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!".
1543573004Code A43A Antique barographRecorder barograph, mounted on cast iron base and steel cover. It can be placed on a table or hanged on a wall. It is an instrument that provides a diagram of the pressure over time and in a particular place. Signed Jules Richard Paris early 1900. 33x14 cm, height cm 27.
1528456078Code 6074 Antique barometerAntique English aneroid barometer made in the late 1800s in oak wood carved like a rope, brass and glass. Very good condition. Working. Diameter 24 cm - 9.44 inches, thickness 6 cm - 2.36 inches.
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. 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. Height cm 100 – inches 39.4, width cm 31 – inches 12.21.
962014132143734Code 498A Piana barometerExtremely rare barometer signed "Barometro secondo Torricelli di Piana Giuseppe", early 1800s, with indications in Italian and French, complete with thermometer and barometer with double pipe, the first one with siphon, the second one U shaped containing alcohol and mercury, so named negative barometer. Good condition. Cm 11x4x100 - inches 4.33x1.57x39.37.
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. 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.
Cm 17.8x17.8x100 - inches 7x7x39.3.
1543485521Code 6191 Table-top thermometerElegant and rare table-top thermometer in the shape of an obelisk made of oak wood enriched with ornamental brass plates decorated with leaves and flowers from lost wax casting applied to the sides, feet shaped like a shell. Thermometer with double scale centigrade and Reamur. French manufacture of the second half of the nineteenth century. Very good condition. Height 37 cm - 14.56 inches, base 16.5x16.5 cm - 6.49x6.49 inches.
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. 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. Excellent condition, fully functional.
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. Excellent condition, fully functional.
1619772160Code 646 Antique barometer646 Torricellian mercury barometer signed Joseph Solcha Hull Warranted, active between 1851 and 1855, made of mahogany wood, with cedar wood thread on the outer edge. Silver-plated brass dial engraved with weather indications. The barometer reading is indicated by a 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 checking the variation of atmospheric pressure over time. Alcohol thermometer with silver-plated brass temperature scale calibrated from 0 ° to 100 ° Fahrenheit. Hygrometer positioned in the upper part, spirit level recessed at the base of the barometer for the correct positioning of the instrument on the wall, with the name of the manufacturer. In the center is the convex "butler’s mirror" set within a black painted mahogany frame. The mechanism has been expertly cleaned and overhauled. Height 98 cm - 38.58 inches, width 25 cm - 9.84 inches, depth / thickness 5.5 cm - 2.16 inches. Excellent condition, fully functional.
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. Excellent condition, fully functional.
1619180715Code 643 Torricellian barometerTorricellian mercury barometer of black painted wood, English manufacture from the mid 19th century. Silver-plated brass dial engraved with meteorological indications and double hand, the first one directly connected to the barometric tube indicates the atmospheric pressure trend, the second one, operated by a marine ivory wheel placed under the large meteorological dial, acts as a reading vernier for verification of the variation in atmospheric pressure over time; barometer complete with alcohol thermometer. Height 97 cm - 38.18 inches, width 27 cm - 10.62 inches, depth / thickness 5 cm - 1.96 inches. Excellent condition, fully functional.
1619181358Code 623 Aneroid barometerAneroid barometer of mahogany with threads and decorative motifs of ebony and cedar wood. Silver-plated brass dial engraved with meteorological indications and double hand, the first one directly connected to the barometric box indicates the atmospheric pressure trend, the second one, operated directly by a round nut, acts as a reading vernier for checking the variation in atmospheric pressure over time; barometer complete with alcohol thermometer. English manufacture from the 1930s. In excellent condition, fully functional. Height 96 cm - 10 inches, width 25.5 cm - 37.79 inches, depth / thickness 7 cm - 2.75 inches.
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. Excellent condition, fully functional.
1619104980Code 644 English barometerEnglish barometer of mahogany wood with ebony threads signed Wisker York from the early 19th century, complete with reading vernier for checking the variation in pressure, large mercury thermometer and hygrometer. Height 103 cm - 40.55 inches, width 12.5 cm - 4.9 inches, depth/thickness 8 cm - 3.14 inches. Excellent condition, fully functional.
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. Excellent condition, fully functional. Height 121 cm - 47.63 inches, width 36 cm - 14.17 inches, thickness 8 cm - 3.14 inches.
1682779702Code 7509 Aneroid BarometerAntique English aneroid barometer, early 1900s, carved oak wood, glass and brass.
Good condition and in order.
Diameter cm 17 - inches 6.8, height cm 4,8 - inches 2.9.
1682780157Code 7148 Aneroid BarometerAntique English aneroid barometerand and fahrenheit thermometer early 1900s, carved oak wood, glass and brass.
Good condition and in order.
Diameter cm 19 - inches 7.5, height cm 42 - inches 16.5, thickness cm 5 – inches 1.9.
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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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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?
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If I change my mind, can I return the item?
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