE PENRITH Made from oak ta...

A Rare Perspective Rolling Centrolinead, Stanley, English, c.1880, the rule engraved 'Stanleys Rolling Centrolinead, Great Turnstile London; const...

An Unusual Air Ministry Bombing Error & Windspeed Scale, Stanley, English, c.1940, engraved Stanley, London 9/360 AM, BOMBING ERROR AND WINDSPEED ...

A Collection of Four Proportional Dividers, comprising of a large set, c.1900, by Stanley, 23cm; a large unsigned set , 23cm, a small set c.1900, ...

Two Sets of 19th Century Drawing Instruments. comprising one by Kern, c.1850, in nickel silver in embossed leather-covered case, with protractor, ...

A Vernier Protractor and Marquois Scales, English, comprising of a German silver protractor by Stanley, London,c. 1890, engraved 'Re-divided by C....

A Fine Set of Drawing Instruments with Military Provenance. English, c.1850, by J Halden & Co., nickel silver bound burr walnut case with cartouch...

A Set of Drawing Instruments with Survey of India Provenance, English, c.1865, a magazine case of instruments by Stanley, the mahogany veneered ca...

A Gunter's Scale and a Scale Rule English, c. 1800, unsigned, in boxwood, with Gunter's line and multiple navigation scales, with a scale rule c.1...

Two Boxwood Slide Rules by Stanley, Both English, comprising of Glaser's Textile Conversion Slide Rule, c.1905, patented 1903, no. 242, with twin ...

Two Boxwood Slide Rules by Stanley, Both English, comprising of Glaser's Textile Conversion Slide Rule, c.1920, patented 1903, no. 1052, with twin...

Two Boxwood Slide Rules by Stanley, Both English, comprising of J H Young's patent costings rule, c.1900, No. 74, with twin slides and scales for ...