In addition to the Gallery in Milan, opened in 1999, Antik Arte & Scienza has also had a channel for online sales: on this site it is possible to buy, in fact, nautical antiques, astronomical instruments, globes and antique world maps, antique compasses, measuring instruments, vintage medical instruments and related to natural history. We know how it is important to offer secure and easy on-line purchases and therefore we have decided to offer free shipping and free insurance. All objects have an accurate and safe packaging, and when necessary also a padded wooden box made to measure. Shipping is insured by Lloyd's London, and you have 28 days to change your mind and return the bought items (see our general selling conditions for more information about return methods).
Man, as farmer or navigator, has always observed and tried to forecast the weather changes. Scientific studies about these changes began in the mid-XVII century, following some experiments about the existence of empty, that antique philosophers denied because "nature hates empty!".
1580737759Code 533A Verga barometerTorricellian barometer, complete with thermometer, in mahogany wood with threads and decorations in other essences, English manufacture, signed Verga Macclesfield of the mid-19th century. Very good state in perfect working order.
For safety during transport the barometer will be shipped emptied of mercury. The mercury will be placed in a sealed container in the package together with the barometer.
Height 100 cm - 39.37 inches, width 26 cm - 10.23 inches, depth 6 cm - 2.36 inches.
652013134728734Code 509A Chevallier barometerAntique Torricelli mercury barometer, made of mahogany, with thermometer, signed Mon. Chevallier L’Ing. Queslin 1, rue de la Bourse, France second half of XIX century. Very good condition, working perfectly.
For safety during transport the barometer will be shipped emptied of mercury. The mercury will be placed in a sealed container in the package together with the barometer.
Height cm 100 – inches 39.4, width cm 31 – inches 12.21.
962014155440734Code 500A Barometer RamsdenStick mercury barometer mounted on a mahogany plank complete with vernier reading the variation of atmospheric pressure signed Ramsden London, English manufacture of the end of the XVIII century.
Very good condition, fully functional.
For safety during transport the barometer will be shipped emptied of mercury. The mercury will be placed in a sealed container in the package together with the barometer.
Cm 11x4x100 - inches 4.33x1.57x39.3.
3122014132020734Code 502A Steward barometerEnglish mercury barometer with thermometer and double vernier reading the variation of atmospheric pressure. Signed J.H. Steward 406 Strand London in the late nineteenth century. Barometer mounted on a large oak plank richly carved.
Fully functional, good condition.
For safety during transport the barometer will be shipped emptied of mercury. The mercury will be placed in a sealed container in the package together with the barometer.
Cm 17.8x17.8x100 - inches 7x7x39.3.
1620303640Code 641A Large barometerRare large Torricellian mercury barometer complete with clock signed F. Somalvico N ° 11 Brook Str. Holborn London datable between 1810 and 1820. Finely crafted mahogany wood case with double threaded ebony and cedar wood edges. Large silver-plated brass dial engraved with meteorological indications and double pointer, the first one directly connected to the barometric tube indicates the atmospheric pressure trend, the second one, operated by a marine ivory knob placed under the large meteorological dial, acts as a reading vernier to check the variation of atmospheric pressure over time. Watch with 7-day charge overhauled and in perfect working order with hours dial expressed in Roman numerals in white enamelled metal and black numbers and blued steel hands. Mercury thermometer with silver-plated brass temperature scale calibrated from 0 ° to 120 ° Fahrenheit. Spirit level embedded in the base of the barometer for the correct positioning of the instrument on the wall, with the name of the manufacturer. In excellent condition, barometer and watch overhauled and in perfect working order.
For safety during transport the barometer will be shipped emptied of mercury. The mercury will be placed in a sealed container in the package together with the barometer.
Height 123 cm - 48.42 inches, width 36 cm - 14.17 inches, thickness 8.5 cm - 3.34 inches.
1620141322Code 633 Torricellian barometerTorricellian mercury barometer made rosewood, signed Burlinson Ripon from the mid 19th century. Silver-plated brass dial engraved with weather indications and the name of the manufacturer. The reading of the barometer is indicated by a double pointer, the first one directly connected to the barometric tube indicates the trend of atmospheric pressure, the second one, operated by a marine ivory knob placed under the dial, acts as a reading vernier for checking the variation of atmospheric pressure over time. Mercury thermometer signed SATI made in the 1950s with a silver-plated brass temperature scale calibrated from -20 ° to + 50 ° degrees centigrade. The mechanism has been cleaned and overhauled. Height 103 cm - 40.55 inches, width 32 cm - 12.59 inches, depth / thickness 5 cm - 1.96 inches.
Very goood condition, fully functional.
For safety during transport the barometer will be shipped emptied of mercury. The mercury will be placed in a sealed container in the package together with the barometer.
1619770926Code 636 Torricellian barometerTorricellian mercury barometer of wood, veneered in rosewood with cedar wood trim at the edges, signed Caux Opticien Rue Rivoli près du Louvre Paris, mid-19th century; dial with the meteorological indications on paper printed by engraving on copper plate, while the manufacturer’s indications are written with hand ink. Double pointer, the first one directly connected to the barometric tube indicates the trend of atmospheric pressure, the second one, positioned inside the center of the protective glass, is operated by a small knob placed outside the glass to check the variation in pressure over time; complete with alcohol thermometer with double Centigrade and Fahrenheit scale.
Height 94 cm - 37 inches, width 26.3 cm - 9.29 inches, depth / thickness 6 cm - 2.36.
Very good condition, fully functional.
For safety during transport the barometer will be shipped emptied of mercury. The mercury will be placed in a sealed container in the package together with the barometer.
1619601909Code 640A Torricellian barometerTorricellian mercury barometer of rosewood made in the mid 19th century, silver-plated brass dial engraved with meteorological indications and double pointer, the first one directly connected to the barometric tube indicates the atmospheric pressure trend, the second one, operated by a marine ivory knob placed under the dial, acts as a reading vernier for verification of the variation of atmospheric pressure over time; alcohol thermometer, hygrometer and spirit level for the correct positioning of the instrument on the wall.
Height 106 cm - 41.73 inches, width 31 cm - 12.2 inches, depth / thickness 5 cm - 1.96 inches.
Very good condition, fully functional.
For safety during transport the barometer will be shipped emptied of mercury. The mercury will be placed in a sealed container in the package together with the barometer.
1619103126Code 635A Zambra barometerTorricellian mercury barometer of oak wood, signed Negretti & Zambra London from the second half of the 19th century, complete with reading vernier for checking the pressure variation and mercury thermometer. Height 98 cm - 10.6 inches, width 27 cm - 38.5 inches, depth/thickness 5 cm - 1.96 inches.
Very good condition, fully functional.
For safety during transport the barometer will be shipped emptied of mercury. The mercury will be placed in a sealed container in the package together with the barometer.
1619105985Code 647 Large barometerRare large Torricellian mercury barometer complete with clock signed Silvani Brighton, dated from 1820 and 1835. Finely crafted mahogany wood case with double thread at the edges of ebony and cedar wood. Large silver-plated brass dial engraved with meteorological indications and double hand, the first directly connected to the barometric tube indicates the atmospheric pressure trend, the second, operated by a marine ivory wheel placed under the large meteorological dial, acts as a reading vernier to check the variation of atmospheric pressure over time. 7-day spring-loaded clock, checked and working, and enamel hour dial in Latin numbers, white backgoround and black numbers, with blued steel hands, mercury thermometer from 0° to 120° Fahrenheit, and level for correct positioning of the instrument on the wall with the maker’s name.
Very good condition, fully functional.
For safety during transport the barometer will be shipped emptied of mercury. The mercury will be placed in a sealed container in the package together with the barometer.
Height 121 cm - 47.63 inches, width 36 cm - 14.17 inches, thickness 8 cm - 3.14 inches.
1688223735Code 7509a Aneroid BarometerAntique aneroid barometer Germany early 1900s in carved oak, brass and glass. Good condition. Working. Diameter 17 cm – inches 6.7 - thickness 4.8 cm –inches 1.9.
1693670535Code 7654 BarometerStick barometer in ebonized wood, manufactured in Northern Italy in the early 19th century, housed in an elegant case made to measure in glass and ebonized wood with decorative motifs. Barometer with ebonized wooden tank complete with marine bone float indicating the correct mercury level, regulated by the setting screw underneath the tank. The barometer is also complete with a rack reading vernier for checking the variation of atmospheric pressure, a hygrometer placed at the top and two large mercury and alcohol thermometers for algebraic comparison of the temperature. Barometer measures Height 120 cm – 47.5 inch, width 18.3 cm – 7.2 inch depth/thickness 8 cm – 3.2 inch. Case measures height 148 cm – 58.2 inch, width 24 cm – 9.5 inch, depth 11.2 cm – 4.3 inch. Excellent condition, perfectly functional. The barometer is intact, original and complete in all its parts. The barometric tube and the tank have been emptied of mercury for safety during transport to avoid mercury spills, as the barometer should always travel in an upright position, which is practically impossible. The mercury for filling will be delivered together with the barometer in a special sealed container.
1701094936Code 7684 Aneroid BarometerAneroid wall barometer in carved wood, brass and glass, signed Aneroid wall barometer in carved wood, brass and glass, an instrument whose pressure-sensitive organ is a metal box called a barometric capsule. English manufacture from the end of the 19th century. Good condition, working. Diameter 23.3 cm – 9.2 inches, thickness 4.5 cm – 1.7 inches.
1702140754Code 7784 Aneroid BarometerAntique English aneroid barometer from the 1930s in turned wood, brass and glass. Good condition. Working. Diameter 19.7 cm - 7.7 inches, thickness 5.5 cm - 2.2 inches.
1709291791Code 7849 Aneroid BarometerAntique English marine aneroid barometer from the late 19th century in oak wood carved as a top, brass and glass. Signed John Barker & C Ltd Kensingotn.
Good condition. Working. Diameter 24 cm, thickness 6 cm.
1716980411Code 7950 Barometric StationBrass tabletop barometric station composed of an aneroid barometer, Fahrenheit scale thermometer and hygrometer. German manufacture for the Anglo-Saxon market of the 1950s.
Good working condition. Measurements 21x3.5x8.5 cm – 8.2x1.4x3.4 inches.
1716980865Code 9950 Barometric StationDeco tabletop barometric station in Bakelite and glass composed of an aneroid barometer, Fahrenheit scale thermometer and hygrometer. Signed Made in U.S.A. by FEE and STEMWEDEL inc CHICAGO from the 1930s.
Good working condition. Measurements 22x6x14 cm – 8.7x2.3x5.5 inches.
1720887792Code 7963 Aneroid BarometerAneroid or holosteric brass barometer, table and wall, from the end of the 19th century, signed Negretti & Zambra London I 2402.
In good condition, in perfect working order.
Diameter 12 cm – 4.5 in, thickness 5.7 cm -2.35 in.
1720888057Code 7964 Aneroid BarometerBrass aneroid or holosteric barometer, table and wall, English manufacture from the end of the 19th century, in good condition, fully functional.
Diameter 14 cm – 5.5 in, thickness 6.5 cm -2.6 in.
Do you provide an authenticity certificate/expertise?
Of course! The legislative decree n. 42/2004 stipulates that who sells works of art or historical and archaeological items has the obligation to deliver to the purchaser the documents attesting to the authenticity of the object, or at least to submit the documents relating to the probable attribution and origin. Antik Arte & Scienza provides an expertise (as warranty) that contains a description, period and assignment or the author, if known, of the item.
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What are the shipping terms and the delivery schedule?
Shipping by DHL or UPS is free (but if we are shipping to a country non-EU remember that any taxes and customs duties are on your expense), and items will be sent just after receiving of payment. Italy: delivering on the average in 24 h.
Europe: delivering on the average in 2/3 weekdays.
Other countries: delivering on the average in 5 weekdays; custom duties charged to the buyer.
Is shipping insured?
Of course! Free insurance by Lloyd's London that covers almost all destinations.
If I change my mind, can I return the item?
Of course! (see our general terms for more information).
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